I’ve been doing this for ages. One of my friends showed me to put some some scented oils (OK, patchouli, we’re hippies) on a cotton ball and toss the cotton ball inside the sound hole of my guitar. When the guitar warms up from playing the smells wafts out. To me anyways. Every now & then, especially when changing the strings, I see the cotton ball, see that it’s kind of dusty, and replace it.
That never occurred to me. Personally I just like the smell of the wood on my octave mando, etc.
But I do wonder if I might need to do something to improve the smell of my TKL banjo case. Sometimes I think I can smell something on the instrument that rubbed off on the instrument from the case. Maybe a glue scent? Maybe I just need to let the case air out more.
I tend to spill guinness on my instrument…smells great to me!
No, but I’m resenting my stringed instruments. They cruelly mock me when I least expect it.
I would not use patchouly in a church service performance
for it increases LUST!
- It’s a 1 hour church service and my wife is standing right next to me singing.
- It’s not a “performance”, it’s leading the music portion of the worship. There’s a big difference between performing and worshipping.
whether you’re performing worship
or
worshipping the performer of divine miracles,
patchouly is known in folklore to
induce LUST
I don’t know if the folklore is all that correct. I wear patchouli 7 days a week and my wife is only full of lust 6 days out of 7.
Now I’m imagining a very interesting church service …
For , on the seventh day,
patchouli does rest and pray …
mutepoint, would you mind just telling me (very briefly) what your youtube link is about.
It takes about an hour for me to down load something like that so I need to know wheteher I should bother.
thanks
Never on a Sunday by the Swinging Cats. Don’t bother.
thanks mate. 
I haven’t, but I’m tempted to try it. Every time I’ve gone to a gig where there’s a fireplace, I come home with my harp smelling like it’s been smoking cigars all night. A bit of patchouli would be very nice.
Redwolf
You should try placing a freshly cut cabbage half on each side of you when you play in a smoky place.
That would just invite comparison.
Haven’t thought to sniff my instruments. But if there’s a smoky fireplace or a campfire, I myself come home smelling like cured meats. Terribly awkward on a variety of levels.
Can’t help but smell it on the nylon-strung harp, as the top of it is right next to my face when I play. I hold the wire a little lower down, but I haven’t taken that one to a session yet.
Redwolf
You’d think that as a fluteplayer I’d notice these things. Could be I’m just too used to it from all my years spent camping.