We come from a big world

[Peter Squire]

Hi people

I was just wondering what Bass language we use in all parts of the world - for example

I call it a fretboard = some call it a fingerboard
I call it tuning pegs = some call it tuning gears, or even keys


More? please supply and we can argue and joke and maybe learn something about how different we are while being the same.

[Against Will]

Some call it a bass, some call it a big guitar with 4 strings.

[Munjibunga]

Pick guard - scratch plate

[Tsal]

If you'd make a direct translation from Finnish to English, you'd get terms like "gripboard", which refers to guitar finger positions, "blade" for headstock, "ribbon" for fret as they are made outta metal ribbon and "tongue" for string, as it makes the sound.

So if you want the tongue to sing in tune, take a proper grip on the board near the certain ribbon, but be careful not to hit the guitarist with a blade.. Yep, sounds logical to me

[Bryan R. Tyler]

One thing that irks me a bit is when someone says they have a rosewood neck, when they mean a rosewood fingerboard.

[bryan bailey]

Some call em strings, I call em strings.

But I do refer to the fretboard as a fretboard, and the tuning pegs/keys, I call both and sometimes tuning heads.

And I call pickguards in the way, but they look right on some basses.

[bassteban]

..that a fretboard is fretted(hence the name), A fingerboard is not. For instance, upright basses do not have fretboards, but fretless basses do have fingerboards, & a fretted bass would have a fret- (not finger-) board.

[nonsqtr]

As long as you can make your meaning known, it's all good, right?

"Hey, I need to raise that little brass thingy that holds up the strings"!

Well, "which one"?

"The one on top, where those club-looking metal things are, you know, the ones where you adjust the tuning".

Okay, I get it.

(This conversation just happened, like three weeks ago).

[Peter Squire]

lol

i hate the way my guitarist refers to bass stuff. when he wants me to slap etc he always asks me to "do that crackle and pop stuff"

i also get annoyed at the "rosewood neck" thing, but oh well.

[Dream Works]

Bassist - Keeper of the Groove
Bassist - Boogie Monster

[Mitchell Royce]

Originally Posted by southpaw1

lol

i hate the way my guitarist refers to bass stuff. when he wants me to slap etc he always asks me to "do that crackle and pop stuff"

I think that Crackle and Pop and one other fella(Snap?) were the characters on a kellog's cereal of some sort.

[Against Will]

Originally Posted by Mitchell Royce

I think that Crackle and Pop and one other fella(Snap?) were the characters on a kellog's cereal of some sort.

Rice Krispies, yes. I think we should invent a new technique called "crackle", it sounds interesting.

[Mitchell Royce]

I dunno, could you imagine someone saying "hey, play that funky crackle line again" or "We're really looking for someone that crackles exclusivly".

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by Against Will

Rice Krispies, yes. I think we should invent a new technique called "crackle", it sounds interesting.

I used to have that crackle technique down pat-I'd just plug in my old Samick with its faulty output jack.

[jenderfazz]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

I used to have that crackle technique down pat-I'd just plug in my old Samick with its faulty output jack.

How about picks/plectrums?

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by jenderfazz

How about picks/plectrums?

I've never actually heard anyone say plectrum before. I've read it many times, but never heard it spoken-everyone pretty much says pick nowadays.

[nonsqtr]

Yeah, at first when I read the thread title I was thinking "picks".

[I-Love-Ratm]

Pick,Plec,Plectrum.
Machin heads instead of tuning keys.Slap instead of thump.
Loadsa things.Just shows how well us Bassist know our vocabularly

[Matt Till]

I often hear slap called, "Ba dap boot dapt bow."

I always call Tuning Pegs Machine Heads because it sounds more Bad Ass/Deep Purplish.