"Can't you smell that smell?"

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:07 pm

And that smell lasts a long time, too. My '96 still smells good and its **** is still ticking.

harry · Post by **harry** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:14 pm

Thanks - that's reassuring....bad enough that the **** keeps ticking, don't want a smelly guitar to boot!

Scotty_Guitar · Post by **Scotty_Guitar** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:22 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:
harry wrote:As someone about to buy a Ric, it worries me that there is something in the make-up of the case materials that is apparently so toxic, at least in odor... Any permanent impact on the finish (and smell! ) of the guitar itself?
Harry, obviously this is a unique and abnormal case (sorry, couldn't resist)...if it were common, would it have been posted?

Rick cases are made by a firm that makes cases for lots of manufacturers as well as for the retail trade.

Usually people swoon (in a good way) when they open a new Rick case.

Incidentally, I just bought a couple nice G&G cases for Rick 3330/360s. They smell sooooo good--what lots of folks used to think was the guitar, is the case materials.

Bad enough I don't know what I originally wrote (I was in a hurry)... But still have no answer regarding this supposedly "new" case! Normally, new cases and guitars smell great! I was looking forward to that part of the experience as well... But this smells awful!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:22 pm

I've got SKB cases that smell like vanilla, chocolate, fruit cocktail, one smells like shoe polish and another smells just like the case that my brother's '66 Gibson Firebird came in.

chrisdski · Post by **chrisdski** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:23 pm

If it's a new guitar, contact Ric customer support. If it's a used guitar, buy another case.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:58 pm

Hmmm. Now you guys have me worried.

I wonder what my **** smells like?

I think I'd better go check.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:01 am

Jeff, maybe you don't really wanna know!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:40 am

rickaddict wrote:Hmmm. Now you guys have me worried.

I wonder what my **** smells like?

I think I'd better go check.

Be careful! You can really hurt yourself trying to smell your ***!

Typically, the smell you get from a new case is outgassing of the glues used to fasten the fuzzy material to the foam or the foam to the case. Usually, it isn't unpleasant, but . . . .

harry · Post by **harry** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:09 am

usually, my experience with anything outgassing has not been pleasant

coolhandjjl · Post by **coolhandjjl** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:27 pm

Scotty_Guitar wrote:Has anyone bought a 2011 or 2010 Ricky..........

And please, no 'Ricky'. Bad enough the Brits use it.

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:53 pm

Always fascinates me how some people get tetchy about the usage of the word `Ricky`I suppose we all use the English language and shorten the whole words into informal words and phrases.Some folks OD to the Max bout Vocab but i Suppose im not getting that Vibe.Savvy.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:34 pm

I ain't said nothin bout nobody usin no fancy talk.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:14 pm

chrisdski wrote:If it's a new guitar, contact Ric customer support. If it's a used guitar, buy another case.

RIC doesn't make the case, so if it's a new guitar, contacting SKB customer support might be better.

egosheep · Post by **egosheep** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:07 pm

rickenbrother wrote:
chrisdski wrote:If it's a new guitar, contact Ric customer support. If it's a used guitar, buy another case.
RIC doesn't make the case, so if it's a new guitar, contacting SKB customer support might be better.

Since RIC packed the guitar in the case, shouldn't they be contacted first? Or the store where the bass was bought?

libratune · Post by **libratune** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:27 am

rickenbrother wrote:I've got SKB cases that smell like vanilla, chocolate, fruit cocktail, one smells like shoe polish and another smells just like the case that my brother's '66 Gibson Firebird came in.

LOL that's good! Do you have one that smells like Surf n' Turf? Just to mix it up?

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