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Tired of Buckle Rash??

#41
smogg said:
I use the self adhesive scratch pad. Cheap and works like it's suppose to.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/scratch-pad-velvet-guitar-finish-protector
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+1000 ^^^

I have a scratch pad on every one of my basses & guitars
both electric and acoustic. They work GREAT!

$20 bucks is a lot cheaper than a paint job and they last
a long long time.

I never understood how folks can spend so much money
on a fine instrument and then rash it all up with their belt buckle
and even think that it's a "cool" thing.

(When you buy a new car, do you think it's okay to
"key" the drivers door?) I just don't get it. The back of all my
instruments look like the day I bought them. I highly
recommend the Scratch Pad. It does the job really well.

An added benefit is that when I let someone play my guitar or bass I don't have to worry about them trashing it all up.

I still own a 1966 Gibson ES335 that's perfect except for a quarter sized buckle rash on the back from when I let a
"friend" sit in for a couple numbers at a club.

That "cool" buckle rash takes a chunk of value away from that now-vintage guitar. - - - NOT cool - - -

Just my 2 cents.

:cool:
 
#45
THORRR said:
I never understood how folks can spend so much money
on a fine instrument and then rash it all up with their belt buckle
and even think that it's a "cool" thing.
(When you buy a new car, do you think it's okay to
"key" the drivers door?)
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I don't think that analogy works exactly. Else there'd be a market for relic'd cars with mojo. :)

I understand peoples' reasons for wanting to keep stuff mint, especially anything vintage and/or worth a ton of money. But personally I'm in the camp of not worrying about it - all my basses are players and I've got enough to worry about w/o worrying about trying to keep them mint.

Plus I've always liked the guys who show up with beat-up hard-used gear and then make it sing. Just me though :)
 
#50
georgestrings said:
I can tell you that although not huge, the belt buckle I typically wear would still mark up that pretty new Ric fairly well, in short order - if I left my buckle where it normally is, even with an untucked shirt over it... I would think that someone who's flipped as many basses as you have would understand why some people don't want to mar the back of their basses...

You kinda ducked the refin issue - again, a $300 refin is not an option for a vintage instrument, nor a nitro'd neck thru like a Gibson or Ric - let alone a $2k and above bass...

To each their own, I guess - but in the past 2 years, I've flipped a few basses and turned a nice profit on them - which then allowed me to score some even nicer ones... I wouldn't have been able to do that, if I buckle rashed up the basses I was going to flip...


- georgestrings
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I care for my gear to but rather then do all this BS to help prevent buckle rash you can get a normal every day belt that has a tiny square buckle easily covered by a shirt. My buckle is barely a buckle , the leather goes over it and no part of metal could even touch my bass , then add a shirt on top of that.

I do tend to protect my gear for resale as well , in the past 2 years I have made 12 grand profit on basses so i understand the importance of preservation, but to go out of your way to buy some dumb little ampeg fanny pack is stupid when you can get a nice dockers leather belt like mine for 20$.
 
#52
Buster Brown said:
...........that's "loin cloth", not fanny pack ;)
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My bad yes loincloth by AMPEG:D


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#53
Lol cover belt with giant belt buckle advertisement for ampeg. Lol. I dont think so. When I was into wearing fancy belt buckle that could scratch back of instrument I just used cut into desired size and shape sheet of vinyl with self adhesive backing. Stuckck on on back of instrument body
 
#56
Russell L said:
Aw, I don't have to worry anymore. First of all, my belly has changed shape enough so that my bass never touches my buckle, lol. Secondly, my shirt tail is usually out. Thirdly, I'll never sell them anyway.

I used to turn my buckle sideways to the left.

Something on the other side of the coin: my bass has worn the fabric off the button on my tux jacket.
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Use a sharpie to fill in the black on the tux button.
 
#57
Not worried about buckle rash, adds character in the same way that all the scratches and dings on my Jeep do. Tales of a life well-lived and the tool being used for it's intended purpose, whether it's the stains of fake blood on the strap of my Squier, the buckle rash on the back of my Schecter, or whatever incidents occur to my SB14 in it's future gigs.

Peace,
Greg
 
#59
I used a Fender Go-Around Waist Belt in the late 60's after pulling a muscle wrestling. These days, I just started using the modern equivalent, a Slinger Hip Strap on my basses due to severe shoulder pain. Same concept except you don't need to put screw eyes in the back of your instrument.
 

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