Guitar terms you refuse to use

Philly_Q

Strumming.

Nothing wrong with the term itself, it just drives me mad because it's the go-to word for people who don't play guitar when they learn that you do.

"So, will you be strumming away on your guitar then?".  No I fucking will not.

Gassage

Humbucker
Floyd-Rose
Locking Nut
Dual Channel
Effects Loop.

richardhomer

Bridgehouse said:
How organic is it?

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

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

wackojacko

Philly_Q said:

Strumming.

Nothing wrong with the term itself, it just drives me mad because it's the go-to word for people who don't play guitar when they learn that you do.

"So, will you be strumming away on your guitar then?".  No I fucking will not.

Haha this is so true. 

"Wielding the axe" 

Bridgehouse

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....

Do you have at least 24 ultra high res photos of the neck joint?

BigMonka

octatonic said:

I'm also a stickler for people misusing 'jack'.
A jack is a hole.

This is a plug:

This is a jack or socket (or, if you must, a jack socket):

Is that right? I never knew that. I'd heard it called a jack socket, but I thought that was because the jack went into the socket. Loads of people would call a guitar lead a "jack-to-jack" when distinguishing from XLR cables too. My world has been shaken to its core.

octatonic

BigMonka said:

octatonic said:

I'm also a stickler for people misusing 'jack'.
A jack is a hole.

This is a plug:

This is a jack or socket (or, if you must, a jack socket):

Is that right? I never knew that. I'd heard it called a jack socket, but I thought that was because the jack went into the socket. Loads of people would call a guitar lead a "jack-to-jack" when distinguishing from XLR cables too. My world has been shaken to its core.

Yup, it is true.
The plug goes into the jack/socket.
You can call the plug the jack plug because it plugs into the jack but I don't like it.

The other one that annoys is people calling the guitar jack the 'input'.
The input is the pickup, the output is the jack.

octatonic

Don't get me started with people saying Mac OSX and pronouncing it 'Ex' rather than 'Ten'.

dindude

Only one I can't abide is "my tech".

Dont mind Pup at all, makes complete sense to me and typing pickup is way too long, however, the only reason I don't use it is that @ICBM has often made it clear it's a blanket ignore for anyone who uses it, and I'll need him next time I go to re-solder my guitar and I'm knee deep in solder, electrical buzz and internet wiring diagrams.

octatonic

I've just realised that I am quite the pedant.

Dominic

Case " CANDY " ............what a fucking stupid Americanism for a few free picks,a cable (wow) a polishing cloth and straplocks 
 Even more stupid the people that are swayed by this bullshit

Sassafras

Bedroom amp rather than home amp. I'd be surprised if many of you actually only kept their amp in the bedroom.

axisus

octatonic said:

I'm also a stickler for people misusing 'jack'.
A jack is a hole.

This is a plug:

This is a jack or socket (or, if you must, a jack socket):

Why do the proportions remind me of my sex life ....

Limehouse_Blues

Bloom. Apparently notes that ring from a real burst 'bloom'.

Blooming b0llocks more like.

octatonic

I know that anyone using the phrase 'melts faces' when referring to shredding on a guitar is still a virgin.

richardhomer

octatonic said:
The other one that annoys is people calling the guitar jack the 'input'.

I'll never forget the build-sheet that came with my custom built Suhr referring to the 'Side mounted input jack'.

Any respect I had for John Suhr instantly evaporated when I read that....

octatonic

axisus said:

octatonic said:

I'm also a stickler for people misusing 'jack'.
A jack is a hole.

This is a plug:

This is a jack or socket (or, if you must, a jack socket):

Why do the proportions remind me of my sex life ....

richardhomer

axisus said:

octatonic said:

I'm also a stickler for people misusing 'jack'.
A jack is a hole.

This is a plug:

This is a jack or socket (or, if you must, a jack socket):

Why do the proportions remind me of my sex life ....

Its the actual size of the plug - rather than its proportions - which reminds me of mine....

not_the_dj

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

octatonic

not_the_dj said:

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

Yes, very irritating.
I either respond with 'Yes'  or 'Can you read or write?'.