Just picked up an Ampeg BA115 off of craigslist and this thing reeks of smoke and fills up half off the house. Any suggestions?
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Amp Smells Like A Smoke BOMB
- Thread starter Samo_B
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Chances are the smell is trapped in the fabric of the grill. Try removing it and set it outside or in the garage or another room and see if the smell follows the grill or stays with the amp.
Just clean it the best you can, then open it up and clean the inside too. Be sure it's completely dry before you turn it on.
Back when folks could smoke in bars and I was a fulltime bar player, I was not allowed to bring my rig into the house. The stench gave my wife an instant headache. My rig lived in the pickup truck! Only the basses were in the house, and she wasn't real thrilled about that.
Back when folks could smoke in bars and I was a fulltime bar player, I was not allowed to bring my rig into the house. The stench gave my wife an instant headache. My rig lived in the pickup truck! Only the basses were in the house, and she wasn't real thrilled about that.
Rick Auricchio
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i'd try a wipe down with the best disinfectant-type wipes you've got. it'll probably help. obviously fresh air will help too..
just clean it as best you can.
just clean it as best you can.
Spray with Febreze treating all wood and fabric, store in open air for a few days and see how it smells.
Just hit it with everything I got...Soap and water, furniture polish, and lysol wipes. (Yes, I know these aren't the best but it's already beat up anyway) Took everything apart and cleaned out that smoke tan residue color. Now, it's locked away in the laundry room with a bowl of vinegar nearby and some drier sheets. Hopefully, this will do the trick by morning.
I played so many smoky bars with my gear that my BASS ITSELF started to smell like smoke- not just the case- but the bass itself. I wouldn't have thought that smoke could permeate things like a high-gloss finish or metal or plastic, but danged if that thing didn't reek of smoke for months and months after I quit gigging with it.
BTW it was an EB Stringray H and I was gigging about 80 hours a month with it for 5 years from 1998 to 2002. It's last gig was in 2006 or 2007. It no longer smells like smoke.
BTW it was an EB Stringray H and I was gigging about 80 hours a month with it for 5 years from 1998 to 2002. It's last gig was in 2006 or 2007. It no longer smells like smoke.
I've used biocide before to get rid of smoke smells. It is very effective. Just don't do it in the room you are in.
I sincerely doubt it. Don't think a bowl of vinegar will do anything unless you paint the amp with it...which isn't that bad an idea. Use white vinegar.
Give it a week in fresh air - and you may have something.
Bares repeating. A shop that does Automotive interiors may be of help. They use them to remove the odors from car interiors and your amp could be placed inside the next project?
Ozone machine rentals delivered to your door. Cool idea! Should have one delivered to work. There is some people stink I'd like to eliminate...
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The smoke smell was gone this morning, well almost. At least it doesn't smell when I walk in the front door. It is only noticeable when I put my nose right on it. I am a freak about cig smoke in the home so I'm going to let it "breath" a little outside. Making progress!
If you mean electronic burning smell as if there is an amplifier problem, take it to a good tech.
If you mean it just smells like 40 years worth of being in bars, that's called "mojo". That's supposed to be there and if you take it off, it won't sound near as good and might not even work at all.
If you're really all that concerned about a little funk or smell, buy something new and book all your gigs in hospitals and health spa's. Otherwise...enjoy it. It took a lot of years to get it like that. If only that thing could talk........
If you mean it just smells like 40 years worth of being in bars, that's called "mojo". That's supposed to be there and if you take it off, it won't sound near as good and might not even work at all.
If you're really all that concerned about a little funk or smell, buy something new and book all your gigs in hospitals and health spa's. Otherwise...enjoy it. It took a lot of years to get it like that. If only that thing could talk........
