It's real easy to take apart - just keep unscrewing everything until you can pull the board away from the face. I'd show pictures of that, but it really is that simple, and most importantly, I didn't start taking pictures until I had already chopped down the play and stop buttons - as shown above.

The stop button (on the right) has been cut off and reattached. You can see where I've just started on the play button. The hacksaw killed about a millimeter. If you cut nice and straight, it will look perfect when glued back on.

Here it is with the Play, Stop, Rev & Fwd buttons cut down and out of the way. I was a little sloppy with the Rev & Fwd buttons & they look a little crooked now. Oh well.

And of course the important question - does it solve the problem? Absolutely. The button bumping almost never happens now, I have to poke it with something to stop it by accident.