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Location: Vernon CT | I have 2 Older Ovations from the Mid "70's" that have a Musty odor that I can smell when playing.
Anyone have any idea's or "remedies" to get rid of the odor? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | First, take a good shower to make sure it isn't you.
Second, if they are CaseKept, you might try carpet cleaner on the case lining.
Third, you might try an AirFreshener inside the body. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Play them more often!!
AJ :D |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | If that fails then baking soda |
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Location: Vernon CT | It's not the case, I know that for sure.
I have sprayed air freshener on a rag, enough to wet the rag and wiped the entire inside bowl portion down. The smell disappears for a very short time. Next day it's back. As far as your first suggestion, I'll have to try that, never thought it could be me!! :D :D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Try a solid type freshener and keep it inside.
(The guitar body) |
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Location: AKRON, OHIO | If there's a humidity problem It could be mildew
leave out- let dry-ultraviolet light kills mildew-mold...... then baking soda absorbs odor
the odor is in the wood |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | If that doesn't work here's a Canadian recipe that might help: rim with celery salt & realime,over ice add 4 parts Mott's clamato and 1-4 parts vodka, 1 dash hot sauce, 2 dashes worcestershire sauce, 1 dash salt and pepper, garnish with celery and lime.
Repeat as required until odor is irrelevant. This may also temporarily improve your singing and playing ability and increase your libido. ( may have to hide small farm animals if extreme repetition is required) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by gglide:
If there's a humidity problem It could be mildew
leave out- let dry-ultraviolet light kills mildew-mold...... then baking soda absorbs odor
the odor is in the wood From Housing Maintenance; Bleach Kills Mildew...
But I do not know what chlorine will do to wood!
Dry it out? Or make it slimy, like it does my hands.
Anyway, all mildew-killer formulas and basically bleach.
[X-14, Tilex, Clorox spray-on crap] Just thinking out loud... |
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Location: Vernon CT | I kind of thought that the smell was more from the wood then the bowl it's self. When I got both guitars, the inside of the bowls were very dirty & dusty. I was hoping the smell would come out, but. alas, it did not.
What would you all think about applying an Lemon oil on the uderside of the sound board?? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by BT717:
I have 2 Older Ovations from the Mid "70's" that have a Musty odor that I can smell when playing. Do they smell when you're not playing?
Sorry. Somebody had to ask... |
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Location: Vernon CT | In other words: I STINK?
You guys allways make me feel good! :p |
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Location: closely held secret | Just trying to apply a little forensic science to the problem... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | OZIUM.
You can buy it in auto parts stores. They use it in rental cars to remove the stink of smokers. It works great. I bought an old classical that someone used as an ash tray. I removed the strings and sprayed the inside of the guitar with Ozium. I sprayed the entire inside of the case with Ozium pretty heavily. I put the guitar in the case and put it away for about 3 days. I opened it and the smoke smell was completely gone. This was suggested to me by Stonebobbo, and what better endoresement do you need than that?
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Location: South of most, North of few | Try one of those little trees you see hanging from mirrors in cars.... :rolleyes:
Seriously though, as Tup..uh, I mean whatever his name is now said, Ozium works with most smells. We used to use it when we were smoking ...uh....cigars, yeah, thats the ticket. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
We used to use it when we were smoking ...uh....cigars, yeah, thats the ticket.  You sprayed your cigars?!?!? :p |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | No... in the bong water. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Jim, you spelled "opium" wrong... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | This is becoming a duplicate thread!  |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
No... in the bong water. ;) |
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Location: Vernon CT | Don't alot of these thread kind of "run into" one another?? |
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Location: South Windsor Connecticut | Hey Bob, BT717-
Your Custom Legend might have more "bear claw" then mine, but at least my 1111 does not smell.....
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Location: Vernon CT | TopDog has Bear Claw envy! :p |
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Location: Waterloo, IL | Easiest way to fix the smell is to buy a new guitar and sell off the smelly one. Odor goes away. :) |
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Location: SoCal | Play "Musty" for me...... |
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Location: Vernon CT | I'm really more of a "Skynard" type guy. I'll have to learn "That Smell" :p |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Here ya go
http://bettylou.zzruss.com/thatsmell.htm
Its a two chord song......
You want me too I'll ask them to dedicate it to ya when I see them in June. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Its a two chord song......
You want me too I'll ask them to dedicate it to ya when I see them in June. Name dropper...lol
I'm jealous, congrats, Pez |
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA | If the smell is faint enough, you can mask it with various products. This site advised me once to use pipe tobacco in a cloth bag (or sock), leave it in the guitar in the case for a few days. That part worked pretty good.
The holding the sock over my head and running around the room naked for an hour, screaming like a banshee, didn't seem to help much. I may just give that up one of these days.
I wouldn't use an air freshener as the blended smell will probably not be like the air freshener. Even if it was, you'd then have another soon-to-be obnoxious smell to deal with.
Check the humidity too. You might have to consider the environment the guitar came from versus where it is now and make necessary adjustments. Just some thoughts. Good luck.
- Eman. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Well All,
I went out and got the OZIUM & sprayed inside the bowl and the case. I put the guitars back in the cases and left them for a few days as directed by some of the above posts. Well I can honestly say I no longer have that Musty smell in the guitars, Thank-you. I must now start a new post on how to get the OZIUM smell out of my Guitars and cases!! :D :p |
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Location: NJ | get a cat. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Cliff,
Should I put Cat litter in the bowl to?? :D |
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA | The kitty litter might attract a whole new odor... coming from the clumps. I think it trumps mildew though. I'd stick to the opium.
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"Musty" smell in older Ovations....