Hey Costch: I’m totally happy you’re part of the community here, and I’m also hoping you can help us to keep the conversation at “better than YouTube” quality.

Reading through this thread, I think there’s no reason to dismiss your thoughts on account of your age (whatever it may be) and I can see how that could piss you off. Personally, I don’t care how old you are, I’m glad you’re here.

To put it elsewise, I see dismissing somebody for his/her age to be roughly the same as dismissing somebody as being “emo” — neither has a place here — and I also think the forums read better if we remain somewhat mindful of the language we choose to use.

Thanks, -Scott

btw, I’m not saying Sim Tut meant any harm either — we all know that forum posts (etc.) can sometimes be misinterpreted to have a vibe that wasn’t intended by the author.

I’m glad to know that this thread isn’t going to spiral down.

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That my friend was funny

Oooh what’s that from. . . I’ve seen that recently. . .

Seeing as this is the forum for a pedal company which makes some pretty large units i’m sure there’ll be lots of people who beg to differ about “Pedalboards the size of a matress” not having mojo

I think the worst de-mojo’d guitar i’ve ever seen was a fender USA telecaster which had been modded with EMG pickups and long-shaft pots meant for les pauls so the knobs stuck out really far and looked ridiculous. The action was set so low there was no sustain and just no power to the tone and bending the strings caused them to fret out before you’d even bent the pitch half a step. And it had really light strings on. I can honestly say it was the worst sounding telecaster i’ve ever heard.

However, i disagree about fenders with humbuckers – It’s fine to have a humbucker if it’s not an aftermarket modification where once a single coil stood imo. My Cyclone has a humbucker in the bridge position, and sure it’s not the typical twangy, sparkly fender tone, but it still sounds like a fender somehow. Admittedly, the single coil neck pickup does sound heaps better.

I’ve never “de-mojo’d” any of my gear, although.. i do own a Line 6 variax, and i do admit that even though it’s cool… well, it never had any mojo in the first place (In response to line 6 being in the list). The tone is very bland compared to the real thing, or even a cheap, non-modelling alternative to the real thing.

I saw on Ebay once a totally destroyed Gibson “Les Paul” SG. I believe it was a Right handed one but it was reversed and they actually routed for a new pickguard. But then someone else turned it back into a righty and filled in the old routing.

There was some other horrid stuff done to it, it just made me sad. That said, I’d still rock it. Even the most abused guitars need love.