can cigarette smoke really damage your guitar??

[smokiee]

really? cos I've heard a lot of people selling their guitar mention that "this guitar was kept in a smoke free room" so is it only the smell of cigarette that will stick to the guitar (thus no nice wood smell) or can it really have an effect physically on the guitar?

 

what about other smoke like from incense sticks etc? cos if guitar does absorb the smoke.. we'll have lavender, jasmine, peach etc smell guitars!

 

much appreciated

[Sweb]

In a sense. The guitar will take on the smoke smell and if you ever decide to divest youself of it the smell, quite evident to a non-smoker, might be a problem. Smoke outside. I do.

[Queequeg]

Smokiee; Can your guitar pass a drug test?

The Gov't is checking that out these days now, you know. And they can do it from drone flyovers while you are asleep (or more than likely, "passed out", according to annonymous senior government officials)

Can you walk a straight line while playing a minor suspended 9th?

[IvIark]

It's ok as long as your guitar is tobacco sunburst

[Hudman]

My guitar was suffering from early morning smoker's cough. I'm glad it gave up smoking.

[Frets99]

Originally posted by IvIark It's ok as long as your guitar is tobacco sunburst

 

This one wins!!

[Harmonycat]

I am sure that the residue of cigarette smoke is not good for porous rosewood fretboards.

 

And I know that nicotine residue fingers will deaden your strings in a hurry.....Cigarette tar is gummy!

 

It is acidic.....what do you think that means?

 

I used to smoke alot.....many years ago.

 

I would never buy a guitar owned by a smoker.

[knockwood]

Had a friend once who had this Martin with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. He sat down to play one day and lit up and the guitar didn't burst into flames or blow up or anything, but across the street this ice cream truck almost ran over a fat kid on a green bike.

[hrhodes3]

lucky his guitar diud no explode

[smokiee]

Originally posted by Harmonycat I am sure that the residue of cigarette smoke is not good for porous rosewood fretboards.

 

yea this what i'm worried about.. the smoke damaging the wood over years of contact with smoke..

 

wonder how does Bob Marley's guitar smells??

[recordingtrack1]

I stopped playing music in bars in 1998. I can still smell cigarette smoke, mainly from my guitar amps and from a couple of my guitar cases. There ain't no getting rid of it.

 

I don't have any idea how damaging the smoke is to the guitar (and other stuff) but the smell sure stays around.

 

RT1

[Harmonycat]

Originally posted by smokiee yea this what i'm worried about.. the smoke damaging the wood over years of contact with smoke.. wonder how does Bob Marley's guitar smells??

 

I have been to the house on Mount Zion up in Nine Miles, Jamaica.

 

Nothing around his instruments or anything in the Crypt, smells.

 

It is not the fact that they smoke joints as big as cuban cigars in a Rasta Town where even the twelve year olds are stoned , that is the concern there.

 

It is the reddish dust in the air which comes from the soil. Rastafarians are vegetarians and the plants are all grown in the reddish soil.

 

The soil is red because it is laden with Bauxite, which is a very predominant mineral in the area. The plantlife is laden with Bauxite. It is the mineral that is refined to become Auminum and is linked to Cancer.

 

Bob Died of Brain Cancer at 36 years old. It is the residue from that. which would bring me concern.

[Octavian]

Yes it can make the cellulose finish go sticky. I think its the benzene and the toluene mainly but there are over 4000 chemicals in cigrette smoke so there are probably others.

[d28andm1911a1]

Ya can't play the blues if your guitar don't smell like smoke.

[roughtrade]

Originally posted by d28andm1911a1 Ya can't play the blues if your guitar don't smell like smoke.

Does cordite count?

[Queequeg]

Originally posted by roughtrade Does cordite count?

Are you smoking cordite, roughtrade?

I think that would make you more of a "POP" performer than "blues" (with a short career)

[roughtrade]

Originally posted by Queequeg Are you smoking cordite, roughtrade? I think that would make you more of a "POP" performer than "blues" (with a short career)

Yeah, but I'm not inhaling:D

[daklander]

Originally posted by knockwood Had a friend once who had this Martin with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. He sat down to play one day and lit up and the guitar didn't burst into flames or blow up or anything, but across the street this ice cream truck almost ran over a fat kid on a green bike.

 

 

[RizinRico]

I have used baking soda to remove bad tobacco smell from hotel rooms and just about any other strong smell. works good on stains tho never used it on a gtr but a cup or so in a case with old smokey might help:wave:

[Sweb]

Originally posted by Harmonycat I have been to the house on Mount Zion up in Nine Miles, Jamaica. Nothing around his instruments or anything in the Crypt, smells. It is not the fact that they smoke joints as big as cuban cigars in a Rasta Town where even the twelve year olds are stoned , that is the concern there. It is the reddish dust in the air which comes from the soil. Rastafarians are vegetarians and the plants are all grown in the reddish soil. The soil is red because it is laden with Bauxite, which is a very predominant mineral in the area. The plantlife is laden with Bauxite. It is the mineral that is refined to become Auminum and is linked to Cancer. Bob Died of Brain Cancer at 36 years old. It is the residue from that. which would bring me concern.

 

Bob died from complications that developed from a big toe injury sustained while playing soccer. He never had it treated, it became infected, festered to the worst degree and ultimately lead to his cancer. I watched a TV special that documented his life and death. Sad way to go - killed by your own big toe.

[derivicus]

Only the most anal of people would worry about smoking around guitars.

 

Smoke will not harm a guitar, nor will it make it stink.

 

Get over this already.

 

If electronic equipment is used near heavy smoking, it can build an unwanted residue, but no real damage is done. Smoking was permitted on military aircraft, in hospitals, and in studios until pretty recently.

[dadgad7]

I disagree, your guitar will start to smell like smoke,

it won't hurt it persay, but Hell Yeah, it'll definitely smell,

 

and you'll never get rid of it,

 

I don't smoke cigarettes, but I'll smoke a joint almost every night,

now maybe that's not enough smoke to make it smell,

but I have friends who smoke over a pack a day, and {censored}-yes, their guitars smell like it too!

[smokiee]

Originally posted by dadgad7 I don't smoke cigarettes, but I'll smoke a joint almost every night,

 

no wonder I thought I was the best guitar player in the universe the other night....

[ozraves]

Tobacco smoke contains corrosives, which over a period of time can cause permanent damage to electronics and to other products as well as your body. I've never noted a positive experience from tobacco smoke and musical equipment.

 

On the other hand, I've got an acoustic guitar that I bought at a fire sale. Yes, it'd been in a fire. It sounds wonderful. For all I know the guitar sounded wonderful before it was in the fire. I bought it even though it looked like crap being black with soot and smelling a tad funky. I brought it home and sprayed it all over with Formula 409. It cleaned up nicely and you'd never tell from looking at it or smell it that it was in a fire.

[air guitar]

Smoking can hurt your guitar. The smoke can get in your potentiometers, pickups, output jacks, etc..