Buckle cover

andyg_prs

Hi,

looking to avoid buckle rash, I've seen a massive buckle cover from these http://www.amplifiercoversonline.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=378

but little else. Any ideas / links,

Cheers,
Andy

CountryDave

Beer towel from your friendly local hostelry does the trick.  And looks less like a handbag attachment.
I'd imagine 

richardhomer

Er, don't wear a belt?

Sassafras

A codpiece made of foam rubber could offset any damage made by a belt buckle or you could wear braces.

ICBM

Wear your belt with the buckle moved round to over the left pocket.

I got this from Nik Kershaw c.1984 .

timmysoft

I've always worn my belts of centre, I'm known as the legend of the side belt! 

andyg_prs

Yeah, I do that too but was just considering alternatives...also I'm skinny so need to wear a belt, I'm too old for prison "fashion"...

RandallFlagg

Sporran?

RandallFlagg

Wear no trousers?

richardhomer

Actually shirt over trouser is the easiest solution - assuming your buckle isn't too aggressive in nature....

DavidRees

elasticated waist?

proggy

Get a vintage Gretsch Country Gent with a padded back. Sorted.

andyg_prs

Ha ha, this thread has taken an unexpected turn.  

I guess I shouldn't have posted from my phone so I could explain further.  I have a couple of these that have seemed to work well in the past...they've got expensive and a bit of a pain to import now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scratch-Pad-ScratchPad-Removable-Guitar-Belt-Buckle-Rash-Finish-Protector-/291838336092?var=&hash=item43f2eb9c5c:m:mBvKfYFDPZCZiPCZWPZU86g  plus I'm not convinced if they would prevent indentations as well as scratches - all dependent on the guitar finish...which varies guitar to guitar.

I turn my belt sideways when I remember but it's a bit awkward.....my buckle isn't very aggressive but just using my t-shirts wouldn't give my confidence protecting my new Suhr for example.  

I'm not going to start wearing elasticated trousers....or tena pads or anything else 

I googled looking for a simple soft, perhaps padded "sleeve" I could put over my belt buckles....I guess I envisaged something a bit like the neoprene material they make wrist supports and the like from....I may end buying the material and putting something together myself....the first link I included looks ungainly.....a bit like I think a beer towel would be...and of course it could fall off.

I'll let people know what I come up with.

Merry Xmas one and all 

Sassafras

Rope belt like this shouldn't harm a thin nitro finish.

bbill335

richardhomer said:

Actually shirt over trouser is the easiest solution - assuming your buckle isn't too aggressive in nature....

I had a period where all my tshirts had holes around the belt buckle area from the guitar rubbing the shirt against the buckle! I wear my guitar higher now. 

andyg_prs

I'm tending towards buying the 230mm x 40mm kit of this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Witch-McNett-neoprene-glue-repair-kit-patches-for-SCUBA-wetsuit-drysuit-/381838286570?var=&hash=item58e755deea:m:mbzXPc_hN0vE3kDDtUSiTlA  The idea being to make 2 or 3 covers just big enough to slide on and off the buckle....in black and so pretty much invisible....

Fez

wrist style sweatband over the buckle.

usedtobe

You could stop playing guitar..

  

ICBM

andyg_prs said:

I turn my belt sideways when I remember but it's a bit awkward...

I just got into the habit of doing it all the time - it became normal, so I didn't forget. If you fit the belt starting at the next loop round from normal it's easy.

I only stopped doing it when wearing chinos with a smart thin belt went out of fashion… it doesn't look as good with jeans and a cowboy buckle. So probably about 1987 for everyone else, and 1992 for me .

Sassafras

Bow tie is optional.

thomasross20

Wear it low and use your manly bulge to push the guitar away from the buckle. 

Prerequisite: one c*ck push-up per day strength training.