smell

Got a Dirnt Precision recently. We rehearsal in a small place, we have air conditioning but it seems like the nitro finish is soaking all the humidity in and it’s starting to smell bad. Any ideas/ recommendations? I've cleaned up the bass but feels like the smell is going to go deeper with...

Just got a pedal I ordered off of Reverb and I could smell it instantly. Smells like an ashtray. Any tips for safely getting the cigarette stank out of a pedal?

Hi guys... I was gigging the other night, tuned my bass, and proceeded to do a sound check. As soon as I plucked my strings, a high tone came out of my Ampeg. I immediately turned it down and was like what the hell. Then I tried it again after turning it down and it seemed fine. After the gig...

So my dad has a cat and also a nice Yamaha RBX-270 bass. He let me have it for a while to learn on, then he pretty much just gave it to me. It's always had a peculiar... 'aroma' to it, and it took me a while (somehow) to figure out that at some point, that crotchety old cat pissed on the gig bag...

Just purchased a new amp a few weeks ago. I've used it for a couple rehearsals and mostly at home. Last night, I had a pretty frickin' loud jam session with some folks. I was running a 5.3 ohm cab and an 8 ohm cab. Total load about 3 ohms. The amp can handle down to 2 ohms. It's a solid state...

Playing in bars for fun and some heavy smokers in there. Throw my clothes in the washer and shower as soon as I get home. What can you do about the smoke smell on the bass, case, amp, etc.

I normally run an Orange AD200B Head into two Mesa Boogie Diesel 1x15 Cabs rated at 400W and 8 ohms. I run a separate speaker cable to each cab from the head. A buddy played through my cabs the other day at practice for a different band where I play guitar. He played his Peavey MiniMega 1000W...

I bought a Schroeder cab of for of Reverb and although it is in mint condition, it smells like smoke....really, really bad. I contacted the seller and he confirmed that he is a smoker and that he smokes in his house where the cab was kept, so it's been in smoke for quite a while, not just a...

So....just got a "new to me" bass. It was shipped in a case that smells like it was in a moldy basement for the last ten years. Heck, judging by the oxidation on some of the guitar's hardware, I wouldn't be surprised if the bass was stored there too. Either way, the case reeked of mold so bad I...

I bought a brand Mesa D-800+ head a couple of weeks ago and have noticed a slight smell coming from the front and side vents shortly after turning it on. It's not a burning smell and there is no smoke, just a faint but distinct smell. It's there for as long as the amp is on. Mesa D-800/D-800+...

So I've had this setup for about a month and a half now (Hartke LH1000 with the Hydrive 4x10), all of which was purchased as a set with the Speakon cable that I am currently using. Prior to purchasing this, I had two pretty nice combos at about 150w. I've recently joined my first band and...

So I brought my amp along to my band practice, it runs through a neo 1x15, and I had my musicman going through it loud without the active switch on, 3 songs in and it smells burny.. band members think it's just the amp warming up or starting to break in, amp being brand new and that. I turned...

I know it may sound crazy but my new MTDs have a smell that's just intoxicating. I'm not sure if it's the sent of exotic woods (Pistachio and roasted walnut) or the finish coat Mike uses. Anyone else ever experience this?

I recently bought a used GK 800rb. The 8ohm output does not work but the 4ohm does. I've paired it with a Avatar 2x12 with 4ohm neodymium speakers that I believe are 500w. I was surprised at how low the volume was during band practice as the drummer and guitarist were having a hard time hearing...

(SORRY IF THERES MISTAKES ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE) I Have a Gk1001RB-ii amp head, I once had an incident where I connected my amp to a cab that wasnt GK and didnt have a horn with my GK SPeakon speaker made to Use the Bi-amp, the head overheated but everything still works perfectly...

SORRY IM NOT GOOD WITH TECHNICAL WORDS AND STUFF, IM STILL PRETTY NEW TO ELECTRONIC and Etc. IM ALSO NEW TO TALKBASS.COM Hi, I just bought an Used GK1001rb-ii + GK115RBX, during a jam with my band (we werent really LOUD ) but everyone became to smell a weird smell coming from my cab ( burnt...

So I recently moved house and it was raining while everything was being unloaded. I stuck all my instrument cases under a bed as per usual (I use gig bags and store instruments on hangers) and a few weeks later when I needed one I found they all smelt bad and had a layer of grey mould or...

Hello! So earlier today I was playing my GK 700rb II through my dad's old USA Peavey 212. From the mid-eighties to the mid-nineties he used this cab in his massive tri-amped bass rig for hard rock/heavy metal stuff. The 212 was just for the high frequencies, and it isn't made to handle intense...

Hi, so I bought a set of Yellow DR Neon bass strings (45-105) last Thursday and put them on my bass and now it is 8 days later and today I was playing my bass normally and smelt something weird and I smelt my strings and realised that they smelt funny. Has anyone else had this problem before? I...