hey guys, i bought my beautiful white American standard stratocaster late last year, but i have noticed that the guitar case and the guitar itself have a rather " unique " smell. It is nothing stinky just a weird smell. do you guys know what it is, maybe how i can make my guitar case smell more people friendly

thanx in advance!

Eden

You can try one of those thin car inscence that hang on the rear view mirror in your case. Or even spraying cologne in your case. Personally I love that new guitar smell.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

I had a wierd smelling case, it came like that brand new and made the guitars I put in it stink.... was some kind of industrial textile smell...

I don't use it anymore because it ended up making me want to throw up!

Hello Edengrillz,

My '62 hotrod strat has got the
best aroma with it's nitro finish.

Cheers.

Paint finish smell it is sweet

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I had a case like this, on a Les Paul copy. The smell was industrial too, and sort of sickly sweet. I couldn't get rid of it either. I left the case open in the garage for over a month, and it never went away.

I had the guitar in the case when I brought it home, and it had that smell for over a day. I got the guitar from a friend, he bought it new, and said it was like that from the day he had it. I eventually threw it on the backyard bonfire, which may not have been wise considering the chemical odour.

Don't bother with the chemical odour, your guitar probably thanks you today

Sadly that guitar was stolen, and I haven't seen it for over a decade now.

My Ibanez was stolen later from a house party one of my roommates at the time held, but it was returned by the guys brother 2 days later when he found out.

Sadly that guitar was stolen, and I haven't seen it for over a decade now.

My Ibanez was stolen later from a house party one of my roommates at the time held, but it was returned by the guys brother a few days later when he found out.

If someone ever steals a guitar from me he better not bring it back, cause I might have a sudden urge to break it on his head... I have so little respect for theives, it's just a visceral thing

Yeah, I shear that. But the guy who brought it back asked me not to do anything to his brother, and as a token of respect, and gratitude (that Ibanez Roadstar was my first guitar,) i kept my end of the bargain, but made it known that if that dude was ever around, I wouldn't restrain myself very hard.

Yeah... give him a little taste of wood dug by teeth under 32 layers of polyurethane finish

thanx all so much for your help so is it safe to put one of those car things that you hang up in my case?

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I don't see anything wrong with doing that, but I'd try some Febreeze before making my axe smell like a car interior!

I'd try to find a place where you can air it out first. it didn't work for my old case, but it may for you. Just find a safe place you can leave it opne for an extended period of time.