E-minor7 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Hey - let's play And questions are : Have any of the B-members such a thing inside their box ? Did you ever encounter one - and did it bring luck ? Any thoughts or anecdotes on the ritual ? - let's hear what you got. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Mud daubers in my '42 LG1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 At a guitar show a number of years ago, I played a late 50s J-50 with a rattle in it that modoc and John had for sale. Never heard of it before, and some explained it was probably either 1) a superstition or 2) a way for a rhythm player to add some sneaky percussion to the live mix. I could live with either “explanation.” I remember deciding that, had the stars aligned for a purchase, I most definitely would have kept it in. I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I put the rattles of the only rattler I'd ever killed to date inside a fiddle; forgot to shake them out when I sold it. Always regretted that. Since, the only thing in my guitars have been the occasional pick, string ball or bridge pin 😜. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 No rattlesnake rattles here. I found plenty of dust bunnies inside one of my old guitars, however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I bought a 1956 SJ which had a rattle in it. While I am not superstitious I let it be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 No guitar of mine was old enough to have such a rattle. 🙂 From those on another forum, these are really common down south in Bluegrass land. does it bring luck? Not for the snake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratherbwalkn Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 +1 on the rattles About 15 years or so ago I came across a d-28 an early 60 model, at one of the guitar stores I visit when I go down to the big city. While trying it out I happened to hear a bit of a rattle in the guitar and I was surprised to find a rattlesnake rattle, its still there btw, Upon asking the owner of the store he told me what he knew about the guitar, I won't bother with the story . Then I started asking around and I was told different stories, some said it was for good luck and other such things, but what I heard the most was that it started when someone found a spider or something inside their Mando, so to scare off unwanted little critters hence the rattle, and over time it spread to larger instruments, also the good luck story pooped up several more times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I don't let snakes or insects or small woodland creatures live in my guitars. They all can live outside where they belong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Was disturbed to hear a slight, raspy rattle in my SJ200 a couple of years ago. Shook it some more - a dead June Bug fell out. Probably chased in there by a spider. Running from a rattler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 4 hours ago, fortyearspickn said: Was disturbed to hear a slight, raspy rattle in my SJ200 a couple of years ago. Shook it some more - a dead June Bug fell out. Probably chased in there by a spider. Running from a rattler. Was a mongoose close behind? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Rattlesnakes very seldom sneak around here, so the phenomenon is purely mythical to me. It's simply not a part of the guitar culture in this this part of the world and therefor got even more attention when I first met it approx 10 years ago, , , maybe on these pages. But intriguing it is and a percussive tail-end would definitely stay in the guitar if one showed up. Also though you run the risk of shaking it out every time a pick is lost through the hole, , , or an artificial nail, which happened to during the last jam in the fall - actually on the very last strum at 4 AM. It's something to look after at the next flee-market - guess a breathless fly ain't the same, , , or a mud dauber, Dave F. Yet highly impressing they are. May be pretty hard to get hold of ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 17 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Was a mongoose close behind? Yep. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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