How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
- Thread starter Andrew Lamprecht
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Kam
Shaftologist
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
He only asked how to stop it messing up the finish. No one said anything about protecting the wood.
Perfect setup for a dick joke there if anyone wants it, by the way.
He only asked how to stop it messing up the finish. No one said anything about protecting the wood.
Perfect setup for a dick joke there if anyone wants it, by the way.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
Are you cold and lonely up there in Ireland? Spring can't come soon enough?
He only asked how to stop it messing up the finish. No one said anything about protecting the wood.
Perfect setup for a dick joke there if anyone wants it, by the way.
Are you cold and lonely up there in Ireland? Spring can't come soon enough?
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
.....play....it gets worn....big deal
.....play....it gets worn....big deal
Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
I just don't want it digging through the paint. I wouldn't care too much if it was just rash but it is actually pushing into the paint.
.....play....it gets worn....big deal
I just don't want it digging through the paint. I wouldn't care too much if it was just rash but it is actually pushing into the paint.
oilpit
Active member
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
Not to be a dick, but this.
If it really bothers you, I use Schallers on all my guitars and haven't had a problem with any kind of damage.
But I bet you Jimmy Page didn't care when his Les Paul got buckle rash on it.
I bet you Keith Richards didn't lose any sleep the first time he got a nick in his tele.
I could go on...but scrapes and bruises make guitars cool! Just think about how much some people pay for some guy in a Custom Shop to sandpaper down a nitro finish. At least your wear is honest, from playing and loving your instrument. In 50 years when you're showing off your badass vintage SG, nobody is gonna comment on the paint chips from the straplocks (and if they do, it'll be a compliment, trust me)
.....play....it gets worn....big deal
Not to be a dick, but this.
If it really bothers you, I use Schallers on all my guitars and haven't had a problem with any kind of damage.
But I bet you Jimmy Page didn't care when his Les Paul got buckle rash on it.
I bet you Keith Richards didn't lose any sleep the first time he got a nick in his tele.
I could go on...but scrapes and bruises make guitars cool! Just think about how much some people pay for some guy in a Custom Shop to sandpaper down a nitro finish. At least your wear is honest, from playing and loving your instrument. In 50 years when you're showing off your badass vintage SG, nobody is gonna comment on the paint chips from the straplocks (and if they do, it'll be a compliment, trust me)
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tonello
Guest
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
If it bothers you so much, buy a set of straplocks. Dunlops are my favorites. They take about 10 minutes to replace then no more rash. Just buy a set of straplocks, and you won't have to worry anymore.
If it bothers you so much, buy a set of straplocks. Dunlops are my favorites. They take about 10 minutes to replace then no more rash. Just buy a set of straplocks, and you won't have to worry anymore.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
Difference being any guitar owned by Page, Richards, Clapton, etc goes up in value no matter what they do to it. Selling a guitar "owned by Andrew Lamprecht" usually won't add several hundred thousand dollars to it's value. Well, not yet anyways, not until he's famous. :14:
As far as the condition of guitars owned by average guys, look at eBay for a guide. The more wear, dings, nicks, & damage the less it's worth. Direct relationship. No one really seems to care if its 'honest' playing wear or the work of a careless person. From what I've seen, buyers shy away from guitars that have seen heavy gigging use, or just a lot of wear in general; for one thing it means that a refretting job is probably needed. Vintage guitars aside, how many guys here would pay the same for a beater owned by Joe Blow, as they would for a brand new one? Would Andrew have paid the new street price for his SG, if it was a 5-year old used one covered in 'cool scrapes and bruises'?
From the local players I know, guitars get bought and sold when better ones come along, or someone needs cash. And when a guitar is really banged up or has a lot of wear on it, they end up keeping it, not necessarily for it's 'mojo', but because they know they can't get much for it. They're stuck with it. One of the professional players I know has had dozens of Gibsons and MIA Fenders over the decades, lots of high-end stuff. He's still gigging, but has two guitars left: a Tele he was routing for a bridge HB and slipped with the router (gouged up the front of the guitar), and a Kramer he broke the neck on. Sold all the good stuff (including vintage) during financial ups and downs, and is left with the two beaters that aren't worth anything.
Difference being any guitar owned by Page, Richards, Clapton, etc goes up in value no matter what they do to it. Selling a guitar "owned by Andrew Lamprecht" usually won't add several hundred thousand dollars to it's value. Well, not yet anyways, not until he's famous. :14:
As far as the condition of guitars owned by average guys, look at eBay for a guide. The more wear, dings, nicks, & damage the less it's worth. Direct relationship. No one really seems to care if its 'honest' playing wear or the work of a careless person. From what I've seen, buyers shy away from guitars that have seen heavy gigging use, or just a lot of wear in general; for one thing it means that a refretting job is probably needed. Vintage guitars aside, how many guys here would pay the same for a beater owned by Joe Blow, as they would for a brand new one? Would Andrew have paid the new street price for his SG, if it was a 5-year old used one covered in 'cool scrapes and bruises'?
From the local players I know, guitars get bought and sold when better ones come along, or someone needs cash. And when a guitar is really banged up or has a lot of wear on it, they end up keeping it, not necessarily for it's 'mojo', but because they know they can't get much for it. They're stuck with it. One of the professional players I know has had dozens of Gibsons and MIA Fenders over the decades, lots of high-end stuff. He's still gigging, but has two guitars left: a Tele he was routing for a bridge HB and slipped with the router (gouged up the front of the guitar), and a Kramer he broke the neck on. Sold all the good stuff (including vintage) during financial ups and downs, and is left with the two beaters that aren't worth anything.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
.......and again...who cares???
Is it an instrument or a resale item?
.......and again...who cares???
Is it an instrument or a resale item?
oilpit
Active member
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
That's not really what I meant...at all.
If Andrew is planning on selling his SG at some point then I absolutely take back everything I said, if that's the case then by all means keep it nice and shiny. But I think that treating guitars like you plan on one day selling them takes a lot of the romance and bonding out of an instrument as personal as a guitar.
Maybe Page and Richards were bad examples because obviously anything they touch turns to proverbial gold (but resale value was honestly the last thing on my mind when I made that post). The point of that statement was that guitars are meant to be played, not coddled. The greatest players in history spent their time playing, loving and abusing their guitars, not worrying about how much money they could get for it if they tried to sell it, or how much paint the straplocks chipped off.
EDIT: Vasshu beat me to it!
That's not really what I meant...at all.
If Andrew is planning on selling his SG at some point then I absolutely take back everything I said, if that's the case then by all means keep it nice and shiny. But I think that treating guitars like you plan on one day selling them takes a lot of the romance and bonding out of an instrument as personal as a guitar.
Maybe Page and Richards were bad examples because obviously anything they touch turns to proverbial gold (but resale value was honestly the last thing on my mind when I made that post). The point of that statement was that guitars are meant to be played, not coddled. The greatest players in history spent their time playing, loving and abusing their guitars, not worrying about how much money they could get for it if they tried to sell it, or how much paint the straplocks chipped off.
EDIT: Vasshu beat me to it!
T
TheProphet
Guest
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
A large felt pad between the plastic and the body.
A large felt pad between the plastic and the body.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
Sit on a chair and use no strap......
By all means do not use the guitar the way it is made
Sit on a chair and use no strap......
By all means do not use the guitar the way it is made
oilpit
Active member
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
It might get scratched :scared::scared::scared:
Sit on a chair and use no strap......
By all means do not use the guitar the way it is made
It might get scratched :scared::scared::scared:
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: How to protect a guitars finish around straps....
Very few guitars are bought with the intent to be sold, but many end up that way for a variety of unforeseen reasons. If you only take good care of what you plan on selling, you're going to take a hit on the others that you sell. Maybe a great deal comes along on a guitar you like better, maybe you need cash fast (common with musicians), maybe some other reason. If you know many musicians, you'll have heard all kinds of stories.
Very few guitars are bought with the intent to be sold, but many end up that way for a variety of unforeseen reasons. If you only take good care of what you plan on selling, you're going to take a hit on the others that you sell. Maybe a great deal comes along on a guitar you like better, maybe you need cash fast (common with musicians), maybe some other reason. If you know many musicians, you'll have heard all kinds of stories.
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