Do certain basses have Mojo?

[interp]

Mojo is a meaningless buzz word. If you think something has it than it does. Same for frrunkis or kershplanktididoo.

Exactly.

 

[LowEndOperative]

The mojo is in the player; I hear it all the time in my band but they make it sound like they’re saying “no mas”...

 

[dreamadream99]

James Jameson’s backup bass was sold at auction last year...and it made me wonder. “Does that bass have mojo?” Or is it just wire and wood and the bass player provides the Mojo?

Don’t confuse mojo with provenance. Provenance (an item’s historically famous and documented ownership) affects collectibility and resale value. Mojo only does in the eye of some believers.

Mojo is just a made up word by someone who believes that a magical mixture of ownership and time and virtuosity can somehow imbue an instrument with a unique sound that is somehow transferable to a new owner. Rubbish. I think there are lots of ways to get a unique sound out of an instrument (most having to do with craftsmanship), but I do not believe that ownership is one of them.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

If mojo exists, it emerges from the interaction of a player and their instrument. It's about the fit and inspiration an instrument can provide.

 

[bobdabilder]

Can you define this please?

kershplanktididoo.

 

[Gorn]

Can you define this please?

You don’t define kershplanktididoo. Kershplanktididoo defines you.

 

[bobdabilder]

I get it. Like in russia all your Kershplanktididoo are belong to us?

You don’t define kershplanktididoo. Kershplanktididoo defines you.

 

[klejst]

Yeah, those Fender Road Worn's from the factory already come with it...no assembly required!

 

[klejst]

I get it. Like in russia all your Kershplanktididoo are belong to us?

"In Soviet Russia, All you belong to Kershplanktididoo."

 

[Callused Finger]

There’s a reason I pick up one of my basses 100 times more than the rest and my ability has nothing to do with it.

 

[No Malarky]

MoJo? I don't believe in magic or spells or voodoo.

My inspiration comes from my life.

 

[cheapbasslovin]

It's weird, I'll hear a bass that has mojo, but when I play it all that mojo turns to a bunch of notes pushing the beat playing a grunge version of 'Superstition.'

I'm pretty sure I intimidate mojo. It's the only logical explanation.

 

[Engle]

My 80's Jazz Bass Special and my 67 EBO both have a lot of miles on them and consequently the finish is beat up. To me, they have mojo and I like all those dents and missing finish. If an instrument can play like butter, these are in that category. And you know they have created a lot of waves in the air.

To someone else, they are probably just old basses that have been abused.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

No.

 

[soulman969]

Where does it attach? Am I missing something?

 

[ahc]

My basses have ojom.

 

[kesslari]

A bass with mojo has a certain cromulence. A kind of effutiation that’s surplunked only if the blagued flummery of stultiloquence has twaddled the verve. It’s really all about the verve.

No! Verve does not affect mojo in the least! It's a myth.
Twaddle, on the other hand - huge impact. If you can find any hand-twiddled twaddle, your life will never be the same.

 

[consectaneus]

James Jameson’s backup bass was sold at auction last year, not the funk machine, and it made me wonder. “Does that bass have mojo?” Or is it just wire and wood and the bass player provides the Mojo. Discuss

Reportedly, Jamerson never changed strings or cleaned the gunked up fret board. He told his son, "the dirt keeps the funk". I think he was thinking of mojo. So he believed in it.

 

[REV]

A new instrument may or may not have MOJO and it is possible (under the right conditions) for it to acquire it after a number of years.

 

[diegom]

I do believe some basses have Mojo.

And some basses have Lessjo...

Thank you very much! I'll be here all week. Please try the veal. Don't forget to tip your waitress... (runs and hides)