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sean65

Posts: 414
Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

My guitar stinks

Hey Guys,

Picked up a new guitar today and it stinks man.

No really; I had only unzipped about eight inches of the case and I could already smell it.

Strange smell. Reminded me of those old spray tins of Wasp Killer that my mum used to use.

I like it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 12:13:55

kozz

Posts: 1766
Joined: Feb. 26 2009
From: Eindhoven NL

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

This works, but you have to have a soundport in it

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 12:31:36

Doitsujin

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RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

I met one time a guitarist I never met before... at his apartment and we played some bulerias, tangos...etc.. Than he started smoking drugs.. My guitar and case smelled for several weeks.. Never met him again.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 12:38:16

sean65

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Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

This works, but you have to have a soundport in it

Excellent solution Kozz

quote:

we played some bulerias, tangos...etc.. Than he started smoking drugs..

LOL. Bulerias on acid, played through a wah wah. Why not.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 13:08:48

kozz

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Joined: Feb. 26 2009
From: Eindhoven NL

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

LOL. Bulerias on acid, played through a wah wah. Why not.

A friend of mind just got this week a electronic contrabass and played through a wah wah, big muff, and envelope filter....its really kicked ass...

Could be a fin-de-fiesta for flamenco....maybe once and never again...but its worth trying

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 13:43:21

sean65

Posts: 414
Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

The wah wah in this rockabilly video really caught my ear

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 19 2010 23:01:57

at_leo_87

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Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

congratulations on your new guitar. did you find out why it smells?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2010 17:42:03

sean65

Posts: 414
Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

did you find out why it smells?

No. Still working on it! Suspect it may be a cedar top but others tell me it's spruce.

My 'Mujer' has already noticed I've developed a habit of smelling my guitar before I start playing it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2010 23:33:36

kozz

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Joined: Feb. 26 2009
From: Eindhoven NL

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

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My 'Mujer' has already noticed I've developed a habit of smelling my guitar before I start playing it.

Sean,
thats just pure animal instinct.
People tend to smell their sh*t after having been to the toilet, when something smells funny you might be sick.

(I read it in a dutch magazine Quest)

So if your guitar smells funny, well...it might be sick.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 20 2010 23:58:38

sean65

Posts: 414
Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

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So if your guitar smells funny, well...it might be sick.

Hey Kozz, don't piss on my strawberry's man.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 1:36:39

minordjango

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Joined: Feb. 26 2005

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

haha funny read

what modelo is ur guitars its not andalusia mexicano modelo with strawberry scent (to help you achieve the high notes ?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 2:37:42

sean65

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Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

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what modelo is ur guitars its not andalusia mexicano modelo

Unfortunately I couldn't afford an Andulsian Guitar but my criteria did stipulate that the guitar should have 'sweet sonorous timbres' that PDL would approve of.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 3:10:24

kozz

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From: Eindhoven NL

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

Hey Kozz, don't piss on my strawberry's man.

???? Don't you flush your toilet than

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 3:24:01

Mike_Kinny

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Joined: Feb. 12 2009

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

It's also possible that it's the case fabric that smells. It happened to me once and the guitar stank of chemicals.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 3:37:47

edguerin

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From: Siegburg, Alemania

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to Doitsujin)

quote:

Never met him again

You sure he was real?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 5:02:32

n85ae

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Joined: Sep. 7 2006

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

My Pedro De Miguel Negra stank to high heaven when I bought it of chemicals.
Not sure if the guitar, or glue in the case holding the fabric in. In any case I
left the guitar out on the stand a lot, and left the case out in the garage open
for a week or so to air out, and the smell is long gone now.

Just normal lacquer solvent, or glue chemical outgassing sound like to me.
It'll ease up over time.

Jeff

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 10:29:08

Mike_Kinny

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RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to n85ae)

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My Pedro De Miguel Negra stank to high heaven when I bought it of chemicals.

What a coincidence! My one time stinky experience is also from my PDM.

That was because of the case. The next day I went back to their shop and exchanged the case with a totally another brand.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 10:55:00

Arash

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Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

once i bought a guitar through ebay (gladly it was a very cheap guitar), and that guitar smelled like if it was treated and fumigated with farting.

i couldn't figure out, why it smelled like that and i didn't dare to ask the seller.

i mean, what could i have asked? "hey, your guitar smells like sh.it. why ?"

i used a wet cloth and cleaned the guitar as thoroughly as i could, and after a while the smell was gone.

i will never buy a guitar through ebay again. you never know who was using it.

that reminded me on Doits idiom:

maybe i should have asked the seller:" did you played that guitar or sticked it up your ass?"

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 21 2010 11:12:15

hobersmith

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Joined: Feb. 21 2010

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

So this is a big heads-up for anyone who wants to buy a new guitar.

I can only say thanks for sharing this since I'm planning on buying a new guitar very soon :P

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2010 10:03:55

sean65

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Joined: Jan. 4 2010
From: London

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

So this is a big heads-up for anyone who wants to buy a new guitar.

I can only say thanks for sharing this since I'm planning on buying a new guitar very soon :P

Yeah man, if you find a decent guitar, smell it first. If you like the smell buy it. If you don't like the smell ask for a discount.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2010 13:01:43

ConradP

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Joined: Feb. 1 2010

RE: My guitar stinks (in reply to sean65)

quote:

i mean, what could i have asked? "hey, your guitar smells like sh.it. why ?"

Arash. This made me laugh out loud at work. Now I don't know how to explain my behaviour to my colleagues.

C

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 25 2010 1:49:21

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