Couch Guitar Straps

i have two of their straps (vw and racer x), and they’re fab. really sturdy and soft. quite comfortable, and they look great. good customer service, too.

Love love love couch guitar straps… I bought my boyfriend a guitar strap two years ago that complimented his new guitar perfectly and he loves it. He still uses it for that guitar today. I just bought him a wallet for Christmas and the awesome people at couch shipped it out immediately which almost never happens when you order around Christmas (or anytime) but maybe I got lucky or maybe they rock I like to think the latter. Looks great and he loves it. I don’t know about anybody else but I love knowing I am supporting a quality small business.

What an awesome place! It was so exciting to see them making the products and putting so much into all that they do!

I was eyeing their site for a while after falling in love with their belts and wallets made from old-​stock car vinyl (MB Tex and VW). I just had to satisfy my inner car geek. I ordered a belt and a slim wallet. They arrived by mail just a few days after I ordered them and they look great in person. What can I say, they have a unique product and their service has been excellent so far.
The VW vinyl slim wallet is perfect for me as I like to just carry some bills, an ID, and a card when I go out. The dark red VW basketweave vinyl just brings back a lot of memories and should last for a long time.

OK, I wasn’t going to bring any of my former belts into this, but now I think I’ll have to. So, all of the vegan belts I’ve ever owned have lived relatively short lives. My The Plain Black Vegan Belt turns out to be no exception. Yep, it’s starting to crack. The same exact fate suffered by all of my previous vegan belts. I’d expected that because of the high quality this belt would’ve lived longer, but I can’t really say I’m surprised by this turn of events. It’s sorta par for the course.
I emailed Couch and Dan told me that belt vinyl doesn’t always do so well in colder climes. I don’t really think it’s gotten very cold here yet, but my vegan belt seems to beg to differ. Apparently belt vinyl and I have dissimilar tolerances for cold.
Customer service is excellent. No complaints there.
(I’m deducting a star from my rating, though I think it may be through no fault of the belt maker. It seems that belt vinyl and I only get along for short periods of time.)
The reason I chose The Plain Black Vegan Belt in the first place was because I liked the simplicity of a plain black belt and it was slightly less expensive than the other belts they make. (Serves me right for being a cheap-​ass and fashionably conservative, I guess.) As a replacement I’ve ordered a slightly more expensive belt made from vintage automobile upholstery. The material is more supple and stronger and I expect it to last longer. I’ll let you know.
(I bought a guitar strap too. It looks awesome. I know none of you guys are really interested in reading about what belt I’m wearing anyway, but I put my belt on just like the rest of you, one belt loop at a time. Except once my belt is on I make gold records and now I got a vegan guitar strap to help me make vegan gold records. So, there.)
(Oh, I also feel obliged to say that I’m not vegan, but vegan belts and guitar straps taste so good that you won’t be able to tell ‘em apart from non-​vegan ones. Well, OK, you might be able to tell ‘em apart, but I challenge you to a blind taste test.)

How can you not love Couch Guitar Straps??? Well. It’s not a storefront, it just happens to be the address of where all the behind-​the-​scenes magic happens. This is where they make and ship the straps, wallets, belts and accessories from their warehouse in Signal Hill. The owner, Dan, well… he’s a babe. They might let you stop by to check out the stock, but it’s just easier to see online. The webstore is where it’s at.