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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I’m packing up and moving gear after a gig and realize I’m one hand short, so I stick my full coffee mug in the open back of a vintage 15-watt custom shop Fender tube amp, get to the car and, forgetting the mug, lift up the amp and lay it down in the back of the car (an SUV). Only after closing the tailgate do I notice coffee running out of the back of the car onto the bumper. Stupid, stupid, stupid. It did not appear that the speakers or any of the electronics got wet, and the coffee was limited to just the cabinet, so I wiped the amp down, inside and out, and cleaned it as best I could. Its now been a few weeks and everything is totally dried out. I guess its time to test it out again. Word of advice . . . never, under any circumstance, put any container holding liquid in the back of your vintage tube amp. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Hope its ok |
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Location: sitting at my computer | eek! Sure hope that doesn't turn out to be an expen$ive cup of java!
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Location: Tennessee | Many of rock's innovative sounds have come from episodes like that. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Professor I think I have you beat on idiot of the month. I quit smoking and I"m using the electronic cigarette. I was busy on the computer working on a mix, and I had the e cigarette hanging in my mouth. Out of habbit I reached over, grabed the lighter that has alwasy been on the same place on my desk and I tried to light the end of it. Meiting the plasic end. Thats not counting how many times I have tried to flick an ash into and ash tray we have in the house for guest. If I had an emoticons with a dunce hat I would post it here. Hope your amp is still good to go. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Professor BB, at least you could open it and check right away becasue you hadn't locked the KEYS in the back too. LOL |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | While we're on dumb confessions, I spilled an entire latte on an almost new laptop while talking with my hands. RIP Macbook. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | CanterburyStrings - 2012-04-19 4:40 PM Professor BB, at least you could open it and check right away becasue you hadn't locked the KEYS in the back too. LOL I'd forgotten all about that, and only a few minutes before we had to set up all the gear. too. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Brad, it should be ok; here's hoping for the best...
I think getting rid of the coffee smell will take a bit longer however...
I have a mug that will not fit in my cup holder: I'm a slow learner and have spilled coffee inside my P/U at least three times...
Thanks for the post folks: I smiled/laughed for the first time all day...Kit, congrats on quitting anyway! |
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Location: NJ | call it character |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Brad,
If possible wipe all non electric surfaces with 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water. Let it dry out. When the vinegar smell is gone the coffee smell should be gone also. I mentioned this remedy in an earlier thread about a smell in a guitar case. When the odor is stronger I use less water. The last time I needed to use this method was when I won a film magazine for my Hasselblad camera. It smelled like the guy used it as an ash tray. I treated the magazine three times and now you can even tell that it ever smelled. This method also worked well for Vomit in rugs and and furniture. |
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Location: Flahdaw | philwong503cw@mail.com - 2012-04-21 9:29 AM
This method also worked well for Vomit in rugs and and furniture.
Wow! Must be some fun times happening at the ol' Wong house! |
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Location: Germany | some years ago, my brothers sons saw us using a wet dry vac to clean up a wet spill. the boys had a party. 16 year old boys and a lot of beer=vomit.
they decided that the moms vacuum would be a good way to clean up the mess. when i came to visit later, the vac was sitting outside for the trash man. no matter what they did, turn it on and it's party time! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Thanks, Phil. Did the vinegar wipe down over the weekend and will let you know how it goes. When I was in high school, my parents took off for the weekend, so of course my two brothers and I had a huge neighborhood party at the house. Somebody hurled slow gin all over the hallway wall including the furnace (a gas wall heater). On the following day, one day before my parents returned, we ended up repainting the wall and my older brother removed the wall heater and power-washed it at the local $.25 car wash, then put it all back together. If my parents every discovered our little problem and cover up, they never let on. Those were the days. |
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