Commonly used guitar related words that drive you crazy!!!!

[davenumber2]

"great for slide" aka the neck needs to be reset but I didn't want to put the money into doing it

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Calling European spruce "German" is so passé, this came about as most Picea Abies was shipped out of German ports I believe. Spruce trees don't seem to worry much about which country humans call where they grow.

Catch up with the times, Andy. Now the fancy stuff is "Carpathian."

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Picks is a misnomer as we don't "pick" we draw the "plectrum" across the string.

I will have to disagree with your there. I grew up here in the Pacific Northwest, and they were always called "picks." I didn't hear that the technical name for them was a "plectrum" until much later. And have since wondered, if you were right, why there was no such thing as "Fingerplectruming."

What we have here is evidence of how the English language has evolved in the few hundred years since we kicked your lot out. After all, we don't begrudge you "boot" or "torch."

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

oh, and by the way, While I know the original Spanish word Capodastro, I'll call my capos "kay-poes" if I want.


So there!

Nurse? my pills!

Ah ha!

[Bluenose]

I would only ask that people avoid using the terms 'shimmer' and 'chime' when describing tone.

[Mycroft]

"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture"

- Someone smarter than me -

[Glennwillow]

People can be driven crazy by just about anything. I try not to let stuff that people write on a forum or odd terms that people use bother me. Life is short.

- Glenn

[rick-slo]

"Best"
Applies to most everything naturally.

[thefsb]

Tonewood .

[PeterM]

"axe"
"herd"

[RP]

Originally Posted by Nymuso

...There is no minty. It’s either mint or it’s not...

Good point. Minty compared to mint condition is like "kind of pregnant" compared to pregnant...

[Jaimoe]

“Warm” w/r/t tone.

I’ve heard recently that this MAY have a quasi-technical definition: the relative volume of first- and second-order overtones compared the the fundamental tone of the note. But “warm” is thrown around so casually I suspect most people just mean “I like the way it sounds.”

After all, ever head anyone say “I love my Martin dreadnaught, it just sounds so COLD!”

Honorable mention: “that [topwood/brand/body style/whatever] IS very [subjective descriptor].”

Oh Really?!? It is? Thank you oh all-knowing, all-seeing God of Lutherie for blessing us mortals with your omniscient ears!

[terrypl]

I think it's weird to refer to a guitar as a "she." As in, "She's a beauty."

[YamahaGuy]

Originally Posted by Bluemonk

"Turn it down."

I'll second that.

[MBee]

“Herd” is bad. “Remuda” is worse.

[Rogerblair]

The phrase “threw on a set of strings” kind of bugs me. From how far away were they thrown, and did they land in the right spot?

How about “put on”, or “installed”?

Rb

[leonski]

Git-fiddle. I actually heard someone use this the other day.