Hello,

I recently had my guitar cased and closed for about 1 month, and when I opened the case up the guitar smelt like it just had a fresh coat of basecoat. Even the guitar case smelt like a paint tinting room for a week. I thought it was kind of cool and wondered why this was happening.....

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

How new is the guitar?

In my experience it takes months for certain finishes to fully out-gas, especially nitro-cellulose lacquer.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

The guitar must be at least 2 years old now.

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

My HWY1 Strat is around 3 years old and still has the smell you are talking about. It also smells more when it has been cased for awhile. Weird....

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....I'm not even going to try and make sense out of all this. I will say "thank you" and use it as fuel for the fire....

If the guitar hadn't smelled of paint before being put in the case, then I would be concerned that the fabric lining of the case may be reacting with the finish.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

Mine smelled like it the day I bought it (first thing I noticed). Still plays like a dream though.

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....I'm not even going to try and make sense out of all this. I will say "thank you" and use it as fuel for the fire....

Yes it is kind of wierd.

I did three years of automotive spraypainting and I can't work it out, it seems a little bizzare. On that note I think the colour looks much better where my arm has rubbed and its a little glossy, you can still see the grain through the colour. I still don't know why it never came out like that instead of dull.

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

+1

A distinct possibility.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY