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04-12-2010, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Montreal | | | Would smoke damage my cabs?
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The place where I play; has no windows, and everyone smokes in there all the time.
So I was thinking to bring my Mesa cab but I’m concern about the smoke.
I was thinking to get one of those BBQ covers so I could cover the whole stack
There is no way to talk to the other members cause I’m new there and they’ve been doing that for years
Plus there is another band that shares the same room so form time to time I find a beer bottle on my amp.
Any suggestions
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04-12-2010, 02:39 PM
|  | Registered Bass Offender | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cambria, CA (Central Coast) | | | A cover will not keep smoke out, because it doesn't seal tightly.
The smoke will make the cab stink but it shouldn't be a problem.
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04-12-2010, 02:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Montreal | | | ah thanks
i`m not too worried about the smell
i was thinking about the cover cause of ashes and beer spill.
cheers
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04-12-2010, 02:44 PM
| | Registered Bass Offender | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cambria, CA (Central Coast) | | | Definitely, the cover will protect against any spills, which is a very good idea.
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04-12-2010, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Louis | | | No it won't hurt anything. I chain smoke and I have some amps that are 50 years old and work brilliantly. They smell fine to me too, but then like I said, I smoke a lot.
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04-12-2010, 03:45 PM
| | | | Smoke only hurts them if it comes from within.
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04-12-2010, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington State | | | I wouldn't think twice about the smoke.
But someone setting a drink on my amp would be a problem. |
04-12-2010, 03:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | If it did, the old blues players back in the 60's & 70's would have been buying new cabs every week!! You couldn't even see the stage from 20 feet, back in the day.
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04-12-2010, 03:53 PM
| | | | This brings back memories! I am so used to the clubs being non-smoking now that I forgot about how my rig used to stink, my clothes would stink, and I even tested positive for nicotine as a non-smoker after playing 5-nighters in smoky bars with low ceilings bakcin the 80's.
Your cab will be fine, but it will be stinky and that is that. You'll survive too, but you're clothes will be stinky too. |
04-12-2010, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by LaughingGroove  But someone setting a drink on my amp would be a problem. | Yeah I know, I never put stuff on my own amp I hate it.
The other day I found an empty bag of peanuts.
I cant imagine someone playing bass or guitar with greasy hands from the peanuts.
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04-12-2010, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Holtsville, NY | | | About 2-3 weeks ago during practice I had a smoke machine shooting straight into my Ampeg cab so see if it pushed the smoke around. It didn't and there was smoke lingering INSIDE it for a minute(that part looked cool...but it also looked like a big, fried cab) but no damage that I can see.
Heads though, might wanna not blow a fresh bong hit into 'em. |
04-12-2010, 05:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany IL | | People have been gigging for years in smokey bars with amps. A good amp should have a little bit of "bar wiff" goin on... 
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04-12-2010, 08:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gastonia, NC | | As stated - the worst thing is the stench. It can be quite a chore to get ride of it. Speaking from personal experience. 
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04-12-2010, 08:50 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | I would be more concerned about second hand smoke as a hazard to YOUR health. You can replace a cab, a lung transplant is a bit harder find on craigslist.
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04-12-2010, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Oren Hudson As stated - the worst thing is the stench. It can be quite a chore to get ride of it. Speaking from personal experience. | I agree that it won't structurally hurt the cab. And if you don't live in a nanny state that bans smoking in bars, its gonna get it when you gig anyway.
But, it is a one-way trip. Gotta sell it to a smoker, or someone gigging, as a non-smoker doesn't want to smell it at home.
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04-12-2010, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Carr ...a lung transplant is a bit harder find on craigslist. | Just do a search in a larger city...
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04-13-2010, 12:28 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Auricchio A cover will not keep smoke out, because it doesn't seal tightly.
The smoke will make the cab stink but it shouldn't be a problem. | Yeah, his dad could take care of that with a bottle of Febreze.
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04-13-2010, 10:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis | | | LOL @ Munji
Just keep in mind that smoke is one of the hardest smells to get off stuff; especially a big cab with lots of nooks and crannies to collect dust (and rat fur is like an odor absorber in itself). If it is around other smokey gear or a bar you won't be able to smell it at all; but once you bring the cab into a non-smokers home you will probably be asked to take it out again immediately. Resale can be affected here.
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04-13-2010, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga Yeah, his dad could take care of that with a bottle of Febreze. | Aaahhhhh! Don't forget to spray it into all the electronics...
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04-13-2010, 11:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Miami Florida | | | if smoke hurt your cab everyone that played out would be in the same situation, hell every bar in Miami I play in allows smoking even though I thought you werent allowed to smoke in establishments anymore. I just deal with it, comes with sacrifice for the love of playing
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