Guitar-shapped key covers

These guitar-shaped key covers from Gama-Go are a hoot. They're $6 for a set of six in a variety of colors.
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Previously on BB:
• New Boing Boing t-shirt by Gama-Go! Link

[#1 posted by David Pescovitz , May 25, 2008 9:48 PM]

WTF! OMG! That comes out to $1/each! What a ripoff! Those things are only worth .98/each tops! What a scam!

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , May 25, 2008 9:49 PM]

Yeah! You can get plain key covers at any hardware store for like .75/each and draw whatever you want on them!

[#3 posted by Doran , May 25, 2008 9:49 PM]

Very cool. I'll wait to pay 50 cents when they're at 7-11.

[#4 posted by arkizzle , May 25, 2008 10:02 PM]

RE: 1 & 2

Does sarcasm count for the shots game? :)

[#5 posted by Takuan , May 25, 2008 10:05 PM]

oh dear... oh yeah

[#6 posted by Tenn , May 25, 2008 10:05 PM]

@4 Arkizzle,
I don't know, but I DO know that "When in doubt, drink" applies to not just the shots game but life itself.

[#7 posted by Takuan , May 25, 2008 10:06 PM]

how hard would musical locks be?

[#8 posted by Beryllium , May 25, 2008 10:11 PM]

It looks like they might prevent the keys from fitting into some locks, what with the extra bits of the guitar jutting up.

[#9 posted by historyman68 , May 25, 2008 10:27 PM]

#8 - if they're plastic or rubber they might just bend when necessary?

[#10 posted by arkizzle , May 25, 2008 10:30 PM]

#6 Tenn,

Agreed and noted, this is gonna get messy.

#7 Tak,

That depends on what key the musical cipher is in..

..sorry I had to.

[#11 posted by Takuan , May 25, 2008 10:34 PM]

and look where that led me
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-prank-musical-caps-lock-keyboard/

[#12 posted by arkizzle , May 25, 2008 10:34 PM]

#8 & #9

It says on the packet that they are made of silicone, but not whether it's hard or soft.

[#13 posted by arkizzle , May 25, 2008 11:03 PM]

Tak, that's is devilishly genius :)

[#14 posted by neven , May 26, 2008 12:31 AM]

My wife got me an owl-shaped cover of the same style, and even without any bits sticking out, it unfortunately makes the keys unusable. It does bend, but this makes simply unlocking your front door into a frustrating task.

[#15 posted by strider_mt2k , May 26, 2008 2:48 AM]

God gave rock and roll (keys) to you
gave Rock and Roll (keys) to me

Put 'em (on the key ring) of everyone...

[#16 posted by Lea Hernandez , May 26, 2008 6:09 AM]

Forget the shape, the SHIPPING is more than the covers. Bleah.

[#17 posted by PFlint , May 26, 2008 7:33 AM]

A "Flying V" or a "Gibson Les Paul" might prevent interference. I mean, from a key perspective. How about a banjo: "round" wins the day?

@ $1 per each, I pass. It's not /that/ cool.

[#18 posted by dculberson , May 26, 2008 4:04 PM]

You'd pass on something 'cause it's a dollar? I drop more than a dollar in a parking meter to get a cup of coffee sometimes..

[#19 posted by Wulf , May 26, 2008 5:11 PM]

Easily cool enough to pay $1 a key for these. But not even if I were bitten by a hundred rabid racoons would I ever be mad enough to pay THIRTY DOLLARS SHIPPING for it! We're talking Canada here, not Fiji or Antarctica. Are these people completely out of their corporate minds?

[#20 posted by ill lich , May 26, 2008 5:37 PM]

That's it, rock-n-roll is dead.