tiny tiny scratches

hey all

the other night i did a gig. i was wearing a belt and the back of two of my guitars got tiny little hairline scratches where they were moved around on the belt.

i tried scratching another, cheaper guitar to see if the superglue idea of mr erlewine's would work but it looks terrible (thanks for the other thread on superglue removal :D ) so i'm a bit stuck.

any ideas?

I'm not sure on how to remove the scratches, but I know some compnay sells things called scratch pads that are placed on the back of the guitar that prevent scratches.

ive got scratches on the back of my guitars too, in fact a lot of ppl do, unless u wanna sell you're guitar i don't think it's a big deal, mite go for some of those scratch pad things tho, they seem like a comfortable idea.

you could try some car pollish that my be good
(edit:sorry this is wrong car pollish should not be used and has been pointed out later on in the thread, my mistake, sorry)
for small scratches or
brasso, its usually used for pollishing brass but i know it works very well on plastic so it should work on guitars

move your belt buckle so that it is on your side instead of in front of you

TURTLE WAX!! found at your local hardware store. directions on the bottle. :cool:

Originally Posted by: thor-2112TURTLE WAX!! found at your local hardware store. directions on the bottle. :cool:

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! :eek:

That **** contains silicone! Don't [u]ever[/u] use silicone products on a guitar!

Once a guitar shop has been contaminated with silicone, its almost impossible to get rid of, and it will flat-out [u]ruin[/u] any paint work that gets done there.

Never, never, never use car wax, or furniture polish on a guitar.

Ever!

Use only guitar polish. And if you're foolish enough to inflict buckle scars on your guitar, you deserve to live with the consequences. Wear your belt with the buckle off to the side.

:o im sorry with all my heart. i was reading the bottle this morning. diddnt realize there was silicone in it.

my bad

Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings ...if you're foolish enough to inflict buckle scars on your guitar, you deserve to live with the consequences. Wear your belt with the buckle off to the side.

:'(

I'm sorry :(

seriously i don't understand equipment worship.

i mean i love my guitar and it cost a heap of money compared to what i earn, but its there to played, its their to be used, and if their are scratches on the back, whoopdie doo, still plays exactly the same and no1 can see the scratches so what?

i can understand if u bought like some vintage 10000 dollar instrument that u were too afraid to play and wanted to worship and sell in the future, but equipments there to be used.

I used to be really scared of scratching my guitar and liek really paranoid, bought an extremely heavy duty case and everything and then i realised it was just stressin me out and i was worry half the time about whether i was playing the strings to hard rather then worrying about how i was playin in the first place. now i just play, the guitars there to be used.

but i guess ppl who worship gear mite not have that same opinion.

Well I can understand having a hard case. If you're gigging, everything and its cousin gets thrown on to your guitar and if its not in a hard case, scratches will be the least of your worries.

But, on the other hand, it is a scratch on the back of the guitar. MEH. I like the scratches and dings because it makes it look like the guitar gets used.

I make a distinction between normal wear'n'tear and needless damage. I've been wearing my belt with the buckle next to my hip since I started playing. There's just no excuse for buckle rash. On the other hand, the chrome covers on my Brand X clearly show thousands of tiny pick-scratches between the strings. If the tone I want happens to be directly above one of the pickups, that's where I'm gonna pick. And the pick-guard also shows the effects of 20 years of percussive Townshend-style strumming. That's what a pick-guard is for, y'know? That's part of making music. Buckle-rash is just lame.

Personally... I think all wear and tear is ok. I don't plan on selling any of my guitars and I want to play them so I enjoy them. I certainly don't baby my guitars... I don't wear big belt buckles so I've never had to worry about buckle rash... But even if I did... I don't think it would be a major concern of mine. It's on the back of the guitar... Most people don't play the guitar backwards... that I know of... Unless I'm doing something wrong... I like worn and relic'd guitars. It shows character and it also gives them that special unique feel.

yep yep, i spose every1's diff, some ppl mite worship equipment and it mite be a crush to their confidence to know that they're "damaging their equipment" and then others might see that "damage" as wear and tear and use. scratches caused by a belt on the back or unseen part of a guitar that does not interfere with electronics, playability, tone or the cosmetic elements of a guitar is not really a major concern IMO.

Scratches? Nothing a little spackle and a Sharpie can't fix!

with a lot of my equipment i've not really cared about scratches and breakages. one of my guitars has only just got back to black paint after years of nail varnish and stickers but the warlock is brand new and a wedding present so scratching it is pretty annoying.

as for buckle rash, i've never played guitar with a belt on before so its never come up. i dont usually wear belts full stop and though it seems like common sense now i'd never heard of it till this week. having realised now i'll refrain from putting a buckle anywhere near my guitars in future but if anyone actually has any tips for rectifying the situation i would appreciate it.