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Amp smells like Cigar
How to get rid of Cigar smell from an Amp?
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Clean and
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I've had some success with activated charcoal (like used in aquariums) in a mesh bag and enclosing the amp with is (a large trash bag has worked). Put the charcoal bag and amp together in the larger enclosure for a day or two and that should help. I played a cigar gig last fall and had to discover this myself. I'm a cigar fan, but will didn't like the smell of the equipment afterwards!
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Mahn!
Dat be de mojo! Dat be de stank! Don' let de mojo out of daht ahmp! What wrong wit you? Bahb
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Any of your buddies Deer hunt and have an Ozonics ozone generator? That will kill the smell.
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I've never had an amp with smoke smell but I've had smoky guitars before and had this link bookmarked. It might be of help to you.
Rob http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...ighlight=smell |
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For my first twenty-five years of my playing career I didn't own a single amp that didn't smell like cigarette smoke. It was, as one would expect, exacerbated by the heat of the tubes. But that be the stank.
Bob
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Had the most wonderful smell (and tone) when I took it out of the box and fired it up for the first time... Never smoked, made sure to keep it away from heavy-drinking bandmates, kept it covered when not in use... Placed it in semi-retirement when I bought/modded my Bugera V22 a few years ago (gets the same characteristic Ampeg "big clean" but louder/more headroom, more like a Gemini II/B-12XT)... Still pull it out every so often for old-times' sake, and to make sure everything's still sonically/electronically up to snuff (pun intended)... Still gives off that wonderful, inimitable Ampeg aroma when the tubes get warm, just in a mellower, more mature version - think 10-year-old versus 25-year-old bottle of your favorite single malt... That's mojo...
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Yep. My old Gretsch 6150T and my old Traynor YRM-1 Reverbmaster are the same - I love the smell of tube amps in the morning! We are talking hot glue, tolex, paint, and components. An EPA delight!
Bob
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The sad fact is that Fabreze doesn't get rid of anything...except your sense of smell. The active ingredient shuts down most of the aroma sensors in your nasal tract and may permanently damage your sense of smell. The worst case scenario is that it may well be carcenogenic.
Meanwhile the perfumes used to mask the original odor targeted can cause severe asthmatic distress. This stuff is TOXIC. Go for the suggested ozone generator cure.
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So I am guessing the old smuggler's crate for Cuban cigars is out, for storing my Supro
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I've gotten smoke smell out of fabric by hanging it out on the back porch for a few days of fresh air. Might help.
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Not exactly the same issue, but my new Gretsch came from Japan and there's a strong scent, like a rose, in the case. Can't have it anywhere in the house, my wife can't tolerate such scents. How I wish I could get this case odour-free..it stays in the unheated shed and after 3 month still smells like a flower factory. I've managed to lesson smoke smell from cases to a good extent by leaving the case outside in the summer for most of the day, praying the birds will be off-target...
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Amp smells like Cigar...
You make that sound like a bad thing
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