The Steel Guitar Forum

I bought a black vinyl steel cover way back that has some kind of inner lining that results in more crude on the guitar than would be with it. Any ideas for better cover or material to make one? Real hide would be cool but a little expensive. Thanks.

Stephen,
You can get vinyl with a felt backing,had one made for a D12 once.Worked OK. Check out your local fabric shop.

Bill

Had mine made at a boat shop; works great and a great protector. Has a tough inner lining with vinyl on the outside.

You should cantact forum member Gary Preston. He makes the best covers you can buy. Quite reasonable in price too. His e-mail addy is gppreston@rr.columbus.com

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D.S. Rigsby
Carter Starter and various six string toys

I made one myself for about $5 with some heavy black cloth - almost canvas like. Doesn't leave any crud, and of course its black...

I have a cover made of Denim. It looks nice and does the job and is easy to fold up and put in your seat when not in use. Most any one who is pretty good with a sewing machine could make one.

Don't mean to sound like a real Hoosier here but can't you just cover it up with a big T-shirt, or two regular T-shirts? That is what our band covers are mixer board up with so it doesn't get dust in it.

Just a thought.

If you play outside much, check out StayCool Covers--they are made of a space blanket material and keep the heat and weather off just dandy. I have a couple of them, and use them all the time, indoors or out. They also have elastic around the bottome to keep it snug. Plus it's made by one of the guys in Mark Chestnut's band...
www.staycoolcovers.com
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Thanks for the great suggestions. It's a difficult choice, but I think Im leaning towards "Fruit of the Loom " underwear for "extra" large men. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steven Welborn on 28 October 2004 at 10:02 AM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steven Welborn on 28 October 2004 at 10:03 AM.]</p></FONT>

There are lots of designer hand towels available that complement and cover the strings and pickups perfectly.....plus, they do double duty when used to wipe moisture from the strings! One of my favorites is a black towel with horizontal white stripes that resemble the strings!

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Don't forget that the Fruit of the Looms will do double duty too. If you are in the middle of a gig and have any "issues", you have a spare. You can't get that kind of assurance from a designer towel

Steve........sounds like a reasonable approach to an age old problem but.....

Do you then use "the Fruit of the Looms", with the skid marks, for the cover on the next break?

We're your friends here, and deserve to know the entire story not just bits and pieces.

Ray,

You just turn them inside out. The chances of it happening twice in one night are slim to none.

Ray's correct. It's a reasonable question and deserves a reasonable answer.
A month ago this solution would've come in handy after I dropped my brand new BJS chrome bar in the middle of a solo. It's difficult to predict the frequency of these events though. Nevertheless, no two skid marks are alike, and it could keep things aestheticly "fresh" and interresting.

And...Don't forget to put "that" side down...

Vinyl with a cloth backing (the same stuff used for most amp covers) gets my vote.

Thanks Donny. That gives me an idea. Maybe I can glue some clothe to the inside of the vinyl cover I have. Or spray /brush on some kind of coating to keep whatever that crud is from coming off.

Gene Jones, How dare you steal my patented idea of using a towel for a cover. I wipe my guitar with it and cover it on breaks. There are a lot of good uses for a towel. One of the best is: When I decide I've had enough of this band, I can "throw in the towel". ....JD

I had one made from a pool table cloth. Worked darn good. Not water proof, but never played in the rain anyway. Was heave and very durable.

Carl West

I use a bath towel.

THE BEST THANG IS UNBORN NAUGYHIDE....

JENNINGS

ANGELIC SOUND OF STEEL

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