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Mojo

#22
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#23
I have 2 basses, both Jazzes. An active American and a 70's reissue MIM. One of them has its share of knocks, dings, and scratches. The other is treated with kid gloves. Guess which one has mojo to me.



Hint: it's the MIM which is also the one that gets the kid glove treatment. This bass speaks to me.
 
#25
two fingers said:
An instrument's mojo will connect with you when you hold it. It is not automatically an old instrument. I used to work at a music store. I would tell my customers "We don't pick basses. They pick us." In many ways it is true. I once missed out buying an average ordinary wine MIM Fender Jazz. I hung on the wall of our store for weeks. But MAN did it play GREAT. I wouldn't let myself buy it because.... well........ it was a wine colored MIM Jazz. I went back to buy it on a day off and it was gone. Now, you may think I'm nuts, but that bass had something about it that called out to me. Its mojo connected with mine.

So, I think it is different for different people. I tried not to feel the mojo of what was an ordinary new bass. But it was there.
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I like this explanation the best.
 
#26
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#28
MatticusMania said:
Glenn, your "Mojo Kit" (if you can even call it that) is seriously lacking in the Mojo Potato department.
I recommend the addition of mojo potatoes if you really want to make any decent coin.
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You profiteers and your taters...badmouthing the real deal Mojo Kit while knowing good and well that your Tater Tone scam is all about taking advantage of kids and old people who can't read the fine print.
 
#32
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Rob
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#35
GlennW said:
Muddy got it from here:
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Much like "Hound Dog" originally recorded by Big Momma Thornton but popularized Elvis, Ann Cole may have been the first to record the song, but without Muddy Popularizing it, only the geekiest of blues geeks would have the word mojo in their vocabulary.

Thanks to Muddy Waters "mojo" has become one of the most overused out of context words in America.
 
#36
fhm555 said:
Much like "Hound Dog" originally recorded by Big Momma Thornton but popularized Elvis, Ann Cole may have been the first to record the song, but without Muddy Popularizing it, only the geekiest of blues geeks would have the word mojo in their vocabulary.

Thanks to Muddy Waters "mojo" has become one of the most overused out of context words in America.
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I think the word mojo would have caught on without that particular song. Hoochie Coochie Man, another of Muddy's hits (written by Willie Dixon), includes the word; as does his Louisianna Blues, and Lightnin' Hopkins' Mojo Hand.

I don't know when mojo got "re-defined," but Jim Morrison with the "Get your mojo risin'" bit sure helped change its perceived meaning to a large extent.

I'd "blame" Morrison instead of Muddy for its misuse.
 

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