The Mary/Guadalupe Seatbelt Guitar Strap

This was the first image ever sewn onto a guitar strap at Couch way back in the day. Our bass player friend Chris wanted a Guadalupe Guitar Strap to match the big Virgin Mary tattoo on his arm so he gave us this actual image cut from a Catholic prayer card and asked me to sew it on and make a Virgin Mary Guitar Strap for him.

There is a curious following for this kind of Christian, Catholic icon art and since then this has been our most popular straps to date. We were told two guys from the classic 1980’s punk rock band T.S.O.L. were using them, as well as Flea’s daughter who bought one from the Vice store in Silverlake, and Shon “GoldenBoy” Sullivan who was Elliot Smith’s long time touring piano and guitar player has one too. Check out the new pic of Bardo from LA's Chicano Batman rocking the Gaudalupe Guitar Strap with his Telecaster.  This is a simple, beautiful, cruelty free vegan mary guitar strap with soul. Comes in maroon, and black.