Avoiding Scratches!!

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I thought I'd share this helpful little trick I just learned from my guitarist. He plays a custom PRS and the paint job is one of the most beautiful finishes I've ever seen.

Anyway, we've all seen it... the most beautiful looking bass, with the best finish and smoothest lines... Only to turn it over to find numerous belt buckle scratches covering the back. Some might not have a problem with this but for me it takes away from the overall beauty (and price value) of an instrument.

The solution... a simple wrist sweatband.... that's right, simply slide the wristband over your belt buckle and whamola... no more annoying buckle scratches!

I usually don't tuck my shirt in but on those rare occasions that I do, I will definitely use this trick. ENJOY!
 
I always wear my belt buckle off to the side. When I was a kid at my jr high and high school, you could tell the guitar players because a lot of us wore our belt buckles off to the side
 
I'm with Randy on this one, the ol sidebelt technique. Although you can cop an odd look or two when the band is getting ready to head on stage and you whip your belt off in front of everyone to change your buckle configurationin the green room. People think you are going to put on more of a show than they came for.
 
doesn't someone sell some kind of cover for the back or whole bass to keep it from getting scratched.i sort or remember see one for sale in a guitar mag.i never thought of it cause most of the time i don't wear a belt,only at work so i can carry some tools and a flashlight
 
I've seen those back protector things but its basically glueing something tio the back of the guitar. bugger that.
 
I know others are not like me, but I love to see my bass getting more and more scars, aging together with me. He (because in Romanian the bass is a "He" as it should be) is becoming slowly and slowly my friend, and every scar has a beautiful happy or sad story to tell.
 
Florin said:
I know others are not like me, but I love to see my bass getting more and more scars, aging together with me. He (because in Romanian the bass is a "He" as it should be) is becoming slowly and slowly my friend, and every scar has a beautiful happy or sad story to tell.
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YES! someone who feels the same way i do....not one of these fret polishing, ding fearing, museum piece players! I love the fact that my basses age, they have marks from my hands, from my mistakes and from my triumphs. I dont treat them like crap, i look after them but a wick is pretty indestructable, and its a tool to make music before it is a piece of art. I think if you hold back from playing hard or putting on a show because it might scuff your bass you've made a mistake.
 
Augie said:
YES! someone who feels the same way i do....not one of these fret polishing, ding fearing, museum piece players! I love the fact that my basses age, they have marks from my hands, from my mistakes and from my triumphs. I dont treat them like crap, i look after them but a wick is pretty indestructable, and its a tool to make music before it is a piece of art. I think if you hold back from playing hard or putting on a show because it might scuff your bass you've made a mistake.
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I play the hell out of my bass and both the fingerboard and pickups tell the tale. I don't treat my bass like a museum piece but it's the only one I have and I'd really like it to last. Weather you choose the buckle to the side, a wristband to cover the buckle, or you just say F-it and like the mojo of the scratches, it's all relative. We all play WARWICKS and they are definitely the BEST BASSES PERIOD.
 
Here in the US we don't really have a distinction between masculine/feminine words but to me, my basses are my women. I love them like a woman, actually more than most women I have known, and when Im playing, it's like making love and personally, when I make love I perfer the feel of a sexy woman in my hands. So bottom line, even if I lived in a country where the bass was considered masculine, mine would have a sex change! hahaha

Battle scars and signs of age... Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with battle scars and those various signs of age the comes with the territory, but yea, I do try to keep them to a minimum and I don't intentionally inflict damage to it. And yea, I play the sh*t out of my bass. And yes, Ive been known to polish my frets so their nice and shinny and looking real purty .... Cleaning, waxing, buffing, your bass is like four-play. Let her know she is pretty and that you love her, feel her up a bit and get her in the mood, then strap her on and Rock her world... or more accurately, she rocks mine. I remember someone on the forum had a question in their sig, something like ... When you turn your bass on, does it return the favor. the anser is .. Yes, it does.
 
Scratches happen. Deal with it. It's the back of the instrument!
 
BassPlyr Randy said:
Battle scars and signs of age... Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with battle scars and those various signs of age the comes with the territory, but yea, I do try to keep them to a minimum and I don't intentionally inflict damage to it. And yea, I play the sh*t out of my bass. And yes, Ive been known to polish my frets so their nice and shinny and looking real purty .... Cleaning, waxing, buffing, your bass is like four-play. Let her know she is pretty and that you love her, feel her up a bit and get her in the mood, then strap her on and Rock her world... or more accurately, she rocks mine. I remember someone on the forum had a question in their sig, something like ... When you turn your bass on, does it return the favor. the answer is .. Yes, it does.
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Thanks Randy, I was starting to feel a little beat up for simply giving a little tip for those that might want to use the trick.
 
Augie said:
I've seen those back protector things but its basically glueing something tio the back of the guitar. bugger that.
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There's one that stays put from static electricity.
Dunno if they stay on though.
 
ALB said:
Thanks Randy, I was starting to feel a little beat up for simply giving a little tip for those that might want to use the trick.
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You are right, Adrian, you gave us a very good tip actually, and what I wrote it was pointless...

Thanks for the tip! I could actually use the wristband tip in the future!

Cheers,

Flo
 
NP ALB and sorry, when I posted my tip about the way I wear my belt, I was in no way trying to belittle your tip and/or its usefulness, I just liked your tip and thought Id add one of my own. But I understand how you feel. It can be pretty frustrating when you put something out there and it seems to either go on deaf ears, gets no response at all, or gets trashed, so I am sorry if I was any part of your feeling beat up, wasn't my intention.

Ive seen posted here before, sorry cant remember who but, it's really easy to forget that there are real people sitting at the other end of our keyboards and it can be so easy for our meaning to be miss interpeted and for feelings to unintentionally be hurt. Add language differences to the mix and things can really get miss understood. So my advice to you all is always think, what would BassPlyr Randy do, and do the opposite and you'll be ok most of the time ... hehehehe
 
Hey guys.... thanks. I appreciate your tips as well, that's why I added the thread. My feelings weren't hurt, no harm no foul.

I just wrote that because of certain comments.... If you don't like the tips, then ignore them and maybe someone else will have a better one.

Its not a big deal.... thick skin always prevails!
 
or play like murder face, just drop the pants and play with your#### ha ha the thing i remember seeing looked like some strechey lycra type cover, and it covered the whole body.and came i different colors or patterens.
 
Not bagging the tip at all mate, much appreciated
I think Flo's tangent ( and my blatant encouragement of said tangent) was more about attitudes to instruments in general more than YOUR attitude to instruments. I was in no way personal, just trying to get a fun discussion going really.
 
Augie said:
Not bagging the tip at all mate, much appreciated
I think Flo's tangent ( and my blatant encouragement of said tangent) was more about attitudes to instruments in general more than YOUR attitude to instruments. I was in no way personal, just trying to get a fun discussion going really.
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It's all good.
 
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