I'm lucky to have an early 60s Strat (players grade). It has what I assume is an original, brown hard case. The case is ok but there are a couple of niggles that I keep thinking about trying to fix.
Firstly it reeks of fags. I've had it lid open to air it out for a couple of weeks. This seems to be helping....a bit.
Secondly, the wood of the lid is broken around one of the end hinges and possibly the middle hinge too, so the lid is rather floppily attached to the base. At the moment the damage isn't visible because all the lining and exterior vinyl is intact.
I'm not thinking of rushing to do anything about it any time soon, but I wondered what wisdom folks on here might have.
Is there any sense in trying to fix it? Or is it likely to affect the value of the guitar/case?
Any chemicals/techniques for reducing the nicotine stink, that aren't going to have a detrimental effect on the materials?
TIA
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