Tahlee
Tollywood Rhode Island
I love to open the case of a new PRS and thrust my face down between the pickups and inhale deeply. I love how it smells. Does anyone else do this?
Am I the only freak who smells his PRS when opening the case?
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CandidPicker
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Nah, it's not that uncommon. Folks do the same whenever they buy a new car...the new car smell...Mom's do the same for their newborns...they bond with the smell of their offspring...I'd say humans long-term memory is based on what smells we remember as children, so a new PRS in a case? You're building memories here.
Herr Squid
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I'd call that super weird....
Except I do it all the time too!
Except I do it all the time too!
Black-Viper75
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Now I want to ditch the gigbag that came with my 35th Anniversary SE and buy a case to get in on this.
Tosca
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Cinnamon wishes it smelled that good....
DISTORT6
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It could be worse.
You could be sniffing other peoples cases.
You could be sniffing other peoples cases.
Tahlee
Tollywood Rhode Island
I sure am. I’m glad I’m not the only one who loves the smell.
Guitpicky
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Maybe with a nice acoustic, with electrics it just smells like paint. My new Strat knocks me back a step with car paint fumes every time I open the case. I was a professional painter for a number of years when younger so it’s honestly not that exciting. My acoustics smell like a fine wood shop 
bodia
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Especially the new models. I love the smell of nitro in the morning!
shinksma
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I posted something on the topic about a year ago.
I was at an outdoor festival. Wafting across the air at one particular moment were scents from a particular vendor that smelled exactly like what I sensed with a new PRS case.
Kettle corn.
To me, the PRS cases smell of freshly made kettle corn. That hint of vanilla and butter and tiniest hint of caramel (possibly just from the heating of the kernels, not even added "caramel").
Tahlee
Tollywood Rhode Island
Oh man, kettle corn is so good. That’s a great description of the smell.
docteurseb
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I shamelessly admit I've been doing it once in a while for the nitro ones (usually when they arrive).
For poly I can't say I really smell anything interesting (aside from the polishing compound maybe?).
For poly I can't say I really smell anything interesting (aside from the polishing compound maybe?).
CandidPicker
Tone Matters. Use It Well.
If perhaps you're like me, do you remember your Grandma's kitchen during Sunday dinners? What your favorite meal was? Sometimes the things we can't see or hear are most strongly embedded in our memories because of our sense of smell.
There are both pleasant odors, and unpleasant ones. Unpleasant ones we remember because we associate them with difficult times we've experienced, or they've served as warning examples, whereas the pleasant ones bring to mind joyful times.
That being said, I'm thankful for still having the faculty of all my 5 senses. What with Covid-19, people who lose their sense of smell because of a positive diagnosis are truly missing out on life, not only because the sense of smell is associated with taste, but also because there's nothing quite like smelling a freshly mown lawn after a brief summer shower. These things are ingrained indelibly for our enjoyment.
Enjoy that guitar case. I'll be doing the same soon.
Tim S
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I do recall that -- having a "me too" moment. Apologies if it seemed I was practicing observational theft.
I think you're on to something.
Alnus Rubra
Loving nature’s wonders
CandidPicker
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Wound ones at that. (I really think I need to get my mind off the computer sometimes...)
