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The Mojo Chessmaster is a custom-body lefty Fender Telecaster designed and played by John Flansburgh. The Chessmaster (named for its resemblance to a chess rook) was built by the NYC-based Mojo Guitar Shop during the recording of Apollo 18. It has a rosewood Telecaster neck and a Joe Barden pickup mounted on a vintage Telecaster bridge, with a ...
Mojo Chessmaster. Solid Body Electric Guitars. This guitar was custom-built by Chris Cush of the now-defunct Mojo Guitar Shop in New York at the request of John Flansburgh. Its first public appearance was in the music video for "The Statue Got Me High" and was used in many recordings since then.
Flansburgh frequently plays a red Gibson ES-335, a sonic blue Fender Telecaster, a candy apple red Fender Jazzmaster, and a goldtop Gibson Les Paul. He owns a custom-made gold Mojo guitar, known as the "Chessmaster". [17]
Jan 12, 2018 · When I called John Flansburgh mid-morning a few days after Christmas, he was fresh off a flight from Los Angeles to New York the day before, his cat was ill, and his a.m. jolt of coffee was spilling across his kitchen. “This might be a low-key interview,” he playfully confessed. If anyone could be excused a decaffeinated interview, it would be the guitar-playing John of influential ...
Sep 27, 2011 · 06:58. Chessmaster II. 11 years ago. Mike Buffington. A documentary of the making of a replica guitar owned by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. When I talked to Flansburgh about the guitar in July, he told me that the guitar had fallen into disrepair and needed work done on the jack.
During live performances, the bridge is replaced with a solo by either Marty Beller, Danny Weinkauf, or Dan Miller. Sometimes a future of sound prophecy is performed by John Linnell. John Flansburgh is also known to stick his guitar into the audience during parts of the song.
