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Old 06-25-2010, 01:06 PM
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This Will Sound Like an Odd Question...

First off, I don't use these forums much (BG player), so I hope I put this in the right sub-forum. Now, this will sound like a very odd question, because it is. So here goes.

During the school year, one of my classmates brought a bag of Goldfish (The snack cracker, not the animal.) to class. He played bass. At the beginning of that year, a shipment of extra basses from the high school our junior high fed into had come in. He had one of those basses.

Now fast-forward to Summer. I was given a new bass for the Summer because I had need a larger size. So I get his bass. I had noticed that sometimes when moving the bass, I could hear a rattling sound. After a few practice sessions, I decided to pull out a flashlight and look into the F-holes. I found a several-month-old stale Goldfish. Which brings me to the question...

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How do I get the Goldfish out?
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Old 06-25-2010, 01:13 PM
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Tip: cleaning inside the bass
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Old 06-25-2010, 01:38 PM
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Old 06-25-2010, 03:21 PM
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Go to an auto store and get one of those flexible pincer tools which are used for getting small objects out of tight places. Always handy to have one around.

If you want to go a bit further, try attaching thin piping to a vacuum cleaner and give the bass a hoover through the f holes.
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