Reddit reviews Planet Waves Acoustic Guitar Quick-Release System
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Quickly, easily, and safely disengage guitarEasy to setup and removeA must have for your acoustic guitarSecure during playWorks on your favorite guitar straps without permanent modification
Rather than the Martin button snap, I use a similar product that consists of a snap buckle (this, for reference) which has a loop of nylon attached to both sides of the buckle. You wrap the nylon around the neck and loop it through itself, and it's never going to come off there. The same thing connects to the guitar strap, and you can separate them as needed with the buckle. The only concern would be if the buckle fails, but that's really not something to worry about as long as you don't abuse it. I'm looking around for a link to the specific product, will update if I can find it.
edit: FOUND IT! This thing is awesome. Feel free to find it on other retail sites if you don't like buying from GC. I think I got mine there originally years ago, so that was where I looked for it first.
edit 2: I decided to look it up on Amazon. $5 at GC, $3.40 on Amazon here.
When I first got my banjo, I went out to my local Guitar Center and bought the only banjo strap they had. After struggling to figure out how to attach it cradle style, and eventually sort of getting it to work, I used it for maybe 6 months. But when I started moving around with my banjo and I got a case, I found that it was an absolute pain to take on and off to get in the case.
So I went to Amazon, and got a normal guitar strap and use these quick release snaps for $2.95 each, and I'm really happy with them so far. (But if you do get them, they are an "add on" item meaning you need or order some more stuff with it, because they are so cheap.) I started taking classes at a local folk music school, and they pop right on and off as easy as possible to put it away in my hard case, and I can still do cradle style.
Here's something similar that I use, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002GWFEQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
How about a less expensive piece of nothing
Personally, I am loath to put holes in my guitars. I got one of these quick release straps for my Seagull S6. You put one end around the headstock under the strings, and the other in your strap.