Putting a Strap on your Ukulele, specifically an EleUke

I received an EleUke for Christmas and have been trying to figure out how to best put a strap on it. If you have suggestions let me know.  Here are my thoughts so far…

It has the amplifier jack on the end which serves as a strap pin.  I bought strap pins to put on the fretboard end as I’ve done for other ukuleles but can’t figure out a good place to put it.  It is a cut out so I don’t want to interfere with reaching the highest frets.  The body is much flatter than an acoustic thus there is not a ‘perpendicular surface’ or flat area away from the body as there is on an acoustic.   I could put the pin behind the head below the gears but this is pretty thin.  Don’t want to do any damage to the uke.  I tried tying the strap on at the fret nut but the strap interferes with playing.  I’m considering tying it between the gears but I don’t like the idea or look. 

 Looking at other options via Googling I ran across recommendations for the Uke Leash.  I’m considering purchasing one of these.  The new “uke button strap adapter’ is useful.  Here is a demonstration video on using the adapter:

If you have suggestions or comments let me know.

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