Tips for re-installing mojo?

[BrianVengeance]

Have you tried splitting the pups into a MojoSound(tm) setup and bridged the grounds with a dropped orange capacitor? Be careful you didn't drop the capacitor more than once though, lest the tone become more stirred than shaken. Regardless, this step is important because it buries the highs underground (roughly 6 feet but check local wiring codes) and only lets the lowjo flow. Use tort patterned cloth wiring for a more vintage sound or polyester wrapped of you're looking for a more 70s vibe - my guess is the melted bit you found in the body cavity was part of the original gold chain and medallion.

 

[GIBrat51]

Just get one of these (I recommend the "Triple Action Musician's Mojo Hand"); wear it on a cord made from a dead woman's hair around your neck; and you'll have more mojo than you can handle....

 

[PortlandBass77]

Summoning @Nobody, he'll know the answer.

 

[pcake]

you're posting this in the wrong section. if you want help reinstalling your bass' mojo or using your new enhancer with the drive, you should be asking this in the luthier's section.

 

[Nev375]

See? Told ya. Not to be attemped by amateurs.

Bad juju. No mojo.

 

[Relsom]

Sorry, but new mojo is not backwards compatible with any older version. You'll need to find a version that predates the one you are trying to replace.

 

[Old Blastard]

Mojo is gained only by experience. I recommend a week stay at the downtown Tupelo HoJo Mojo Dojo. Call and ask for the Sire.

 

[swafran]

Always add new mojo on top of the old, never, ever remove any ! Quick way to remember: "mo'mojo ring like a bell, throw mojo sound like hell"

Use galvanized 4 inch screws and several coats of boat epoxy to hold in place, then tune the mojo layers to each other in descending diminished ninths. You can also boil the mojo in lard about 15 minutes to restore the fatness.

 

[Ericnordicbee]

Gotta strip the bass down to the wood. Refinish in clear. (Don't do orange. That's HoJo, not mojo.) Then replace all the metal bits with brass. Then rout out for a Jazz bass pickup. Doesn't matter if it is a Jazz bass. Ya gotta rout it out.

Then you'll get the mojo back in. Or at least the 1970's. Which could be the same thing.

 

[Nobody]

Once you take out the original mojo it will never be the same. Sorry to tell you. Mojo does not like to be messed with. Mojo has a huge ego... as it rightly should. If you question whether the mojo is good enough and try to replace it it will never forgive you. Mojo never completely leaves the bass either so the mojo residue left over hates you and will ruin the bass for you forever. Never mess with the mojo.

 

[Animal Chin]

Never mess with the mojo.

So I bought a used bass that showed up with all the mojo intact and compatible with my inner mojo. Does that mean I'm justified in the fact that I haven't cleaned or re-strung that bass in over 2 years? I don't want to mess with the mojo, but the "bass hygiene" threads make me feel... just dirty.

 

[gln1955]

I once bought an old bass off eBay and when it arrived, the box looked like UPS had dropkicked it a few times. I shook it and could hear something was just not right. I opened it up and the bass was fine, but the mojo was just rolling around inside. I took a few pictures and sent them to UPS hoping to get some compensation.

They were not impressed. They said it was no big deal, just stick it back on. Some people just don't understand...

 

[wraub]

you're posting this in the wrong section. if you want help reinstalling your bass' mojo or using your new enhancer with the drive, you should be asking this in the luthier's section.

I'm not sure that would help. I'm in that section a lot and I haven't seen Luther post there once.

 

[Nev375]

So I bought a used bass that showed up with all the mojo intact and compatible with my inner mojo. Does that mean I'm justified in the fact that I haven't cleaned or re-strung that bass in over 2 years? I don't want to mess with the mojo, but the "bass hygiene" threads make me feel... just dirty.

For good mojo, your instrument must aquire good quality, purified pharmaceutical grade dirt.
The kind of dirt Walter White would have made if he was a mojo cooker instead of a meth cooker.

You can't just use any old dirty dirt.

You ever get an old bass and try to clean it, but some of the crud just won't come off? That crud
is part of the mojo. That's why it takes years to develop and meld with the instrument naturally.

To install mojo quickly, you need a professional funknician with experience manipulating souls.
like this guy...

 

[wraub]

OP- Obviously you like to mod your gear-cool.
When you get the issue sorted (don't forget to get yourself a mojo modulator (the Mojolator brand is my current fave, 11 preset mojo types) Here's a pro tip-

If you want to change it up, try wiring the mojo in series. I did that in my vintage bass, and it sounds and plays amazing.

Now it has series mojo.

 

[Camarillo]

Change bass. Buy a Sire. Despite the low price It comes with mojo preinstalled.

 

[Plutonium244]

Actually, I'm glad you did mention it. In this edition of As the World Turns (tm), I recently came into possession of a vintage (two months old) Sire MM four-string. I briefly considered modding it with an aftermarket mojo interpolater, but now I realize it would be unwise.

Don't tell anyone, but those basses come pre-loaded with a @%$^load of mojo.

 

[fclefgeoff]

You can't buy mojo. You need to supply that yourself.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

The very best mojo is vintage mojo. It has to be a pre-CBS P with the original flats and in absolutely has to have been in and out of a pawn shop at least 3 times.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Get an old pair of bowling shoes and some argyle socks from the Goodwill.
Hand wash the socks ONCE before you wear them, using Joy with a dash of rum added in.
Never wash the socks again.
Wear the shoes and socks whenever you play your bass.
It won't do anything for the mojo, but people will be distracted until the mojo eventually returns.
After the mojo comes back, take the laces off of the bowling shoes, and snip off a small piece of the toe from the right sock, (left sock if you play left handed - don't get this mixed up) and place them in the control cavity.
That will always serve as a reminder to not mess with da jo.