Guitar terms you refuse to use

mike_l

Bridgehouse said:

mike_l said:

Alnico said:

"Pups" when referring to pickups.
Irritates the fuck out of me.

I will remember this and always refer to pickups as pups when I see you. Ahahaha (I know I'm an evil fucker)

We need to swap notes sometime...

I've done a book, it's called "how to be a cunt" by Mike Hunt. I'm currently working on volume 43.

Xsmnmy

i would never refer my guitars as an arsenal that I add things to, or as a herd to be thinned. I would probably avoid calling amps + pedals gear also. And a Les Paul is NOT a Lester.

Xsmnmy

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Sassafras

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Kebabkid

School Me
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HAL9000

...and I'm the captain.

Alnico

octatonic said:

One thing that annoys me with musicians in general is when they mix sharps and flats.

It happened in a rehearsal recently, the band was playing in Eb and a minor 3rd up was Gb but it was described by someone as being F#.
I know I'm being snobby about it but it really winds me up.

Serious question....

I would have called that F#.
Should it be Gb or does it depend what Key/Mode you're using at the time?

Lestratcaster

If its a # key the chord should be a sharp e.g A#. So the IV chord in a blues is D# not Eb.

If its a b key the chord should be flat. e.g Bb, the IV chord should be Eb not D#.

Keys are like families. Must share the same names!

mike_l

Alnico said:

Serious question....

I would have called that F#.
Should it be Gb or does it depend what Key/Mode you're using at the time?

Key dependant. Unless it's an accidental (outside the normal note in the scale) in which case either is appropriate, but generally ascending will be the sharp, descending will be the flat

fretfinder

Holy grail. I'm not sure any guitars are quite as rare as the alleged cup that the alleged Jesus drank out of.

Bridgehouse

Alnico said:

octatonic said:

One thing that annoys me with musicians in general is when they mix sharps and flats.

It happened in a rehearsal recently, the band was playing in Eb and a minor 3rd up was Gb but it was described by someone as being F#.
I know I'm being snobby about it but it really winds me up.

Serious question....

I would have called that F#.
Should it be Gb or does it depend what Key/Mode you're using at the time?

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.."

Alnico

Lestratcaster said:

If its a # key the chord should be a sharp e.g A#. So the IV chord in a blues is D# not Eb.

If its a b key the chord should be flat. e.g Bb, the IV chord should be Eb not D#.

Keys are like families. Must share the same names!

mike_l said:

Alnico said:

Serious question....

I would have called that F#.
Should it be Gb or does it depend what Key/Mode you're using at the time?

Key dependant. Unless it's an accidental (outside the normal note in the scale) in which case either is appropriate, but generally ascending will be the sharp, descending will be the flat

Bridgehouse said:

Alnico said:

octatonic said:

One thing that annoys me with musicians in general is when they mix sharps and flats.

It happened in a rehearsal recently, the band was playing in Eb and a minor 3rd up was Gb but it was described by someone as being F#.
I know I'm being snobby about it but it really winds me up.

Serious question....

I would have called that F#.
Should it be Gb or does it depend what Key/Mode you're using at the time?

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.

WezV

Tonewood.

unless it meets certain quantifiable criteria or grades, it's just ordinary wood.   As an example, 1/4 sawn spruce with 20+ grainlines per inch is Tonewood.  Might still sound terrible, but it meets the criteria.

That block of old mahogany may sound mighty fine, but it's just wood.

scrumhalf

Rare.

Just because you want to sell it and the shop windows aren't crammed with the same model does not make it rare. It may be uncommon, it's rarely rare.

WezV

scrumhalf said:

Rare.

Just because you want to sell it and the shop windows aren't crammed with the same model does not make it rare. It may be uncommon, it's rarely rare.

I think rare is fine as long as you don't assume it also means valuable 

Strat54

Lester.

ICBM

scrumhalf said:

Rare.

Just because you want to sell it and the shop windows aren't crammed with the same model does not make it rare. It may be uncommon, it's rarely rare.

And more importantly, it certainly doesn't make it valuable. I have a very 'rare' guitar - an Aria RS Standard from 1984. It took me nearly twenty years of searching to find another to replace my original, and even then I had to import it from the USA.

It's also probably only worth about £250.

EricTheWeary

octatonic said:

One thing that annoys me with musicians in general is when they mix sharps and flats.

It happened in a rehearsal recently, the band was playing in Eb and a minor 3rd up was Gb but it was described by someone as being F#.
I know I'm being snobby about it but it really winds me up.

There are two music teachers in my band and they are forever correcting me on that, drives me round the bend. 

By and large I don't think there are any guitar terms I refuse to use, they all have a place ( even if just ironic use). I certainly don't mind anything that gets described as an Americanism because, well, I don't much in general ( and people who complain about them often seem to misunderstand what is and isn't anyway)and this is the electric guitar which is a pretty American thing. 

Anyway, can't stop got to set up a crazy low action on my Lester so it plays like butter for some serious plank spanking. 

mike_l

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.......

Bridgehouse

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.