Members peskypesky Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 what has more mojo: a cheap guitar with a maple fretboard, or an expensive guitar with a rosewood fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 When I first started out playing, I quickly came to appreciate "broken in" guitars. Can't explain the difference, but new unplayed guitars felt more stiff, while some used guitars just felt right. Much like a new pair of shoes vs an old pair. But it makes no sense! I have found some new guitars have that broken in feel right out if the box. And some used guitars feel very stiff. Just depends instrument to instrument. Definitely an intangible there that interacts with your psyche. Maybe it's the neck finish worn a bit to be smooth. Or the frets worn down and grooved so the strings "know where to go". The thing is, price has nothing to do with it. I've come across just as many cheap guitars that have that great feeling as I have expensive ones. The same for stiff feeling guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Don't know what mojo is, but the OP asked for guitars that have been around. This one has been around. And around. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'm so glad we've finally found the decisive answer to "cheap vs. expensive" and "worn vs. new looking" guitars! All we need to do now is sort out the 'sigs: waste of money?', 'what's the best tuning for slide?', 'locking vs non-locking trems' and 'Yngwie: genius, douchebag or both?' issues and then HC can close this forum down for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 what has more mojo: a cheap guitar with a maple fretboard, or an expensive guitar with a rosewood fretboard? Silly, everyone knows that mojo is not fretboard-dependent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Silly, everyone knows that mojo is not fretboard-dependent! you sure? I played a guitar once that had a ton of mojo, and it had a maple fretboard. but maybe it was because it had single coils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LOLRECONLOL Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Wow, I love the look of a beat up guitar. I'd never play a 'road worn' guitar, I'd rather cut my hands off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I pee on my guitars every day, so I don't need mojo. 1965 Sears Silvertone made by Danelectro.... 1985 Fender Capistrano.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 you sure? I played a guitar once that had a ton of mojo, and it had a maple fretboard... Yes, but causation cannot be inferred from the mere existence of the maple board. If so, then all maple-boarded guitars would necessarily be mojoriffic, and, conversely all rosewoodies would be lacking in bosstasticity. And we both know that's not the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 My oldest guitar has the most mojo of all of the guitars I have, I've had it since the early '90s (I wish I knew exactly when I got it ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LOLRECONLOL Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looks great! Does it have any bruises/dings anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looks great! Does it have any bruises/dings anywhere?Thanks Not too many, I guess I've taken care of it. I certainly wasn't trying to take care of it, tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solly Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 You can buy all the Mojo you want at Winn Dixie and at Wal-Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allthumz Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Mojo is different things to different people. It is a feeling. Some sort of magic. The more you argue and try to define or categorize it the less it becomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madrigal77 Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'd rather have a couple really nice ones than cheap ones. That said, the stuff coming out of Korea these days is great bang for the buck. As far as the whole mojo debate goes, I don't think mojo means beat up. Brand new guitars can have mojo. Mojo is basically just when you bond with a guitar. For me, beat up guitars actually lack mojo because I don't bond with them as much. I'm totally not into the whole "relic" look. Sure, a few dings here and there are a part of life, but to me, a really beat up guitar is a guitar that hasn't been taken care of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I don't even see the "bang for the buck" factor half the time these days. Some "cheap guitars" are just "good instruments" regardless of cost. IMO, the real factor is a law of diminishing returns at work. Small increases in quality, materials, finish, or even equal quality but different country of manufacture will result in huge price differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I know a few closet queens, they dont have mojo but they do have herpes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Cheap or expensive,Quality is the true goal.Choose with your own hands. Argument brings pain,Pointless and never-ending.I want a sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I don't even see the "bang for the buck" factor half the time these days. Some "cheap guitars" are just "good instruments" regardless of cost. IMO, the real factor is a law of diminishing returns at work. Small increases in quality, materials, finish, or even equal quality but different country of manufacture will result in huge price differences. I hear you on the law of diminishing returns. A lot of my import guitars come stock with US-made pickups (ex.: MIK DeArmond Jet Star with Gold Tones, MIC Fernandes Ravelle with Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz, MIC Gretsch Special Jet with DeArmond 2000's), thus removing one of the 2 big cost accelerants (the other being finishing, particularly Gibson's use of nitro, which Gibson itself has realized, resulting in some many guitars being produced with satin or "worn" finishes), and frankly it's a rare occasion I'd pay that much more just to get nitro or a thinner poly, which affect tone a lot less than pickups. Of course, a deal is a deal. So I do have a couple Gibbies, and conversely I have a couple guitars that prove that, as with guitars, a great pickup is a great pickup no matter where it's made (I have 2 guitars with Brownsville Choirboy toastertop alnico singles, which I presume are MIK-- one a Choirboy and one an Indonesian-made Daisy Rock Retro-H 12-string which the seller had modded with the Brownsvilles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Cool grandpa............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 2 Mojorrific and 1 really expensive (guess what's what):Crummy shot of the esgee, plenty of mojoness and got it well broken in:Then there's new, cheap and shiny but also with le mojo:Can't wait for the J.Mascis Squier...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fred nurini Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah, I'm a believer in paying the toll for better quality, but some of this mojo talk smacks of BS or even worse, elitism. Doctors and hedge fund managers competing to see who can pay the most for fancy-wood guitars. Has nothing to do with music or guitars as a tool for musical expression. Check out this load of hogwash in Guitar Aficionado... $38000 for what? For that kind of money you could buy a 1959 Strat and have change left over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hammer: You know what a lot is? Chico: Yeah, itsa too much. Hammer: I don't mean a whole lot, just a little lot with nothing on it. Chico: Any time you gotta too much, you gotta whole lot. Look, I explain it to you...sometimes you no got enough, it's too much, you gotta whole lot. Sometimes you got a little bit. You no think it's enough, somebody else maybe thinks itsa too much, itsa whole lot too. Now, itsa whole lot, itsa too much, itsa too much, itsa whole lot...same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hammer: You know what a lot is?Chico: Yeah, itsa too much.Hammer: I don't mean a whole lot, just a little lot with nothing on it.Chico: Any time you gotta too much, you gotta whole lot. Look, I explain it to you...sometimes you no got enough, it's too much, you gotta whole lot. Sometimes you got a little bit. You no think it's enough, somebody else maybe thinks itsa too much, itsa whole lot too. Now, itsa whole lot, itsa too much, itsa too much, itsa whole lot...same thing. Cocoanuts? I love that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ice water? Where did you get ice water? Oh you want some ice water. Cut some onions, that 'll make your eyes water... CLASSIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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