Anybody seen anything like this before? It's a Gibson T-Bird OHSC. I saw some super fine dust kind of piled up on the outside of the case and I have to assume it's some sort of wood-eating insect? The holes are super tiny.
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Is Something Eating My Case???
- Thread starter BassDaddy77
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That certainly looks consistent with wood boring insects and/or larvae...
Looks like that maybe be the case...no pun intended.
I inspected the case thoroughly and there appear to be only maybe 6 or 8 tiny holes. I pressed the vacuum against each one and and then took a bread twisty tie and poked in and around each of them to try and kill or smash anything left in the holes. I see no signs of larvae or bugs visually. There's no indication of problems inside the case, and the bass itself is fine. Never seen anything like this before. Anyone have any advice on what I should do? At this point I'm wondering if the infestation came from the case factory itself as none of my other wood HSC show signs of this. So weird.
it appears to be powder post beetle(larvae) dust I would vacuum again and the leave it in one spot and check for more powder. to me it looks like active infestation.
Summer is gone but putting a bass case in a car that's parked in the sun. The inside temp can get up to 140 to 160+ F. That'll kill 'em.
You could put the case in a large plastic bag with some moth balls and seal it up for a few days. It will kill them, but it might smell like moth balls for a few days after. This is how we used to fumigated small objects at the museum where I worked. I say small objects because one object we had to fumigate was a very large log building. In that case it had to be sealed at the doors and windows and fumigated from the inside to kill the powder post beetle infestation.
This. But take the bass out first.
In fact I would not store an instrument in that case until I was certain all the bugs were gone/dead. (Unless it's a really heavy bass and you wouldn't mind if it lost a little mass.)
If it's been kept near other cases, you might want to fumigate the other ones that were nearby as well.
Yep. Almost certainly powder post beetles. Bag fumigation suggestion sounds exactly right.
Could be woodworm. They make the hole on the way out. You won't know about them until they've gone.
Termites makes perfect holes just like that, not sure what caused your particular damage. I had termites come up into my house through a hairline crack in my foundation. I saw a mud tube on my carpet and was like errrr W Dee F?
I pulled carpet up and mudder fudder!!!
Termites suck they are world wide live just like ummmm The Scorpions? LOL!
I pulled carpet up and mudder fudder!!!
Termites suck they are world wide live just like ummmm The Scorpions? LOL!
- Mar 19, 2013
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Yeah, this would really bug me as well
Nothing like a great double entendre to start the day..Well played
Balistol . Then clean your bass and your Firearms. It is Great stuff.
I would toss the case and call Terminix or whatever exterminator is in your area. The critters aren't only attracted to cases. Inspect your instruments carefully.
Yeah, sorry. Your drummer spilled a cheeseburger in there. I can’t resist.
