Originally Posted by: turkeyjerky214Personally, I'm a nazi when it comes to the condition of my newest guitar. I don't even wear a belt when I play for fear of scratching the back of it, so there is no way I would wear a ring while playing it. My older electric, however, had quite a few battle scars when I got it so I wouldn't have a problem adding a few more.

I actually used to wear a thumb ring on my right hand and hammer the strings while using a wah pedal. I got some really cool sounds with that.

Anyway, I agree with the guys that say it's a personal choice. If it's uncomfortable when playing or you don't want to scratch your guitar, take it off. If she has a problem with that, she has some insecurity issues to deal with.

Everything is a personal choice. You can choose to wear your wedding ring or not. You can get married or not. It's all your personal choice.

You realize that some people actually think the so called battle scars adds value to an instrument. I personally like my guitars to look like new and the one guitar I sold, I got twice what I paid 20 years later, but I don't go out of my way to avoid the scratches. I figure it's all a part of playing. You are going to bump and knick the thing sometime. It's like my truck. I didn't buy a truck to not haul stuff. I use my truck as a truck and it's going to get beat up. The same as playing a guitar. The only way to keep from getting in banged up is to keep it in it's case! When I test drive a guitar in a store or of a friend, I am always careful not to scratch it. I remove my jacket and make sure my shirt covers my belt buckle, etc.

I have a friend that takes new strats and duplicates the mars of guitars used my stars. He then sells them for a lot more than he paid. I certainly wouldn't pay for a new guitar that looks like it came out of the junk yard, but there are people out there that do.

A wedding band isn't going to hurt your guitar and like the lady said, you get use to not smacking the thing on the guitar neck. If your fingers are curled and you playing correctly, the ring isn't going to touch the neck. A wedding band isn't going to interfer with barre chords or even the 3rd finger smash.

I think you guys need a better excuse than that to not wear your wedding band.