Members jenksdrummer Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 As I posted, yesterday my 2012 LP Standard Plus arrived. I had forgotten how awesome nitro smells. Seriously... I get it home, pull my better half into my music room to show it off and within seconds, she starts sniffing the air...WHAT IS THAT AWESOME SMELL? She's leans over towards me, nope...I told her its the guitar. She looks at me like I'm an idiot - I said - stick your nose over there and inhale. I'm being serious. Like an Axe Commercial, she goes over to where I have it hanging on the wall, and a light sniff. Then a bigger sniff. Then an exhale, and a long, deep sniff...oh, this smells awesome - like cotton candy mixed with cookies...oh...sniffffffffffffffff....oh, that smells so good!!! So, why the hell haven't they bottled that {censored} and made it into a unisex cologne? So, todays joke was "Warning: Gibson Finishes contain Fairy Blood. This message brought to you by True Blood" [video=youtube;gs2JA42U6B8] Yeah, CSB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ENdtime Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 I spray it for all my guitar builds and I do seriously love the smell.. But I'm a hardwood floor installer/refinisher fur about 15 years now and the smell of finishes have kinda become pleasant to me..lol but nitro is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 watt Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 I miss the smell of laquer based automotive finished. Old school DuPont 181S primer smell gives me wood. Especially when it's being wet sanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 As I posted, yesterday my 2012 LP Standard Plus arrived.I had forgotten how awesome nitro smells. Seriously...I get it home, pull my better half into my music room to show it off and within seconds, she starts sniffing the air...WHAT IS THAT AWESOME SMELL? I thought it was some kinda scent they put in the case. It's the nitro??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axe_34 Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 I've got a new SG Standard in my music room. It smells so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverse Entropy Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 THAT's how you kill brain cells, son. Not this new-fangled 'bath salts' shit that screws up your brain chemistry. No sir, you get yourself some vintage 1955 formulation nitrocellulose lacquer and you spray some shit candy apple red. You'll get a buzz even with a respirator on it's so good. Then you sit out on the porch in the sunshine and contemplate how awesome your life is. You got that great smell in your head, and some freshly lacquered shit hanging up in the garage. That's how we did it when I was your age. [sneer] Bath salts. Sheeee-yit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jenksdrummer Posted September 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 I thought it was some kinda scent they put in the case. It's the nitro??? It's absolutely the guitars My hands smelled like it all day after playing it at lunch. The newer the finish, the more the smell. It's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jenksdrummer Posted September 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 I thought it was some kinda scent they put in the case. It's the nitro??? It's absolutely the guitars My hands smelled like it all day after playing it at lunch. The newer the finish, the more the smell. It's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 It's absolutely the guitars My hands smelled like it all day after playing it at lunch. The newer the finish, the more the smell. It's awesome. Well shit. Yeah, my girlfriend at the time was going nuts over the smell. They certainly need to formulate that into a cologne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fulltone1989 Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Agreed. We have a room full of Martins at my work and whenever I go in there it's both fingerly and nasally gratifying in every sense of the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jack Tone Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Here ya go, junkies: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_supplies.html I'd like to try some, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 I didn't realize True Blood was a comedy show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Usually what you are actually smelling is really the case's glue. It permeates the guitar when everything is new. Nitrocellulose doesn't really have much of a smell when it's hardened. Some guitar picks are still made of nitrocellulose. The tortoise shell ones especially. When I was a kid we used to light them on fire. Sniff one if you want to smell real nitro without glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dman11 Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 better than sniffing glue eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Usually what you are actually smelling is really the case's glue. It permeates the guitar when everything is new.Nitrocellulose doesn't really have much of a smell when it's hardened. Some guitar picks are still made of nitrocellulose. The tortoise shell ones especially. When I was a kid we used to light them on fire. Sniff one if you want to smell real nitro without glue. Yeah. My faded studio with just the gig bag doesn't smell anything like my standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~Abstract~ Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Nothin quite like the offgassing of volatile organic hydrocarbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Does Gibson use nitrocellulose on a Standard Plus? For a company that is using richlite on their LP Customs you'd think their Standards were wrapped in plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~Abstract~ Posted September 29, 2012 Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 All "Gibson" guitars are nitro. Epiphone uses poly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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