Hey guys... question...

I've purchased a stand for my Guitars which perfectly suits my setup. But, I'm unsure of the composition of the padding/rubber on it and fear messing up the nitro finish on my '57 AV FSR.

I have a few yards of excellent quality italian suede leftover from a car restoration I did and plan to make some ' tubes ' to slide over the arms of the stand where it touches the guitar.

Will this be a good material to use and not risk damaging the Nitro finish over time..??

TIA !

cheers!

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'11 FSR Am. Vtg. Ltd. Ed. CAR '57 Stratocaster (SN# LE02639)
'14 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
'12 Telebration Empress Telecaster
'99 Deluxe Nashville Telecaster
'12 FSR Telecaster HH
'10 Heritage H-535
'99 Martin DC-1E
'13 Lanikai Tenor Ukulele

should work great, but, I would still keep it in the case when not playing.

I just cut the fingers off of some gloves and slipped them over the pads on mine

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That was almost---- bizarre

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A-man

they are like little guitar stand leg warmers
one of those $5 packs of the brown cotton work gloves can cover allot of stands.
not much effort needed either " snip snip slide"

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Interesting theme - what about some cotton stuffed condoms - or perhaps making wifey to knit some originals ?

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A-man

Yes... It is always interesting whenever the Mind wanders...

But... my Wife can't knit... and I cannot imagine (let alone asking her) to Butcher a Pig...

I think I'm just gonna go ahead and use the surplus Suede I have on-hand.. !!

Thanks !!

cheers!

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'11 FSR Am. Vtg. Ltd. Ed. CAR '57 Stratocaster (SN# LE02639)
'14 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
'12 Telebration Empress Telecaster
'99 Deluxe Nashville Telecaster
'12 FSR Telecaster HH
'10 Heritage H-535
'99 Martin DC-1E
'13 Lanikai Tenor Ukulele

I would not use suede or any other organic material for that purpose. A synthetic textile is less likely to contain oil-based enzymes which might stain or discolor the nitro. Knitted "fingers" comprised of polyester yarn is prolly a safer alternative.

JMOOC, HTH

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Most stand manufactures, and some guitar manufactures recommend a cleaning cloth or polishing rag.

This from a hang tag that came with a music stand - for music books and sheet music:

"If you suspect an instrument has a fragile finish, cover the contact points of the instrument stand with a soft cloth. Instrument stands should only be used to "temporarily" store your instrument such as on a gig. The safest place to store your instrument is in its case."

So the glove fingers is a good chose. Old face towels that wifey feels are too worn to use any longer, even old socks (depending on the type of fiber) would all do the trick.

Art