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Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:30 am
by morange
So, recently I cleaned out the cabinets of two amps I have. I just got done brushing out a Traynor head, and I cleaned out the inside of my Ampeg SS-70 earilier this month. They both had mouse pellets in them, rattling around and raining down on me when I shook it out.
How could this even happen? Who lets their amps get full of mice? I wonder if a mouse has ever been inside an amp when it was played.
I've only ever bought 3 vintage amplifiers, and 2 of them had poop in them. This leads me to believe that most old amps have had mice in them. Have any of you ever found mouse poop in your amp?
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:40 am
by Legion
I heard that mouse poop was the secret to Eddie Van Halens brown sound
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:45 am
by ifeellikeatourist
I Found mouse poop inside an organ once...
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:47 am
by Kayzer
mouse poop was 1970 crystal lettuce....
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:23 am
by RR Bigman
Were they in storage? I'd have to imagine that our unsuspecting mouse would have been vaporized by all that current if he were to shack up with Minnie while that thing was being used.
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:26 am
by skullservant
Never had mice in any of my gear before... but I've never really had them in storage or anything
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:36 am
by Holy Schnikes
Someone posted here awhile back sharing pics of crazy gear repairs and a mouse nest was included haha! I miss that thread now that Im thinking about it.
Rodents residing in my amps would make me very, very unhappy.
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:48 am
by benjuro
I once found a mouse mid-jam in between my bass head and carpet covered 2x15. I took it outside and let it go but the damage had obviously been done...it crept away looking like a bad breathalyzer participant. Granted, we play in an old carriagehouse in the woods...
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:53 am
by Holy Schnikes
Haha! ^^^^
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:54 am
by theavondon
Kayzer wrote:mouse poop was 1970 crystal lettuce....
I lol'd.
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:55 am
by Gunner Recall
Kayzer wrote:mouse poop was 1970 crystal lettuce....
Mind blown.
Where is the best shop to get NOS vintage correct mouse poop?
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:41 pm
by DarkAxel
Don't you see what has been happening?
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:49 pm
by D.o.S.
Gunner Recall wrote:Kayzer wrote:mouse poop was 1970 crystal lettuce....
Mind blown.
Where is the best shop to get NOS vintage correct mouse poop?
Dunno, but "Chompin' on Crystal Lettuce" is a phrase I'm going to use more often.
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:00 pm
by Gone Fission
Most storage units seem to have rodent issues. As do lots of garages and some basements. Before someone is ready to sell an amp, it may very well have lived in one of these places. It's just gonna happen sometimes.
Re: Mice have been in my amps
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:46 pm
by benjuro
D.o.S. wrote:Dunno, but "Chompin' on Crystal Lettuce" is a phrase I'm going to use more often.
