Guitar terms you refuse to use

Lestratcaster

not_the_dj said:

When someone finds out you play guitar and ask "So do you play rhythm or lead?"

Or they ask if you sing, why would you want to know if I sing as well?

prowla

Calling the resistance of a pickup the output - "super hot humbuckerz, 14k output!"

octatonic

prowla said:

Calling the resistance of a pickup the output - "super hot humbuckerz, 14k output!"

Well, they are kinda linked.
There aren't many pickups that have a high resistance and low output.

skunkwerx

richardhomer said:

Bridgehouse said:
How organic is it?

The buckle rash, tuning pegs - and the butter it plays like - are all 100% organic.

Bought from my fanouirite boutique dealer - one of the best, creamiest-sounding fiddles I've ever stuck a cord into....

Ewwwwwwwwww! 

bacchanalian

Fretwank
Plank spanker
Plays like butter (that sounds disgusting even though I like butter)

I have used Pups in a listing but only for convenience.  I will edit immediately.
Is puppies OK?

skunkwerx

A girlfriend of mine used to refer to the guitars as 'tars'. 

'You could play tar' she would say. 

Shame, because she had a cracking pair of pups. But I couldnt let that shit slide.  

Bridgehouse

skunkwerx said:

A girlfriend of mine used to refer to the guitars as 'tars'. 

'You could play tar' she would say. 

Shame, because she had a cracking pair of pups. But I couldnt let that shit slide.  

She wasn't good at slide then?

mike_l

Bridgehouse said:

mike_l said:

Alnico said:

Or avoid the whole issue completely and give it the correct chord name - a minor 3rd.

As in, "you need to play the minor 3rd there.."

Cool.
More for my learning curve.

Thanks guys.

except where it's not a minor 3rd.......

That's ok, he can put a minor 3rd in every chord just in case. 

Specially on the bridge pup.

For safety he best stick with power chords and not worry about 3rds.

BigMonka

"Dimed". I don't even know how much a dime is, so why would I know what it means on an amp control.

octatonic

BigMonka said:

"Dimed". I don't even know how much a dime is, so why would I know what it means on an amp control.

10 cents.
Therefore everything on 10.

Bellycaster

skunkwerx said:

A girlfriend of mine used to refer to the guitars as 'tars'. 

'You could play tar' she would say. 

Shame, because she had a cracking pair of pups. But I couldnt let that shit slide.  

Were they "Dirty Fingers" Pups?

robgilmo

''Axe'' doesn't do it for me, ''rock on'' does it for me even less, rock on what exactly?

jimification

"Keeper!": (usually in US NGD threads) "I just got this and it's a keeper!" - well I'd hope so because you presumably just handed over some money for it...

MartinB

octatonic said:

BigMonka said:

"Dimed". I don't even know how much a dime is, so why would I know what it means on an amp control.

10 cents.
Therefore everything on 10.

That one always seemed odd to me.  I mean, 10 cents is ten percent of one dollar.  So why doesn't "dimed" mean turned to 1 on the dial? 

jimification

robgilmo said:

''Axe'' doesn't do it for me, ''rock on'' does it for me even less, rock on what exactly?

And yet if CC Deville were to say to you: "Hey! check out my new Axe!", you'd just think he was being CC - he can't very well just say "guitar" now, can he?

octatonic

MartinB said:

octatonic said:

BigMonka said:

"Dimed". I don't even know how much a dime is, so why would I know what it means on an amp control.

10 cents.
Therefore everything on 10.

That one always seemed odd to me.  I mean, 10 cents is ten percent of one dollar.  So why doesn't "dimed" mean turned to 1 on the dial? 

Because it is an Americanism and they are more literal than that.

Nunogilberto

'She', 'guit', 'killer'...

HAL9000

underdog said:

wackojacko said:

"She" 
also anyone who names their guitars. Get a grip.

Couldn't agree more, it's embarrassing

Yup. Don't anthropomorphise your guitars - they really don't like it.

Barney

Axe...you chop wood with a Axe...and especially when they play like butta

prowla

octatonic said:

prowla said:

Calling the resistance of a pickup the output - "super hot humbuckerz, 14k output!"

Well, they are kinda linked.
There aren't many pickups that have a high resistance and low output.

Well, I know that the resistance can be an indicator of the number of turns comprising the pickup's coil.
But a resistance is not an output.