About Us
After many years in the design field creating everything from street-wear, aerobic, body builder's custom compition suits and a variety of other creative endeavors, Gayle opened her own boutique Alfino Gallery, located in the famed Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. For nine years she designed and sold her wearable art, everything from a full stretch velvet line, to jackets, hats, scarves, handbags, and custom jewelry. Each piece was created with her special custom design panache, selling to people worldwide. In January 2003 she closed her boutique and continued on into a studio based design business further developing her leather handbags and accessory line.
After her marriage to a musician/lead guitarist, she became fascinated with ideas for leather guitar straps. While examining his many straps and finding them structurally lacking in so many ways as well as hearing his complaints of discomfort while performing, she decided to change the design concept of the straps. That light bulb moment brought about trying to find ways to improve on the overall structure of guitar, bass and other instument straps in general. Receiving feedback from her husband and his musician friends, she set out to recreate a comfortable and functional design for guitar players. Researching and asking others in the local music community she once again heard the common complaints of shoulder, back ,and neck pain. Spending time observing guitarists as they performed she noticed many common denominators between the musician and their instrument. With everything between the shifting of the strap and the dive bombing of the guitar neck when the musician bent foward, she came to some conclusions concerning strap ergonomics. These observations combined with her earlier years of custom body wear led to the protype development of recreating the standard guitar strap. With plenty of musicians to glean input from, Gayle redesigned the market standard into an exceptionally comfortable and function strap design! Gayle Winde Custom Guitar and Bass Straps was born, making what many claim are the most comfortable guitar straps in the marketplace today!
Custom design is and always has been the creative focus for Gayle Winde. Your individual input as a musician, specifications and specific needs are the basis of designing a personalized strap created just for you! Our goal is to work "with and for you", making your performing experience comfortable and creative! We invite you to check out our website photo gallery with a host of pictures of many fine straps designed for our growing client base. Today, Gayle Winde Design is located in the heart of guitar country Nashville, Tennessee, and she continues to design for many musicians locally, throughout the U.S. and Internationally.
Product interity, innovation, and stellar customer service, is and always has been the foundation for Gayle Winde Design.