Addicted to smelling my bass

[ShonenCello]

My Epi case has an industrial adhesive kind of smell.

Not unpleasant, but nothing I want to linger over.

[Musicman20]

I think the EBMM smell on their basses is the oil/wax on the neck

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by Bassist30

I guess its a new fetish. This is a sick Thread.

It's not like we're talking about going around smelling other people's bicycle seats.

[N.F.A.]

+1 to the new Rickenbacker smell. Sort of like cherry vanilla... It's addicting whatever it is...

[Bassist30]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

It's not like we're talking about going around smelling other people's bicycle seats.

LOLOLOLOLOLO

[jwj1701]

Originally Posted by synaesthesia

My first proper electric bass was a Hofner Beatle bass my Dad got me when I was 14 in the 70s...... Opening the case was like opening the Ark of the Covenant. It just smelt German Hofner Bass. Nothing else beats it.....better than sex.

Uhmm....really? I think I'll disagree with the better than sex, but Ill give a +1 on the fetish though.

[Darren Low]

Originally Posted by Bassist30

I guess its a new fetish. This is a sick Thread.

[rapidfirerob]

Talk Bass, always good for a laugh, and occasional valuable information.

[rapidfirerob]

Originally Posted by iridiumrocks

We gig in bars with people smoking and rehearse in a place heated with kerosene heaters. The smell of my basses is a odd blend of sweat, cigarette smoke, and kerosene. Come to think of it, that sounds like the title of a country song.

I feel sorry for you. In California, smoking in bars was outlawed years ago. I can't imagine playing or going to a bar, or anywhere else, where smoking is allowed.

[Diesel Kilgore]

Originally Posted by rapidfirerob

I feel sorry for you. In California, smoking in bars was outlawed years ago. I can't imagine playing or going to a bar, or anywhere else, where smoking is allowed.

Haha. Its so strange to go out of state and go to a restaurant and get asked smoking or non smoking? However there is a bar in my town that lets us rock n roll types smoke while shooting pool.

BTW I gave my Ibanez a sniff today. Smelled like chalk and pennies.

[knumbskull]

(sorry.)

[M.R. Ogle]

The only pronounced "smell" I ever noticed was from SKB cases, which have a very distinct smell inside. Must be the adhesive.

I used to go to the Orance County (Ca) Vintage guitar show every year, and as soon as you walked into the door, it smelled like Grandma's Attic. I LOVED it!

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by knumbskull

(sorry.)

Isn't that...Kate...Bush?

Well, that's pretty close to smelling people's bicycle seats.

[knumbskull]

it is. make of that what you will.

she also appears to be, uh, weilding a rather natty P with a blocked J neck.

[oboylebass]

Originally Posted by Darren Low

Is that bad for me? It just smells so good

I'm actually addicted to playing my bass. I've never actually smelled it, not that I can remember anyway.

[lowsideonacurve]

Originally Posted by Darren Low

Is that bad for me? It just smells so good

You would probably get along well with my cat

Stupid Cat!

[JimmyM]

Never knew how many creepy weirdos there were on here. Most of you seem so normal otherwise. Between this and the Brony threads, it's starting to feel like a NYC subway at 1 am on here!

[Schpector]

Sometimes I put the instrument cable in my butthole and pretend Im the amp and sing what Im playing

[rimbaud]

What smell I love ? roasted figs.... now I'm wondering what it could be on my Jazz, you are giving me stupid ideas guys

The Grail would be to pour medium white wine on it after that fig's cooking process !



.... wait

(and this is not beacause my jazz is oly white with a tort pickguard, noooooo, I swear......)