BluesKing777 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's a thought that just occurred to me.... from personal experience.... We all want some "Mojo' with an old Gibson, BUT Do you want that awful smell? (Just sold a few more new guitars for them and kept a few oldies for me!) BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I've lately been criss-crossing the US continent, landing in LA, Seattle, Boston, Kalamazoo, NYC, etc., with this battle weary 1943 SJ: My one request everywhere I speak is that no one leave the room before holding the one Banner Gibson that has been documented to have gone to the WWII battle front. The guitar has mojo to spare, having lost nearly all of its finish and smelling like it lived a fair portion of its life in foxholes, which it did. I'll take the mojo and the related smell for this one. It's an honor. This summer I've got book talk/playing gigs around Europe and I'll be taking the SJ and encouraging all I meet to hold and play the thing. A guitar can never have too much mojo ... regardless of smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 One wouldn't think it would be possible to have a photograph of "Mojo". But there it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 It is hard not to look at an old guitar and not try to think about how this happened to it or that. True story - I played a 1958 Tele for a whole lot of decades. I finally decided to sell it to a friend. A couple of months later he calls and asks if I want to buy it back. When I asked him why he said because that guitar and I had become so associated together that he did not think he would ever be able to consider it his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 It is hard not to look at an old guitar and not try to think about how this happened to it or that. True story - I played a 1958 Tele for a whole lot of decades. I finally decided to sell it to a friend. A couple of months later he calls and asks if I want to buy it back. When I asked him why he said because that guitar and I had become so associated together that he did not think he would ever be able to consider it his. I could consider it mine if I had the cash. I had to pass up that 1959 Telecaster at Southworth cause of the J200 Prototype back in April 1989. It was a really good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 One wouldn't think it would be possible to have a photograph of "Mojo". But there it is. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 It is hard not to look at an old guitar and not try to think about how this happened to it or that. True story - I played a 1958 Tele for a whole lot of decades. I finally decided to sell it to a friend. A couple of months later he calls and asks if I want to buy it back. When I asked him why he said because that guitar and I had become so associated together that he did not think he would ever be able to consider it his. Great Story!.....or a lie.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 It is hard not to look at an old guitar and not try to think about how this happened to it or that. That is my take on it , also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Beautiful guitar jt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 WOW! The stories that guitar has inside of it. Real mojo. You can't buy that. It's got to be earned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Remember that guitar in a museum in Tennessee The nameplate on the glass brought back twenty melodies And the scratches on the face told of all the times he fell Singin' all the stories he could tell And oh, the stories it could tell And I'll bet you it still rings like a bell And I wish that we could sit back on a bed in some hotel And listen to the stories it could tell The Tazarna Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here is a "little" mojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapepper Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Mojo? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Just reminding you guys...there can be "MOJO" in the PLAYING of the guitar too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Just reminding you guys...there can be "MOJO" in the PLAYING of the guitar too!!! you've been visiting other forums again haven't you wily !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Great Story!.....or a lie.... Nah, it is really true. The resolution was he had the guitar re-finished (I had already stripped off what remained of the original finish and gave it a shot a clear coat which by the time I sold it was also pretty much gone) which helped erase what I had wrought. This is the guitar before I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 WOW! The stories that guitar has inside of it. Real mojo. You can't buy that. It's got to be earned. Aaah - but are we really just living vicariously through the Mojo that is the result of somebody's else's history with the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Aaah - but are we really just living vicariously through the Mojo that is the result of somebody's else's history with the guitar? yes :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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