Mojo...Is There a More Misused Term?

[supersonic]

Yes there is a more misused term. Like, whatever dude!

 

[Ventura]

transparent. whenever someone uses the term transparent to describe something they are using in their signal chain, i always have to ask "if it's really transparent, then why bother having it?"

Good call. Something with mojo that's transparent would likely make my head explode

My bad, I've used this term a lot... Then again, when I track my songs on the screen, and see, say, my Eventides come into play or my Mk.4:23 boost, I see that it either colors the sound when activated, or it doesn't, it just 'affects' the sound. If it doesn't color it, it's transparent. Eventides do color the sound, but quite a bit to my liking actually... The Mk.4:23 doesn't color it at all - just boosts the bloody hell out of it and tears the front end a couple new holes Take the MXR CC delay, it's pretty dark in its effect - this is NOT transparent.

Anyway, just a pointless dabble at justifying my use of the term transparent.

There's a host of others too... Chewy, brown, kerrang, sizzle, fizzle, middy, focus, 3D, percussive, chimey, piano like (come on, people, an electric guitar rig sounding like a piano??), and the list goes on. Funny thing is?? Most of us here ALL get it... So we have our own language - that's cool by me.

Peace,
V. (aka Mojo )

 

[Mailman1971]

.... So we have our own language - that's cool by me.

Peace,
V.

Fo'Shizzle Bizzle My DIzzle Nizzle....

 

[Ventura]

.... So we have our own language - that's cool by me.

Peace,
V.

Fo'Shizzle Bizzle My DIzzle Nizzle....

Aaaaaw shucks... *BLUSH*

Thanks Braddah!!
V.

 

[rottingcorpse]

.... So we have our own language - that's cool by me.

Peace,
V.

Fo'Shizzle Bizzle My DIzzle Nizzle....

dude, you are sooooo transparent. like, whatever!!

 

[rupe]

transparent. whenever someone uses the term transparent to describe something they are using in their signal chain, i always have to ask "if it's really transparent, then why bother having it?"

Good call. Something with mojo that's transparent would likely make my head explode

My bad, I've used this term a lot... Then again, when I track my songs on the screen, and see, say, my Eventides come into play or my Mk.4:23 boost, I see that it either colors the sound when activated, or it doesn't, it just 'affects' the sound. If it doesn't color it, it's transparent. Eventides do color the sound, but quite a bit to my liking actually... The Mk.4:23 doesn't color it at all - just boosts the bloody hell out of it and tears the front end a couple new holes Take the MXR CC delay, it's pretty dark in its effect - this is NOT transparent.

Anyway, just a pointless dabble at justifying my use of the term transparent.

There's a host of others too... Chewy, brown, kerrang, sizzle, fizzle, middy, focus, 3D, percussive, chimey, piano like (come on, people, an electric guitar rig sounding like a piano??), and the list goes on. Funny thing is?? Most of us here ALL get it... So we have our own language - that's cool by me.

Peace,
V. (aka Mojo )

You use it correctly IMO as the base tone remains either when in use (a delay for example) or when bypassed. It's when you hear it applied to distortion pedals in use, etc where it becomes silly.

 

[srinivassa]

I alway thought Jim Morrison made up the word 'mojo' just to complete his anagram. Like 'risin.'