We hope that we convey the idea that we really enjoy working with individuals, one on one, in making what we hope are the best guitar and camera straps available. Some of our customers respond with comments and photos and we really appreciate the time they take. Thank you to everyone that takes the time to send an E-mail and especially those customers who send a picture! These comments mean more than money, well... almost!

Customer Comments

“hey. my cousin gave me this strap for christening her son. and she said you would like a picture of me and the strap. thank you, i love it.”

For a larger picture of the strap and the original of this picture, click on the picture.

“TERRY AWESOME STRAP!!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR KINDESS IN HOLDING THIS STRAP FOR ME! Got it quick too! It is the FIRST time ever I got something that looks exactly like the picture! I will get my sis to take a picture and I will send it to y"all. Now, my sis is inquiring about one for her. She is a arty type of person. She adored the Passion strap. And she wants a strap with some kind of snakeskin. She can't afford the top of the line customs you make, (but they are all Customs anyway! (Epecially with your custom service on top of the beautiful products) She is in no hurry, but she really liked mine. (The new leather is awesome too; softer, but I love the leather on mine as well. Very, very classy!) Even my brother-in-law went Ga Ga over it! I will be very proud to wear it! (And of course tell everyone where it came from. You can email me or my sis directly with anything you think she might like in the general price range of mine. Her Schecter acoustic is red-burst with abalone trim. Actually, my strap would have been perfect, but I saw it first!!! I love my new strap. My sis is very funny like you, we both fell over laughing with the letter you enclosed! (Definitely NOT a piece of #%#%#!) :> Anyway, I know you will find something she will like. I'm sure she would enjoy any selections you pick out. I want to thank you again Terry for the personalized customer care as well. Y'all are top notch!!!!”
Sheila Smith, Vidor, TX

“Thanks, Terry for the fantastic straps. I have three vintage Martins and a vintage Les Paul, all of which are now sporting them.”

Regards, Bob Colleran, Venetia, PA

“It is absolutely superb! Many thanks.”

Matt Kydd, Manchester, GB

“Aloha Dena and all: I love the Chili Pepper camera strap and all of the extra parts-it looks great on my Nikon, and like Terry, I like my camera to be well dressed - whether to the beach or to photograph real estate. In addition, black and red is my favorite combination of colors anyway, even though I will have to wait a bit longer to get the red Boxster w black interior. Take care.”

 Roger Harris, Pahoa, HI

“Dena, I received my new camera strap, and it’s great! I searched around for something different, and your product hits the mark. Thanks for a good product, keep up the work………and cool website too………”

Joseph Foster, MRA., Longview, WA

“Terry, The strap looks great! My son loves it as you can see in the photo. I'm really glad I found your website.”

Bob McAnally, Millstadt, IL

“Hello Terry, I received the strap today!! Thank You very much. I have to say it looks better than I ever imagined. You exceed your reputation by far. Everyone that I have showed it to so far is jealous that my cousin will get it for being my son's godfather. Again thank you for coming through on such short notice. I will recommend you to anyone looking for quality and a great company to go through. You Rock!”

Francesca Michaels, Hesperia, CA

“Hi Terry. I am so Thrilled with my New Guitar Strap! The time and care you took to get it just the way I wanted it really shows! I have inserted some pictures of the strap with my guitar, and as you can see, it is a perfect fit! Eventually, I will get you some pics of me playing! Thank you again so much, Cindy”J

Cindy Goldstein, Weston, FL

“Terry sorry it has taken so long to get back to you.The guitar strap was a hit. It is so beautiful he absolutely loves it he thinks it the coolest thing ever. Eric wants to know who has strap #2 since his is #3. I gave it to him just before we left to go to Hawaii for the wedding. So get this while we are over on Kauai we found this cool guitar shop called Scotty’s that carried Martin guitars (which Eric loves Martins). They had a special edition Koa Martin there that was for sale so to finish off the wedding gift we got him a new guitar to go with his new strap and it what more perfect wood since we were in Hawaii than Koa.Thanks for everything it is really beautiful. We’ve attached pictures of the strap with its new guitar. Thanks again for everything.”

Windi Jones, North Salt Lake, UT

“I thought you might be interested in the posting I just made to the Flatpick-L list, an international collection of acoustic guitar flatpickers. I so please. I will photograph it today or tomorrow and send you the results.

‘All the talk about guitar straps reminded me that I needed a new one. I prefer non-adjustable straps, and despite a modest expansion of my jacket size in recent years, my old (made by hippies in the early 70s) strap still fits--45" from hole to hole.

After reviewing the posts and a Google search I decided to call Action Custom Straps in Indianapolis yesterday morning, and asked if they could make one their "Gunsmoke" models to my specifications. It looks like this:

http://tinyurl.com/pptgp

They had a sale going and offered 25% off, but what blew me away was that they made it yesterday afternoon, sent it FedEx, and I got it at noon today, just 24 hours after ordering it! It is gorgeous, and quite comfortable.

If you are in the mood for a custom strap, I don't think you could do better. 800-354-4939, ask for Terry.

The usual disclaimers about conflict of interest apply.

Bill’

Thanks again, and I WILL be placing another order soon. Bill”

William V Miller, MD Kirkwood, MO

“Mr. Terry L. Misner, I broke your custom strap in royally during a five hour dance here in Juneau, Alaska on April 1, 2006, and received raving compliments from those who noticed the custom Alaskan Golden North Star & name on stage. More importantly, this strap fit and held my Fender Precision Bass, with it’s HB1 tuning machine heads, and Leo Quan badass III bridge (a lot of metal weight) so comfortably it was like an Alaskan eagle feather, making it pure pleasure to play into musical bliss, not once being worn down by the ball and chain effect. Thank-you, Terry. I’ll forever be appreciative of your beautiful work.”

Archie Cavanaugh, Juneau, AK

“Hi Terry and everyone at Action Custom Straps! I've enclosed a picture of me with the very beautiful red rattlesnake strap. I have played for many years and didn't realize until now what a difference a top quality strap can make! We had been on stage almost two hours when this picture was taken and I was so pleased with how comfortable the strap was. Organized Chaos is a high energy act and your wonderful strap helps me fit the bill thru the night!”

thanks again, Greg Byrd, Midland, Texas

“Dear Terry, As it turned out, the straps arrived just in time for the New Year and what a present to have!!!! I was beginning to believe that I have just about got all the best that you can do, but to my pleasant surprise, you have wildly exceeded my expectations once again. Keep up the good work and we will be in touch soon. HAPPY NEW YEAR.” Regards, Andrew

Motshidisi A. Oduetse, Gaborone, Botswana

“Hi Terry Now that the Christmas Festivities have quietened down I now have the opportunity to let you know how pleased I am with my Tiki strap. You have made a wonderful job of it. The embroidery is fantastic and the leather work is superb. I will take a photo and send it to you in the near future. Once again, very many thanks and wishing you, and your family a very Happy New Year.”

Regards, Steve Doane, England

A Happy New Year !! from Jan-Åke

“I´m ver proud of my guitar strap SantaFé and will thank You for good cooperation and everything for the year 2005. Here a picture of Jack Greene, Candy Carpenter from which I have a few collection country CD.s, and I sometimes sing those songs with my guitar. I play country music in my car almost everyday. I´d send You a picture of me - I´ll do that soon. many greetings”  mr Jan-Åke Nilsson, Sweden

Richard D. Wile first contacted us in February of 2005 regarding having a couple of custom straps made for his son, Richard A. Wile, who at the time was 12 years old. After much patience on both Richard’s part, three custom straps were sent to Canada to go on RAW’s guitars. Below are some of the pictures and comments that Richard has sent. 

“Terry, The straps arrived yesterday, I only arrived a few minutes ago. The straps are awesome, we are very pleased with the final product. In particular the colour of the body leather for the LP strap. I have to admit I was sceptical about your colour choice, but I learned long ago to let experts do their work and boy what a choice it was. The colour is perfect, in fact it seems to pick up the very slight green (olive) hue to the LP wood and the colour sympathizes quite well – in fact perfectly. 

Of course I will send you some photos and a testimonial you can use, the boy would love to see his picture on your site. I will take a couple of action shots at his band gig this weekend. Give me a bit of time. We appreciate the effort and of course your decision to make a third strap was very much appreciated, with 7 guitars, you can never have too many straps. You are a hero... Thanks again Terry and I will get you some shots and a testimonial from the star that you can use. Cheers,”

Richard D. Wile, Bedford, Nova Scotia

“This strap is unbelievable in its comfort. I thought a padded strap was the only way to go for a Les Paul, I now know that Terry designs the most comfortable straps you could use on stage.”

Richard A. Wile

A special thanks to RDW and RAW for the great pictures of Action straps in uhhh... action!

and now... two sets of Triplets!

The above set of triplets belongs to Jeff King of Wimington, NC. A copper whipsnake, a red viper and a custom one of a kind snakeskin strap adorn the triplets named Gibson, Martin and Gibson. What a nice family.

The above set of triplets belongs to Jeremy Meurer of Manilla, IN. A Tickled strap, a custom handpainted premium python and a custom brown diamondback rattlesnake strap are worn by these triplets named Fender, Gretsch and Yamaha.

Thanks to Jeff and Jeremy for taking the time to line the triplets up for a picture.

“Terry, Sorry to take so long getting back to you—I have been out of town. The straps are terrific. Even better than I expected. Thanks a million.”

Bruce Barrington, Quechee, VT

“Hi Terry, I received my guitar strap today wow that was quick postage!!!! I have to say first off the quality of the leather you have used is very impressive. I also like the red viper circular pattern as I must admit at one point from pics I thought the red viper maybe too brighter red but it's the darker red that I was hoping it would be. The cobra dots are cool as well I don't know why but I thought they were a silver looking colour but obviousally not but still very nice. I compared my strap to my other 2 straps: Levy Suede strap & the El Dorado hand crafted custom leather strap to my new Action venom guitar strap & I have to say the strap you made is the most comfortable to wear/use. The leather is of a much better quality than that of the El Dorado although I do like the vintage country look of the El Dorado strap it is not as comfortable as the Action strap you made. The Venom strap fits perfectly it's like going to a tailors & having a suite measured for you to your exact specs. The strap just feels right as I've said easily the most comfortable strap I own... I know what a good quality strap you do make & I'll know who to come to next time I require another strap which hopefully will be pretty soon. Oh & thanks for the cobra money clip now that is what I call good customer service!!!! Many thanks once again for the strap. All the best.”

Matthew Smith,

“Hi both, I received my Earth Child today. I only had to pay £8,63 (about $16) as import tax. The strap is fantastic, so supple yet strong. The finish is superb and the colours very pleasing. Exactly what I was hoping for (after taking months deliberating). So was I ripped off? Certainly not. Apart from the exquisite design, this strap is hand made. Sheer quality. That is worth paying for. I'm delighted. Also the service is so friendly and understanding. Absolutely no pressure, just excellent advice. Yes, I'm totally grateful for your patience, assistance and expertise. What more can I say except thank you very much. I'll try to sort out some photographs but,in the meantime, if you wish to publish any of my comments, please dedicate them to 'a delighted Rory Gallagher fan'. I'll probably spend the next month or so deciding whether to go for the Indian Blanket. That would look terrific on my acoustic. Speak to you again. Best Wishes,”

Brian Mogford

“Terry, I received the strap yesterday and love it. I am CFO of a large public company and my guitar is my escape from stress and the "real world". The strap design my 10 year old daughter and I conjured up on a sheet of paper last Summer combines a relaxing image from her favorite Jack Johnson movie soundtrack with the title of my favorite Kenny Chesney song ( I am a self-described Island Boy!). You brought the idea to life! It has been a pleasure working with you. Look out...we will be working on something for my Telecaster next! Thanks so much!”

Phil Conti

“Terry: I received my new Blackheart strap and I really love it. It certainly seems to be as good as I'd hoped it would be. I played a gig with it Saturday and it's amazingly comfortable. Of course, it goes without saying that the quality is superb (but I'll say it anyway-the quality is superb) and I think it's quite nice looking in an understated way. If someone takes a decent picture of me wearing it, I'll send it along. I look forward to many years of use and I'll be ordering one for my Rick 360-12 as soon as I decide what color it(the strap)should be. Thanks for your help and concern. It's a pleasure dealing with you.”

Gerry Canter

“Dear Terry, The guitar strap arrived today and it is just beautiful!! And the leather is so soft!Thank you for the very nice letter as well! I really love the way you do business. Wishing you and yours a very Happy Holiday! Thanks Again,”

Sara Jane Johnston

“Hi Terry, The zebra strap arrived a few days ago. I thought I have seen it all, but this strap has left me speechless. I will cherish it the rest of my life. Thank you once again for a job so well done. Satisfied Customer.”

Andrew

“Strap Arrived safe and sound about 5 minutes ago..... DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!!! We'll take a few pics and send it your way after he opens everything up on Christmas morning. Thank you! You are a true Artist!!!
 

kc Wright

“Hi! I got the strap yesterday, and it is a stunner! I am very happy with it. I had no problem with the delay, it gave me an extra day of anticipation. Thank you for all of your attention. My wife has a nice camera, and I think for mother's day she will be getting a Action Custom Strap. You know your doing it right when you get repeat customers! Thanks again!”

Mike Moore.

P.S.- I will be sending a picture of the strap on my guitar after the holidays.

“Hi Terry. I received my strap this morning. Wow it looks great. I think the lizards are pretty cool. I’m glad we went with the wider strap….it’s extremely comfortable. Also the top lizard sits right on my shoulder so it turned out just right. I’ve got two more gigs to play this weekend so I’ll give it a try. Thanks again”

Ryan Darling

“Hi, Just a note to wish you and all at Actioncustomstraps a healthy and prosperous New year. My strap is sitting comfortably on my Strat. The denim is so Rory Gallagher I can't believe it. Again, thanks. And I haven't given up on another strap. I may put this one on my Martin and order another denim but with black leather. The denim has me hooked! If you want a recommendation to publish on your site, I'll be happy to oblige. But I warn you my praises will cause a news headline. your straps must be the best available anywhere. Sheer work of art. Cheers,”

Brian.Mogford

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