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Post by pcalu on Aug 29, 2022 20:29:14 GMT -5
The smell of an old amp working ...
like no other smell... very distinct.
one of my favorite smells of all time.
anyone else love that smell ?
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Post by Leftee on Aug 29, 2022 20:36:25 GMT -5
Yep!
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Post by reverendrob on Aug 30, 2022 1:20:55 GMT -5
Burnt dust and mildew?
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Post by ninworks on Aug 30, 2022 3:16:20 GMT -5
The smell of an old amp working ... like no other smell... very distinct. one of my favorite smells of all time. anyone else love that smell ? Yup. I need a candle that smells like that. Old Hammond organs and tube-amped Leslies are another one of my favorites. Hot tubes and Hammond oil.......AHHHHHHHH!! |
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Post by Vibroluxer on Aug 31, 2022 5:00:45 GMT -5
If someone would bottle it,bi wear it. That and Hoppes.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Aug 31, 2022 13:05:32 GMT -5
With a hint of stale beer and tobacco!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Sept 1, 2022 6:52:56 GMT -5
Reminds me of the smell of old-school TV repair shops.
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Bopper
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Post by Bopper on Sept 1, 2022 11:25:25 GMT -5
I remember the smell of a new amp in the old days: About 1965 I got a new Vibro Champ, and on a warm day my bedroom smelled sort of like grass (the lawn kind) - it was the grill cloth.
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Post by samspade on Sept 1, 2022 17:59:14 GMT -5
Now it's the smell of fresh circuit boards lol
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Post by RockAndRoll on Sept 1, 2022 18:30:05 GMT -5
Yup. The smell of hot tubes.
As a kid I'd walk into the Lafayette Radio Electronics store just to enjoy the aroma of the tube-driven amateur radio transmitters and receivers glowing and crackling on the shelves.
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Post by cedarchoper58 on Sept 2, 2022 17:41:22 GMT -5
even better when marinated for years in nicotiene  |
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Post by samspade on Sept 3, 2022 18:35:56 GMT -5
hmm, i bought a used Gibson Custom 137 that STUNK due to cigarette smoke. I mean it smelled like old Campbell's Tomato Soup or something. I needed to keep vanilla air fresheners and a box of baking soda in the case for a few months. Now ok, and the guitar is amazing |
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Post by jazzguy on Sept 7, 2022 18:47:50 GMT -5
I have a room stuffed w vintage amps. You don't even need to turn them on to get that "brown" smell
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Post by ninworks on Sept 18, 2022 12:28:58 GMT -5
I have a room stuffed w vintage amps. You don't even need to turn them on to get that "brown" smell I guess I shouldn't ask you which is your #1 and #2.  |
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