Smelly old guitars
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Re: Smelly old guitars
Nice! Like those ES125's in terms of pickup position. A good place actually to cover lots of ground.
Ben, the mute "would" work if there was any felt left on the base!
Ben, the mute "would" work if there was any felt left on the base!
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Re: Smelly old guitars
Cool. Is it fixable? Would love to try a working one some time.GrantB wrote: Ben, the mute "would" work if there was any felt left on the base!
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Re: Smelly old guitars
When this 1943 Cremona archtop arrived it absolutely reeked of cigarette smoke (stank even to this ex smoker). It took a month of being relegated to the laundry to become acceptable. Now it smells of musty old mahogany.
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Yep, in fact I have the replacement felt somewhere. It's a strange mechanism....would have added quite a bit of cost to the manufacture.bender wrote:Cool. Is it fixable? Would love to try a working one some time.GrantB wrote: Ben, the mute "would" work if there was any felt left on the base!
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Re: Smelly old guitars
who has a 125? I've always wanted to try one - I love old gibson necks, full hollow guitars and P90's, reckon a dual pickup ES125 would just about be perfect for meGrantB wrote:Nice! Like those ES125's in terms of pickup position. A good place actually to cover lots of ground.
Ben, the mute "would" work if there was any felt left on the base!
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Re: Smelly old guitars
1962 Gibson LG0. All mahogany, ladder braced, quirky funny little guitar, but it has a great tone and I really like the neck too. Need to get it to a luthier to get the intonation and a dodgy fret sorted
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Crackly finished 1972 Fender Music Master in Dakota red. Nitro finish, probably made of old left over 60's bits. Smells like a little bit of smoke but mostly just old furniture.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
Not sure about the smell (ex smoker), but I've had it for a while, since the '90's.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
HNNNNNNNNGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAWT!H671 wrote:1972 Harmony H672 hollow body with single coils DeArmond pickups.
Not sure about the smell (ex smoker), but I've had it for a while, since the '90's.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
My gats smell like the case(if they're left in one for any length of time.......very rarely these days).So if it's an older case.........
Doin' that scrapyard thing.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
I've been playing an old Fender tonight. Fingers really pong.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
Off a '58 Panhead? Would probably pong a bit.GrantB wrote:I've been playing an old Fender tonight. Fingers really pong.
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Re: Smelly old guitars
There's one on TM at the moment.Zaulkin wrote:Speaking of smelly old guitars - what would the market value be for a 1960s hofner hollowbody?
Don't have one, asking for someone who wants one.
Epiphone Riviera P93 & EJ200CE, Hagstrom Viking Bass, Doubleneck bass/guitar.
Rivera Clubster 45, Carvin AG100D, Ashton BSK158.
Rivera Clubster 45, Carvin AG100D, Ashton BSK158.