GearHead
Contributor
Hey do-it-yourself gear riggers,
I took a few minutes last night and got my Vytec secured on a pair of bungees and I thought I'd share the results for other's reference. I read some previous posts about hooking up a Vyper using fishing line through the mounting holes, etc., but I decided to go a different route. This method will probably work for a wrist-mount Vyper as well, but I don't know for sure as I've never seen one up close.
Here's how it went:
1. Remove the boot per instructions (the manual says "Remove first from the front end, with the longer part of the strap)
2. Using a paper-clip (1 3/4" size) or a 1.5mm screwdriver, depress one side of each mounting pin (you'll feel the spring tension holding it in) as you gently tug on the strap to remove
3. Take the mounting pins out of the straps and replace them in the CPU unit, making sure they spring back into place securely
4. Cut two approximately 1 foot lengths of 1/8" bungee cord (aka Shock Cord)
5. Do what you need to do using the paperclip and/or tiny screwdriver to "gingerly" jam each end of the bungees under the mounting pins and feed through. Note, I would NOT try this with anything thicker than 1/8", and it may be easier to burn the ends of the bungee first, or you may prefer to feed a frayed end and pull it through instead.
6. Once you have the bungees both under each mounting pin
looking roughly like this =I=I= you can then tie each bungee in a knot. I used the
Zeppelin Bend, and kept it very loose as I adjusted the lengths to fit and match, and then tied them down tightly.
7. Cut the ends closely, and burn them to secure.
8. You're done.
One additional note, I recommend that you tie each bungee so that it makes it's own separate loop, rather than tieing one piece of bungee to the other which creates a continuous loop. With the above plan, you've got redundancy in a bunch of ways: two separate loops of bungee, and two spring loaded steel mounting pins, all of which would have to fail for you to lose the instrument. Feel free to reply if you have any questions, or if I left anything out.
The setup gets wet tomorrow. Here's a pic.
I took a few minutes last night and got my Vytec secured on a pair of bungees and I thought I'd share the results for other's reference. I read some previous posts about hooking up a Vyper using fishing line through the mounting holes, etc., but I decided to go a different route. This method will probably work for a wrist-mount Vyper as well, but I don't know for sure as I've never seen one up close.
Here's how it went:
1. Remove the boot per instructions (the manual says "Remove first from the front end, with the longer part of the strap)
2. Using a paper-clip (1 3/4" size) or a 1.5mm screwdriver, depress one side of each mounting pin (you'll feel the spring tension holding it in) as you gently tug on the strap to remove
3. Take the mounting pins out of the straps and replace them in the CPU unit, making sure they spring back into place securely
4. Cut two approximately 1 foot lengths of 1/8" bungee cord (aka Shock Cord)
5. Do what you need to do using the paperclip and/or tiny screwdriver to "gingerly" jam each end of the bungees under the mounting pins and feed through. Note, I would NOT try this with anything thicker than 1/8", and it may be easier to burn the ends of the bungee first, or you may prefer to feed a frayed end and pull it through instead.
6. Once you have the bungees both under each mounting pin
looking roughly like this =I=I= you can then tie each bungee in a knot. I used the
Zeppelin Bend, and kept it very loose as I adjusted the lengths to fit and match, and then tied them down tightly.
7. Cut the ends closely, and burn them to secure.
8. You're done.
One additional note, I recommend that you tie each bungee so that it makes it's own separate loop, rather than tieing one piece of bungee to the other which creates a continuous loop. With the above plan, you've got redundancy in a bunch of ways: two separate loops of bungee, and two spring loaded steel mounting pins, all of which would have to fail for you to lose the instrument. Feel free to reply if you have any questions, or if I left anything out.
The setup gets wet tomorrow. Here's a pic.