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06-05-2008, 02:53 PM
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Got a new Ibanez a few months ago that was strung with, I believe, Elixirs. I've never used any brand of coated string before, so I don't know if this is something they all have in common, or if it's just a fluke.
They stink.
Every now and then, I get a very subtle, faint whiff of urine coming from the strings. I noticed this in the shop on a few other Elixir-strung instruments; only stronger.
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06-05-2008, 03:04 PM
| | | | I like these too there cool.
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06-05-2008, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Callahan, FL | | | Maybe someone urinated on the bass before you bought it? My guitarist uses Elixirs and while they have a smell they don't smell like urine.
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06-05-2008, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackrockson  I like these too there cool.
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06-05-2008, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bassbrock Maybe someone urinated on the bass before you bought it? My guitarist uses Elixirs and while they have a smell they don't smell like urine. | If so, they peed on half the inventory at Sam Ash! |
06-07-2008, 10:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina | | | Wow, at the bottom of the page it is asking me if I am suffering vaginal odor! It was one of those ads.
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06-07-2008, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by jeff_bass28 If so, they peed on half the inventory at Sam Ash! | wouldn't surpise me, as most of the stuff they sell is poop.
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06-07-2008, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff_bass28 If so, they peed on half the inventory at Sam Ash! | disgruntled employee.....? |
06-10-2008, 12:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | After reading this, and recently purchasing an Ibanez SR - well I'll be back in a minute - ya know what I have to do ............. Nope - I don't smell anything - it could be worse - it could be NUMBER #2!!! 
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06-10-2008, 01:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | could of been some rat urine. |
06-10-2008, 01:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan | | Thats the craziest **** I have ever heard...now I want to smell my stings....but they're Di'Addarios....oh well, I'll smell them anywho!...............Nope the smell like chapstick.....cause thats what the inside of my bag smells like.....I think now I will start smelling strings before I buy a bass.....quite the interesting post |
06-11-2008, 05:25 AM
| | | Take them off and cook them in water. The smell should stay away until you play without washing your hands | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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