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Belt Buckle Scratches: Avoidance Ideas, Anyone?
Hey Folks!
As you know, I'm one of the newest Ken Smith owners, and I must say I'm having a total blast on my beauty! While polishing Cathyrn II last night after Praise Teamrehearsal, I noticed just a few belt buckle scratches. How do you folks handle this? Is it to be categorized as a normal part of wear that comes with playing, or should I take steps now to cover up my buckle when I play? I'm really not overly disturbed by this. However, if there's something I should be looking out for with regard to this, I'll do it! Thanks. |
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I don't wear a belt. problem solved
Another useful trick, if dress code allows it, is to simply untuck your shirt and let it cover your buckle.
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Position!
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buckle rash!!!
What I do is turn my belt buckle to the side a little so it does not dig into the back of the bass, And you still have the belt to help!!!!
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I play without a belt...no comments please. I do have a friend that cut up a strap and made a belt buckle cover.
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Too funny!
LOL! Oh, the temptation.....too funny Dennis!
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I tend to fasten my belt further to one side or untuck my t-shirt/shirt.
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I know, I know... but thanks for letting it be.
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Dennis Michaels www.myspace.com/dennismichaelsbass www.dennismichaels.com www.kensmithbasses.com www.eden-electronics.com Tone matters so play the best through the best. |
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If you see some vintage photos of the Monkeys that show Peter Tork wearing a belt, you will see something that has certainly been wrongly attributed to 60's pop fashion. His belt is buckled with a huge buckle that is rotated far around to the side. It was not a fashion statement. Peter did this to protect his bass. What I do is go without a belt (at the risk ...) or if I must have one on, I use a braided belt I found that has all leather covered hardware so there is no bare metal. I don't know where to get one because this one I picked up in a vintage clothing store, but someone told me that women's belts are made this way. And I'm thinking, OK, so I'm wearing a woman's belt???
Another thing to watch for if you wear jeans is the rivets. I have recently gone to painter or carpenter style jeans that have no rivets. The rivets are small and sneaky but can put some bad scratches on a glossy finish. |
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I have found the soulution. Google "scratch pad guitar finish protector". These are about $20.00 and they work great!
James Watkins |
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Since the bass is finished with Oil, you can use a light grade of steel wool pad from Lowes or Home Depot #0000 grade preferably to lightly take the scratches out without going very deep into the finish. Belt buckle rash is really not that big of a deal to players, its just a fact of life. Now, collectors see it in a whole new light, because they are looking to own the bass for awhile, take a few pics with it, and then sell it or trade later for a profit, or a new G.A.S. acquisition. Nothing wrong with that, I do it too, but if you intend on playing your Smith live, dents, scratches, and buckle rash are to be expected and should you decide to sell it or trade it later on, its still going to be worth a little something, for sure!
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what?
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Guys, Steel wool of any grade can take the finish off down to the wood. Scratches down to the wood can not be taken out that way. Only a re-finish can. Even re-waxing at best might only help hide the marks and mars. |
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I'm thinking I would stab myself in the face with a red hot ice pick before I took steel wool of any kind to my Smith!
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Proud original owner of a 2001 Ken Smith BSR4EG lined fretless. My band's site: Delusional Mind |
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Slap scratches
I noticed that under the G string, there is about 1 inch square or something that is basically scracthes due to slapping. Now I rectified the situation by makng sure my nails are cut before I play, but is there anyway I can make those scratches go away?
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