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For that, "Vintage funky smell." Accepts offers:

https://reverb.com/item/88889355-1974-f ... d-sunburst

Regarding smells, a friend of mine gave me a vintage Fender Jazz bass case a few years ago he had lying around. It was beat up, but I wanted it anyway. Heavy duty mildew smell, however. I've tried everything to get rid of it, with no success. I can't even keep the case in the house, it stinks up the whole house, so it's out in the garage. Bottom line: I can't keep anything in it right now. If you know any remedies for this, please let me know. Or, you might want to inquire about the smell of the one for sale.

pjmuck wrote:For that, "Vintage funky smell." Accepts offers:

https://reverb.com/item/88889355-1974-f ... d-sunburst

Regarding smells, a friend of mine gave me a vintage Fender Jazz bass case a few years ago he had lying around. It was beat up, but I wanted it anyway. Heavy duty mildew smell, however. I've tried everything to get rid of it, with no success. I can't even keep the case in the house, it stinks up the whole house, so it's out in the garage. Bottom line: I can't keep anything in it right now. If you know any remedies for this, please let me know. Or, you might want to inquire about the smell of the one for sale.

Try asking an auto body shop- or detailer. I've seen this industrial grade stuff that will eliminate the smells of just about anything in cars- except the wept into the metal stench of a mob associate decomposing in the trunk.

$3300 for a ‘74 Fender in great shape seems like a steal, even if it does have an all-natural, organic scent of some type.

pjmuck wrote:For that, "Vintage funky smell." Accepts offers:

https://reverb.com/item/88889355-1974-f ... d-sunburst

Regarding smells, a friend of mine gave me a vintage Fender Jazz bass case a few years ago he had lying around. It was beat up, but I wanted it anyway. Heavy duty mildew smell, however. I've tried everything to get rid of it, with no success. I can't even keep the case in the house, it stinks up the whole house, so it's out in the garage. Bottom line: I can't keep anything in it right now. If you know any remedies for this, please let me know. Or, you might want to inquire about the smell of the one for sale.

you can try dumping a box of baking soda directly into the case. make sure it gets evenly distributed.
leave it in the open case for about a week in a low moisture environment.
after a week vacuum the case out thoroughly. you should see (or smell ) a noticeable improvement..

Had this happen to me, for about two weeks during the day if it was sunny and 65 to 80 degrees out, I would let the case air out in the sun (12 hours). Also I sprayed Febreze almost daily for a week after that then it was all gone. I forgot all about that till I seen this thread.

All try some of these tips. Thanks, guys.

I am in Bob's camp. I have purchased a few used basses with case odor, and I found leaving it in direct sunlight for several hours (even a few days) and lightly spraying a Lysol-type product directly into the case always works within a couple of days.

Did you try putting baking soda in the case? Shake out a good coating throughout the case, leave it for 24 hours and vacuum out.

I've had this issue with old basses before, getting stank off them can be a challenge.