Liked Our GTI Reviews? Now You Can Buy The Guitar Strap

by Jack Baruth

Published: June 5th, 2014

liked our gti reviews now you can buy the guitar strap

Alright, so the car in the photo is almost certainly not a GTI — not on steelies with no red trim. That’s a poverty-spec Euro Mk2, methinks. But the great people at Couch do have some GTI fabric guitar straps, if you want a bit of that old eight-valve mojo.

That is what an ’85 GTI looks like. It was apparently Motor Trend’s Car Of The Year. Well, I’ve always said that you can’t go wrong buying the MT COTY.

Here’s the interior of a well-cared-for ’85 GTI.

And here’s the guitar strap. If you’re interested in picking up a neat “upcycled” way to hang a guitar, you should check them out. Disclaimer: Your humble author owns about forty-something Couch straps, and has paid full price for each one.

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DubTee1480 on Jun 05, 2014

After the last Couch article I mentioned their site to my wife and she ended up buying her brother a blue vinyl GTO trunk liner guitar strap. He loves it.

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Mike on Jun 06, 2014

I'd rather have a mkI wallet. http://www.walletwerks.com/collections/wallets/products/vw-golf-mk1-gti-bifold-wallet http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0172/7734/products/PB256139_1024x1024.jpg

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