You paid $100 for it? That is a legit Warwick corvette standard [made in Germany, ja genau]: two piece bubinga body, 3 piece wenge neck and fingerboard (brass frets), mec passive j/j pickups/electronics. Great deal indeed!
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You paid $100 for it? That is a legit Warwick corvette standard [made in Germany, ja genau]: two piece bubinga body, 3 piece wenge neck and fingerboard (brass frets), mec passive j/j pickups/electronics. Great deal indeed!
There is an unmistakable smell associated with the bridge area I'm afraid.Beautiful bass but obviously needs some TLC. What I don't understand-- how did you determine that it was cat pee? I hope you didn't taste it--???
You could try neutralizing it, but I'd just wave it around lonely chicks at gigs.
They'll follow the scent home.
Works better than Drakkar at a middle school dance.
I’m just curious, when did the $ end up behind the number? I see this more & more. I understand that it’s common to put the currency designation behind the number in other parts of the world but not in the US. What’s up with this?
Mutations happen, it's annoying when you see it in code bc the default is to mostly follow US notation when filling in form data.
The mess happens when you have to clean something like currency, date, time, name from multiple regions to analyze.
Yeah. I’d like to see the world adopt the year/month/day system. Once digital photography took over it became pretty clear other systems are prone to mix ups. I still have to convert expiration dates to the the US standard when traveling in Europe. Otherwise, I can’t make sense of it.
The currency thing seems like a no-brainer though...
The currency thing seems like a no-brainer though...
Disassemble bridge, squirt with some TrueGreen cleaner, give a gentle scub with a soft toothbrush, rinse thoroughly and repeat, then dry with a hair dryer on low. If odor is still there try an enzyme pet odor remover as earlier suggested.
The bigger concern is if that odor has gotten into the wood. That can be a bigger challenge to get rid of.
The bigger concern is if that odor has gotten into the wood. That can be a bigger challenge to get rid of.
$100 Warwick = Huge bargain.
$100 for something soaked in cat pee = $100 wasted
I can't decide which of these is most true, but my experiences with cat pee make me lean towards the second. If you can kill the smell, great, but my guess is it'll never really go away. At the very least you'll have a good story. And maybe a neck that used to fit a body you got rid of.
$100 for something soaked in cat pee = $100 wasted
I can't decide which of these is most true, but my experiences with cat pee make me lean towards the second. If you can kill the smell, great, but my guess is it'll never really go away. At the very least you'll have a good story. And maybe a neck that used to fit a body you got rid of.
If you can't remove the cat pee smell from the wood you can seal it in. I had to do this in one of the houses I owned. Cat peed under the baby's crib several times before we found it. I pulled the carpet and used the typical odor chemicals but it would never go away. Finally I urethaned the subfloor and that locked the smell into the wood...problem solved.
It would be sad to have to put some kind of sealer on that body but I couldn't deal with a bass that smelled like cat pee so I would personally do it if necessary.
It would be sad to have to put some kind of sealer on that body but I couldn't deal with a bass that smelled like cat pee so I would personally do it if necessary.
