Psychotic Reaction

[ScottMarlowe]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, guys. The consensus seems to be that ventilating the case for an extended period is worth trying. Scott's suggestion to expose the lining to sunshine strikes me as a way to accelerate the outgassing process. I'll try that and report back in two weeks or so. In the meantime, maybe Gibson's Quality Assurance team can check with their case supplier (TKL?) for an explanation.

It's an old trick I learned from collecting and passing on woodwind and brass instruments. No guitar case can have the kind of funk a wind instrument can develop from being put away wet and left to sit for a decade or two.

 

[endial]

It's an old trick I learned from collecting and passing on woodwind and brass instruments. No guitar case can have the kind of funk a wind instrument can develop from being put away wet and left to sit for a decade or two.

EEEEWWWWW! (High-pitched girly-squeel)

 

[Donal]

nitro is reacting to new glue in the case, keep it off the case and open the case for glue to dry out. either case glue or nitro is gasing causing reaction

It's that ...

Open case, leave sitting in the sun for a week (take it inside if it starts to rain etc).

... and do just that.

BTW: I'm happy that it worked out ok, but it's hard to believe you didn't take pics! I mean if had not have worked out and you needed "evidence" for Gibson, Pics would have helped .... oh and we like them as well

 

[JCM900MkIII]

Disappointing thread of the week.
No pics...

Same as the thread in the link.

 

[bordonbert]

AlGZero is absolutely on the ball. Using a junior in a standard case is a definite no-no-no! The neck joint on a junior is fine but not its strongest point. With the case on its back the guitar has to sit with its full body weight hanging at the neck joint from around the 10th fret. With a full body LP there is enough slack for it to ground at the heel and the neck joint is a lot stronger too. But that's a recipe for disaster for a Jnr.

I posted a little project I did where I made a properly shaped support to turn a standard case into a custom fitted junior one. I am still using this and it's proven its worth since. It's completely retro-fittable and reversible to the case.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/gibson-les-pauls/296758-make-case-2005-lp-jnr.html

I can recommend the idea and I'm sure there will be ways to improve it.

 

[SFK]

Actually, TKL makes a nice case (Model 8824) that is an EXACT fit for Juniors and Specials. No padding necessary. Available online from First Quality Music (no affiliation).

Not in my experience.

 

[fretout]

Another thread with no pics? Without actually seeing what happened, there isn't any exact advice to give. If your new case is causing your guitar to spontaneously combust, DON'T PUT YOUR GUITAR IN IT!

 

[GitFiddle]

It's an old trick I learned from collecting and passing on woodwind and brass instruments. No guitar case can have the kind of funk a wind instrument can develop from being put away wet and left to sit for a decade or two.

 

[ScottMarlowe]

Flag girls rule. That's all I'm gonna say about that.

 

[aknow]

You found a crappy case. Open the case and sprinkle a liberal amount of baking soda on the inside. Let stand in open air for 48 hrs. then vacuum out the dry b.s. This will help.

 

[AlGZero]

You found a crappy case. Open the case and sprinkle a liberal amount of baking soda on the inside. Let stand in open air for 48 hrs. then vacuum out the dry b.s. This will help.

I was half expecting that there might be a forum member with a degree in Chemical Engineering who would volunteer the use of his gas chromatograph and talk about co-valent polymers and catalytic sublimation of long-chain ethyl molecules.
But there's no need for that kind of dry b.s. when the problem can be neatly summarized as "You found a crappy case"!
On a more serious note, baking soda absorbs odors (the case lining smells perfectly clean) but I'm not so sure about odorless solvents of the type that may be at work here.

 

[ScottMarlowe]

Yeah I would think activated Charcoal would be the substance of choice to absorbing a reactive compound that's outgassing from the glue etc in the case.

 

[AlGZero]

OK, happy ending to the story. I left the case open in direct sunlight on my back deck for a full day. Then I brought it inside but left it open for a week. Then I put the LP in it and closed it up. After 5 days, I opened the case and voila! No residue. Conclusion: outgassing from glue that is not fully cured produces an oily vapor that condenses on - but does not react with - the lacquer surfaces (NOT the metal surfaces) of the instrument. Sunlight and air circulation seem to complete the curing process but I'm not sure whether the UV or the O2 is more important. Thanks to the forum for weighing in.

 

[edselman]

Glad to see that there's a happy ending.