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Who owns the oldest Daddy Mojo?

Hey ya'll,

I just traded a Wichita Sam for a very prim Daddy Mojo. It's # 039 a very basic (dare I say crude?) 3 string fretless. I'm just wondering 1) if anybody had any older Daddy Mojo's 2) how old # 039 might be and 3) what would anyone like to offer me for this piece of CBG history...

I wish all beginning builders could see this one. Everyone... and I mean everyone starts at the beginning. Daddy Mojo is one of the primere CBG builders today, but this build reveals that in the beginning we all (even DM ) go thru a learning curve. Don't get frustrated that you can't build your 3rd or 30th like someone who has built 100's and has been doing it for years.... Stay with it, it will come.

I'm traveling now, but will add a complete slide show on Sunday evening...

the best,

Wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 6, 2010 at 7:20am

We can all see it when you post the pics. I would like to see it, sounds inspiring to us beginners.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on March 6, 2010 at 7:28am

PICS!!!

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Permalink Reply by Robert Edwin Keable on March 6, 2010 at 8:42am

Would love to see this . Strumming my 1st build the other night and the 12th fret fell off . lol

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Permalink Reply by Jeff "Sweet T" Tinsley on March 6, 2010 at 8:53am

What are you trying to say Shane? Don't beat around the bush. :~þ

Shane Speal said:

PICS!!!

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Call on March 6, 2010 at 6:52pm

Cant wait to see it!!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on March 7, 2010 at 1:26am

OK, As promised, here's some pics.

and here's a complete slideshow... http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/WichitaSam/Daddy%20Mojo%20... It is probably a 1 in 1000 chance to trade for a piece of CBG History. I was lucky to do so. I'm posting this to encourage new builders. If you look at this early Daddy Mojo(9th or 10th? since Lenny says he started his numbering system at # 030) , you will see many of the things that most early builders struggle with: headstock, fit and finish, tailpiece/bridge detail and yes, even playability. But I would offer two points. First when Daddy Mojo was doing this he didn't have the wealth of resources that we have here on the Nation, at the CigarBoxGuitarBuilder Yahoo Forum and at the Handmade Music Clubhouse. Very few people were building at this time and even fewer were in anyway commercial. Not so many opportunities to ask questions from experienced builders. The other thing I would point out is that Daddy Mojo had a sense of history (numbering his work) and amazing marketing with a cool tradmark. Because of the trail he and Shane and others laid down, your # 010 ought to look like our # 100.... Now, there's a challenge for you.... the best, Wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on March 7, 2010 at 4:35am

Really!? That is neat. -WY

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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on March 7, 2010 at 12:07pm

I own a mint condition Daddy Batman Mojo comic book number #1...I am gona sell it at the baseball cards n' comics fair...It's a real colectors item n' jewel 2 have!

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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on March 7, 2010 at 12:09pm

Am I the only one to notice this rare item is a.....well, um........A THREE STRING!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on March 7, 2010 at 12:34pm

yea John... a 3-Stringer.......

3 string guitar said:

Am I the only one to notice this rare item is a.....well, um........A THREE STRING!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Call on March 7, 2010 at 12:52pm

I accept!

Wichita Sam said:

OK, As promised, here's some pics.

Because of the trail he and Shane and others laid down, your # 010 ought to look like our # 100.... Now, there's a challenge for you....

the best,

Wichita Sam