But yeah, the whole "smoking and guitars: a study in interaction" debate is very interesting. Especially considering that for most non-vintage instruments it's a dealbreaker if it's super gnarly, but they straight up try to emulate it on relics.
In some extremely rare cases, it's a plus. The most prominent being classical guitars from Spain (or Italy) that belonged to cigar smokers. If you have a '50s-'60s classical from spain, and it obviously belonged to a cigar smoker, don't fuck with it. It's part of the mystique.
My mom has a beautiful Contreras that belonged to my great uncle who was a heavy cigar smoker that I caretake, and one of her rules with it is, "You can take care of it, but don't get rid of the cigar smoke aura". :lol: Granted, Cigar smoke isn't fucking disgusting like cigarette smoke. My family all fucking hate smoking too, but in the context of classical guitars that belonged to cigar or pipe smokers it's like, "Don't fuck with that".
Segovia smoked a ton, pipes and cigars, and if you are ever in the market for one of his guitars, you are actually hurting the value by trying to get rid of it. Granted, once again, cigars and pipes aren't fucking disgusting like cigarettes. I actually know people who think storing tobacco (nice cigars or nice pipe tobacco) in a case with a nylon string classical is a fucking great idea.
But yeah, don't buy a Schecter that someone smoked gas station cigarettes around. Although I doubt that's the case here. It's an interesting discussion, how smoking and music gear relate and all that. It's occasionally used to verify or corroborate the authenticity of certain vintage instruments. Like, if it belonged to someone famous who smoked a shit ton, and it doesn't smell, that's a red flag.
Some people are super anal about disclosing it and some aren't. Boutique pedals are like, you'll fucking never see "from the home of a non smoker" disclosed there. If someone has the standard shoegaze '72 RI tele + massive pedalboard setup, yeah, they smoke American Spirits. That's a scientific law. Tele playing pedal board hipsters all smoke American spirits and if you are buying tele playing pedalboard hipster gear it's not going to be disclosed. Boutique hipster pedals and American Spirits are like peanut butter and fucking jelly. If you're a '72 RI tele playing pedalboard hipster, 90% of your yearly budget is going to go to boutique pedals and American Spirits. I'm surprised there hasn't been a collaboration yet. Like, a subway punch card type thing. "Buy five packs of American Spirits and get 10% off on your next hipster pedal".
Also, Yngwie, in classic Yngwie Rolex wearing "I appreciate the finer things in life" fashion, is a strong believer that guitars and fancy cigars go together. :lol: Every time I've seen Yngwie, they are trying to hawk the $300 signature official Yngwie Cigar Humidor at the merch table.
Don't get me wrong, that's not a criticism, I really fucking want a $300 signature Yngwie Cigar Humidor. I wonder how many of those they sell. One of the most ridiculous merch items I've seen. The only complaint I have is it's the stupid Perpetual Flame era Zoolander Yngwie aesthetics, I want an Yngwie Cigar Humidor with the cover of Trilogy in all its dragon slaying glory.