Members datter Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 I'm all about the mojo. I bought a pot of SRV mojo wax to help my tone. I was originally spreading it on the guitar, but have since found that it helps tone better to smear it on your naked midsection before a gig. I swear by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mazi Bee Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by datter I'm all about the mojo. I bought a pot of SRV mojo wax to help my tone. I was originally spreading it on the guitar, but have since found that it helps tone better to smear it on your naked midsection before a gig. I swear by it. Make sure you aren't using that reissued mojo wax crap though, it's not as good as the NOS vintage stuff with germanium powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mattoverb Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 I leave it off i can feel the vibration on my crotch better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members datter Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 FINALLY, someone who makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beer Drinker Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Verne Andru I'll be the first one to argue against such things as the type of wood used on a solid body guitar effects the tone in any significant way. You're kidding me right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by atrox If you don't have the bridge floating, the hole where teh strings go in do not line up. I leave it off so I wont have to take it off everytime I change strings Bingo! Most Strat regulars who I know leave it off just for this reason. Nobody sees it anyway. Unless you play Eruption behind your head.In which case the springs will get caught in your hair. Providing you have hair. Plus we want to be cool like SRV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Beer Drinker You're kidding me right? Don't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t60 fan Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by PolyFmorf I leave it on. Coz when I play naked I don't want to catch the short hairs You could shave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members datter Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 The mojo wax I mentioned earlier would help with that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich4Once Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Burgess Any player that's had to change a string quickly during a gig has learned the backplate serves no purpose except to slow that process down.It's pretty standard to remove them. Guys were doing that way before anyone had ever heard of SRV. It blows me away that something done out of convenience can be interpreted as hero worship! I always remove the back plate, even if the guitar has a Floyd. Making adjustments is much easier without it in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beer Drinker Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Verne Andru Don't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdp Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Burgess Any player that's had to change a string quickly during a gig has learned the backplate serves no purpose except to slow that process down. It's pretty standard to remove them. Guys were doing that way before anyone had ever heard of SRV. Thread over! It's totally practical AND possibly even allows the guitar to resonate a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fifteen90 Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by Mazi Bee ... because all the tone and mojo of the sound waves bounce off the plate and are forced directly back into the pickups. I also drilled a few holes in the pickup cavities to allow the mojo to get to the pickups even faster! i don't know much about mojo, but i don't think it's going into your pickups, since they pick up electromagnetic fields, not sound vibrations. if anything, the sound waves are going to your strings. sorry, just being nit-picky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mazi Bee Posted June 16, 2006 Members Share Posted June 16, 2006 Originally posted by fifteen90 i don't know much about mojo, but i don't think it's going into your pickups, since they pick up electromagnetic fields, not sound vibrations. if anything, the sound waves are going to your strings.sorry, just being nit-picky You obviously are completely unschooled in the ways of mojo. Also, until you've drilled mojo holes in your guitar you really can't have a completely informed opinion can you? Get back to us with your results once you've done the mojo drillin. I think you're in for a big surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdog114 Posted June 17, 2006 Members Share Posted June 17, 2006 Take advantage of it! Suhr has a specially shielded & grounded backplate that may lower noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted June 17, 2006 Members Share Posted June 17, 2006 Originally posted by Mazi Bee Get back to us with your results once you've done the mojo drillin. I think you're in for a big surprise. mojo holes are the {censored}:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Introspectre Posted June 17, 2006 Members Share Posted June 17, 2006 Originally posted by jmingo Just curious if there is some sonic reason for taking of the back plate on strats??Or does every one just do it because SRV did? I took mine off for easier access to the springs and {censored} for the trem. Plus it's more comfortable against me when I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulS Posted June 17, 2006 Members Share Posted June 17, 2006 I just don't have one, the guitar came without and I haven't got around to find me a mojo cover on E bay.... As far as it making any difference well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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