Western Shirt Buttons from scratching bass

[Montana Jim]

Any suggestions on how to keep western shirt buttons from scratching the back of a bass? Masking tape sounds easy enough, but any other ideas? I always forget at the end of a set to remove the tape...

[AltGrendel]

You could use rubber buttons for the ones in range.

[Roadstar]

put vinyl on the back of the bass it will peel of and no harm done from what i can tell.

[Mete]

Mine is already scrached a bit but i started to use the protectors used on classic guitars to protect the wood when playing rasquedos and ryhthms on flamenco, i forgot what is called, they are transparent & you have to look carefully to notice it.

[coop]

http://www.scratchpadusa.com/index.html

werx fer me

[ShredderMaximus]

Try googling "scratch pad guitar protector," I don't know if they make bass sizes but should work regardless

[ShredderMaximus]

whoops, Coop ya beat me to it...

[jam.majors]

Wear a different shirt? :-D

[Stumbo]

How about removing the offending buttons, sewing up the shirt so you put it on over your head or better yet, sew in some small Velcro type material cut in circles and placed appropriately. You could even replace all the buttons like this. Kids clothes use Velcro type material all the time to replace buttons, shoelaces and such.

Then you can replace the offending buttons with some soft material that matches the buttons(black,usually). Or maybe use a permanent black marker to draw them in?

[michael_atw]

Originally Posted by jam.majors

Wear a different shirt? :-D

lol

[anonymous122511]

One word: Sweatervest

[pklima]

I have a bass finished with spray-in bedliner. That's the real redneck solution.

[Meddle]

Don't wear a western shirt or scratch your bass. The only two options that don't smell like wussing out. Either you value your image onstage or the aesthetic integrity of the back of your bass. Which is more important?

[madmatt]

They aren't scratches, they're character.

[Chowowbus]

I am serious when i say this..
I used to not want to scratch my bass up...but after the first scratchm I gave up and now just embrace the scratches and dings...when I see a minty guitar or bass the first thing that goes through my mind is, it does not get played much..learning to embrace the scratches is the cheapest way!
Look at the scratches as if they were art emerging!

[Depth_Charge]

Originally Posted by madmatt

They aren't scratches, they're character.

+1. Bucklerash adds character

[Martin89]

I tend to embrace scratches but something like molleskin on either the buttons or back of the bass would seem like a solution.