Best smelling cases

[JacksonsMen]

SKB, well, old SKBs anyway, i used to love the way my SKB strat case smelled when i would open it after a couple days

 

[Matt Power]

I had a case of crotch rot once, but that didn't smell all that pleasant... :scowl:

 

[frigo]

Best .... ???

Worst was def. my Am Jazz. Open the case in the house and within minutes everyone was asking "*** is that funky smell?!?!?!" I bought it NEW!

Never did go away either.

defn'ly +1 i swapped my '83 p.bass for a jazz with a friend and in the beginning i was suspecting that his dog ****ted in the case or something strange happened because of the weird smell on the bass, then another friend of mine bought a new one and the same smell came out the case (mine is 2000)

 

[frigo]

by the way the best smell comes out from my gibson t.bird case and from the wal case

 

[Alistair R]

My fender case still smells the way it did the day i got it....Ah, i love it.

 

[FaithNoMan]

Rickenbacker by far.

+1....with a coat of Gibson's guitar polish on the bass....lumberyard from heaven..

 

[Discgraham]

One of the worst definately has to be the Musicians Friend cases. I got mine 3-4 years ago and it still smells like weed! Weed blended with a skunk.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

CARVIN!

When I received my BB75 five years ago, I couldn't believe the smell when I opened the case. Since I never used it, the smell is still there after all these years. Can't describe it. Just a sweeeet aroma. My EBMM Bongo's case didn't smell that good.

 

[Mattski]

Newer fender molded cases smell like toxic crap. The older ones smell great. That's about the only one that has really jumped to me.

One of my Fender molded cases smells toxic. Kind of a embalming fluid/back room of the natural history museum kind of smell. The bass smells that way until I play it in a smokey bar.

The rest don't jump out as goos or bad.

 

[JAL]

+1000 on SKB cases. Mine smells like desire.

 

[J Posega]

My Ibanez case smells OK. I agree with Fender being the worst. And trust me, Squier is worse. It smells like sawdust that was pee'd on and then kiln dried. Disgusting.

My Ibanez gig-bag... actually, it's taken on the scent of the cologne I use, cuz I apply that in my room, kind of near my gigbag.

 

[CROZ]

This thread inspired me to smell my fender molded. Not any overwhelming smells when you open it. Had a little yucky "chewbacca" smell to it up close. I got these hanging air fresheners with a picture of jesus on it from the liquor store. Decided to toss one in.

 

[ImSquare17]

+1 on the SKB, but now I almost want to just buy a ric case! lol.

 

[Marcus]

The Ric case honestly smells slightly like chocolate.

 

[subsonic]

My Tobias case smelled kind of like vanilla, mmm. My stingray case smells like carcinogenic chemicals.

+1

My case also smelled like vanilla... until I ate it. Think I'll be O.K.?

 

[ganttbos]

OK, here's a good case smell story. My MTD case had a not-so-pleasant smell to it so I sprinkled in some essential oil of jasmine - one of my favorite odors. I had just had the MTD re-finished by a local luthier with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. After leaving the MTD overnight in its awesome-smelling case I removed it the next morning to find the finish on the back eaten up by the alcohol-based oil.

No need to tell me how stupid I am - I've beaten myself up enough for this. (The luthier fixed it no charge). Moral - Don't spill everclear on your lacquered basses.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Anyone ever vacuum out their cases? , i was thinking i might with one of mine.

 

[Mattski]

I'm learning more about y'all from this thread than I want to.

 

[Mitchell Royce]

I'm for the Ric case too. It just smells soo great and organic and all I wanna do is play when I smell it. They should make a cologne out of it.

 

[richnota]

Isn't there some sort of rule against this sort of thread?

But then again, when I open the case of my 20th anniversary MM string it has a wonderful scent. But I always thought it was something I should just keep to my self.

Now somebody change the subject to 14 string basses or schroeder cabinets of something...I'm getting uncomfortable.