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Greetings,
I just purchased a used M-20.
It’s a 2021 M-20 in excellent condition.
I am very happy with it except for:
1. The entire inside of guitar case smells strongly - hard to explain but something like a sweet hand lotion…
2. Guitar is permeated with same smell.
Very unpleasant smell to me.
I have approximately 25 guitars. Many with Mahogany backs and sides. But this is my first all Hog guitar.
If I put my nose close to sound hole I can get the real natural mahogany wood smell (which is nice) - but the rest of the outside of this guitar has this other STRONG ‘hand lotion‘ smell.
Case inside and out is like new. No mold or anything else I can see at all inside case.. Humidifier clean.
3 QUESTIONS:
1. Do any other new M-20 owners get this smell?
2. Is it the guitar or the case creating this smell?
3. How do I get rid of this smell? Or do I have to live with it.
For now I am airing case (open) outside and keeping guitar on a stand to air out in my properly humidified music room. Has not helped so far but it’s just been 3 days.
Before I:
sprinkle case with baking soda and vacuum out
use activated charcoal
spray with Fabreeze
Put coffee grounds in container in case (!!!)
etc.. etc…
(*Above were suggestions on forums for smelly guitar cases )
I thought I would ask current new M-20 owners.
Never ran into this before.
Thanks much for ANY help my friends.
Maximum Bobby
I just purchased a used M-20.
It’s a 2021 M-20 in excellent condition.
I am very happy with it except for:
1. The entire inside of guitar case smells strongly - hard to explain but something like a sweet hand lotion…
2. Guitar is permeated with same smell.
Very unpleasant smell to me.
I have approximately 25 guitars. Many with Mahogany backs and sides. But this is my first all Hog guitar.
If I put my nose close to sound hole I can get the real natural mahogany wood smell (which is nice) - but the rest of the outside of this guitar has this other STRONG ‘hand lotion‘ smell.
Case inside and out is like new. No mold or anything else I can see at all inside case.. Humidifier clean.
3 QUESTIONS:
1. Do any other new M-20 owners get this smell?
2. Is it the guitar or the case creating this smell?
3. How do I get rid of this smell? Or do I have to live with it.
For now I am airing case (open) outside and keeping guitar on a stand to air out in my properly humidified music room. Has not helped so far but it’s just been 3 days.
Before I:
sprinkle case with baking soda and vacuum out
use activated charcoal
spray with Fabreeze
Put coffee grounds in container in case (!!!)
etc.. etc…
(*Above were suggestions on forums for smelly guitar cases )
I thought I would ask current new M-20 owners.
Never ran into this before.
Thanks much for ANY help my friends.
Maximum Bobby