My guitar stinks!!

[Boxcar Willie 84]

Ok, while this is the best sounding guitar I've ever owned, it's also the worst smelling. I know how to take care of the smell in the case, but how do you get rid of the smell on a guitar?? It's that old cigarette smell. Any ideas?

[maotar]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

Start smoking and you will not notice it [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] J/K

[Newc]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

Best answer right there [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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Seriously, I'd say strip it completely of all the parts and polish the body and neck with lighter fluid or some other nicotine-cutting agent (Topol, the smoker's toothpolish!), scrub and oil the board, and soak the hardware (in individual pieces, which means take the bridge apart) in oil, and replace the pickups.

[jgcable]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

Lock it in the case with an open box of baking soda for around 1 week +. That should do it.

[sully]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

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Lock it in the case with an open box of baking soda for around 1 week +. That should do it.

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awesome idea, i may have to try that!

[Niccolai]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

I would NEVER but a nicotine acting agent on your guitar. take the parts off, scrub everything down with dunlop lemon oil, linseed oil the fretboard, dry and pilish like nuts, than use typical cleaner and polisher on it.

If you don't want to work to hard, try just making it smell like something else.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

See usually it wouldn't bother me TOO bad, but it looks like I'm gonna start gigging again soon so I want all the girls to stand on my side of the stage, but I am afraid that the smelly guitar will repel them! Thanks for the info though, I'm gonna try it!

[sully]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

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I would NEVER but a nicotine acting agent on your guitar.

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[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] and on the other hand, most of us would NEVER tune to C with 9-42 strings and expect them not to flop! [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

[noodlesatf]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

[img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Too funny, Sully!

[mm2002]

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Nothing brings back that "new guitar smell" like a total refin! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[GodWentPUNK]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

I bathe with mine...

joe...

[RR05xx]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

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Lock it in the case with an open box of baking soda for around 1 week +. That should do it.

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That does sound good. Mom always used in the frig. why not a case.

[StukaJU87]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

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See usually it wouldn't bother me TOO bad, but it looks like I'm gonna start gigging again soon so I want all the girls to stand on my side of the stage, but I am afraid that the smelly guitar will repel them! Thanks for the info though, I'm gonna try it!

[/ QUOTE ] Dude, my gear smells like smoke for a week after every gig. Nothing you can do about that, except leave the good guitars home when you play out.

[JacksonConcept]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

I had a used charvel tweed case that smelled like someone pissed in it...I had it for 2 years and I never got the pee smell out of it..my model 6 eventually picked up the smell and I had to clean it with alcohol all the time. I heard someone else say once that he had a charvel case that smelled the same way? Maybe its chemicals or something in the way the padding is made? Strange. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[VulfgangPfuck]

Re: My guitar stinks!!

I noticed the old SKB "Chainsaw" cases had that "stench of piss" in a lot of them! I'm guessing the old tweed cases had that same thing happening too. On the other hand, my favorite smell in the whole world was the smell of a brand new brown/pink Gibson case. Try the baking soda thing Ethan...that should do the trick.