Members knockwood Posted March 12, 2006 Members Posted March 12, 2006 Simplicity. One thing I love, looks-wise, about many Martins is that they look so basic... But when they make 'em right, which is most of the time, they sound anything but. This doesn't just apply to Martin. Generally I think when it comes to bling, less is more. Example: http://www.buffalobrosguitars.com/images19000-19999/ngb19507-santacruzompw/index.html
Members kwakatak Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 After owning a few overly fake-looking guitar I now like mostly natural stuff like bearclaw, silking, flaming, etc. A little herringbone is probably the only decoration that I really like. MOP just adds a cheap-looking bling factor IMO.
Members JasmineTea Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Posted March 13, 2006 For me, mojo has a use or a purpose in each of my guitars depending on what each is used for. For electric guitar I like having a worn looking telecaster. One of those N.O.S. or closet classic things would probly suit me. I've been known to 'relic' my own guitars (add mojo to them) by artificialy aging them. I play some jazz, but I don't use an archop. Cunfused mojo I guess. Seems like an archtop would just about be prerequisit. Instead I like a traditional OM/000. For some reason this type of guitar has the vibe for me, but I don't think I could explane why. Here's another angle on my angle. Suppose you're in a rockabilly band, you'd probly go with a Grestch of some kind, maybe a Gibson archtop. Bluegrass guys use trad dreads..See what I mean? That's how the mojo thing works for me. How does it work for you? Suppose you've got a "Kelvinator" Kay, what would you use it for? what kind of vibe do you get from it? The point of this thread is to see what others get mojo from, or to describe as many kinds of mojo there are. Or what you think mojo is, or how it works. Sort of a d03nut type thread.
Members kwakatak Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Good point, JT. That's the exact reason I got my Strat: to play the blues like Buddy Guy and Robert Cray or rock/blues like SRV, Clapton, Jeff Healey, Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck. I wasn't disappointed, but that was all I could really play on the thing which seemed to be a waste of money up until just recently. Now on the acoustic side, I recently started experimenting with Travis-picking and found that my old $35 Kay had some latent mojo. It has crappy frets that make sliding and bending tough but if I stuck to first-position chords I could get that "thumb-thump" that my dread couldn't. Every tool has its own special purpose, I suppose. I found that out the hard way when I used a drill bit instead of a reamer on the rosewood faceplate on my Tak's headstock.
Members tiger roach Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by knockwood Simplicity. One thing I love, looks-wise, about many Martins is that they look so basic... But when they make 'em right, which is most of the time, they sound anything but. This doesn't just apply to Martin. Generally I think when it comes to bling, less is more. Example:http://www.buffalobrosguitars.com/images19000-19999/ngb19507-santacruzompw/index.html Ooooh, I want that Santa Cruz so bad I can taste it!
Members tonedrops Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by tiger roach Ooooh, I want that Santa Cruz so bad I can taste it! and how many of us imagine we can hear it? Not a few, I bet. How do these companies get into our heads?
Members knockwood Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by tonedrops and how many of us imagine we can hear it? Not a few, I bet. How do these companies get into our heads? Same way the chick in the tight sweater gets into your head from across the room. The image suggests playability, pleasing sounds...
Members tonedrops Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by knockwood Same way the chick in the tight sweater gets into your head from across the room. The image suggests playability, pleasing sounds... we are so so vulnerable to manipulation.
Members SusanV Posted March 13, 2006 Members Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by tonedrops we are so so vulnerable to manipulation. :D :D :D :D susan
Members JasmineTea Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Posted March 13, 2006 Mojo Police Thanks tonedrops. LOL.
Members da mayor Posted March 15, 2006 Members Posted March 15, 2006 I have an old Kay archtop of indeteminate age. 1940's, early 50's, I can't tell. It has an ugly white pickguard that's turning yellow with age, and a crap brown finish. High action, real beat up body, lots of nicks, scratches, dings and dents, it looks like it's spent far too much time hanging out at the bar, maybe got the crap beaten out of it once or twice. It's been around the block a few times and sounds like it, with the chunky thunk of a guitar destined to play the blues. Woody and agressive. Puts the notes right out front, in your face. Sustain ain't in its lexicon, but quick decay is. If you pick up this guitar, you'll end up playing something funky. Now to me, that's mojo.
Members studyscoot Posted March 15, 2006 Members Posted March 15, 2006 that santa cruz has been at buffalo bros. for quite some time. I wonder why...
Members da mayor Posted March 16, 2006 Members Posted March 16, 2006 It's waiting for you man, calling your name. Ya gotta have it. Just look at it, ain't it a beauty?
Members kwakatak Posted March 16, 2006 Members Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by da mayor I have an old Kay archtop of indeteminate age. 1940's, early 50's, I can't tell. It has an ugly white pickguard that's turning yellow with age, and a crap brown finish. High action, real beat up body, lots of nicks, scratches, dings and dents, it looks like it's spent far too much time hanging out at the bar, maybe got the crap beaten out of it once or twice. It's been around the block a few times and sounds like it, with the chunky thunk of a guitar destined to play the blues. Woody and agressive. Puts the notes right out front, in your face. Sustain ain't in its lexicon, but quick decay is. If you pick up this guitar, you'll end up playing something funky. Now to me, that's mojo. Yup, that descrinbes the tone of my Kay flat top to a "T". Punchy with no sustain and good for playing the blues.
Members knockwood Posted March 16, 2006 Members Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by da mayor I have an old Kay archtop of indeteminate age. 1940's, early 50's, I can't tell. It has an ugly white pickguard that's turning yellow with age, and a crap brown finish. High action, real beat up body, lots of nicks, scratches, dings and dents, it looks like it's spent far too much time hanging out at the bar, maybe got the crap beaten out of it once or twice. It's been around the block a few times and sounds like it, with the chunky thunk of a guitar destined to play the blues. Woody and agressive. Puts the notes right out front, in your face. Sustain ain't in its lexicon, but quick decay is. If you pick up this guitar, you'll end up playing something funky. Now to me, that's mojo. Good post. I have this 60's Harmony H162 I picked up for about $100. It's beat and scratched and gouged all to hell and it needs a neck reset, but something about the thing has been growing on me since the first time I picked it up. I notice that every time I put it in my lap, I automatically hit up some blues. "Chunky thunk" is about right. Mojo.
Members Cldplytkmn Posted March 16, 2006 Members Posted March 16, 2006 i have a Blue mic... which has a real vintage/mojo vibe to me... my ears aren't trained enough to really tell you the nuances, but it sounds good... BUT i think i sing better into it than the neumann's we were using in the studio. its got some mojo workin.
Members da mayor Posted March 18, 2006 Members Posted March 18, 2006 Yup, that descrinbes the tone of my Kay flat top to a "T". Punchy with no sustain and good for playing the blues. Sounds like a keeper to me. Something about those old Kays. Well, some anyway.
Members JasmineTea Posted March 18, 2006 Author Members Posted March 18, 2006 Originally posted by Pvine My kinda guitar!
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