Double Bass Talkbass UB Acronyms

[dar512]

I still run into acronyms or terms that puzzle me. Maybe this will save some other newbies a bit of time.

UB, URB - upright bass (of course)
EUB - electric upright bass - instruments that use upright length strings and sound (sort of) like an upright but do not have the full upright body. As a result, they must be amplified
EA - Euphonic Audio (audio equipment mfg.)
AI - Acoustic Image (audio equipment mfg.)
GK - Gallien-Krueger (audio equipment mfg.)
Berg, Bergy - Bergantino (audio equipment mfg.)
Pre - Preamp - often used for impedance matching rather than equalization
FOH - Front of House - the venue's PA/amplification system
Acme - Acme Ltd. (audio equipment mfg.)
SPL - Sound Pressure Level - measure of the loudness of a cab for a given level of input
Bob - If you see a reference to "Bob" and the context is UB equipment of some sort it probably refers to Bob Gollihur who runs an e-business providing URB equipment. Bob is a talkbass member who chimes in from time to time
Wizzy - Cab with a whizzer cone instead of a tweeter. Generally refers to Euphonic Audio equipment that uses this technology
mline, M-line - A Euphonic Audio cab that uses the wizzy technology - but not visible on the EA web site. Look at Bob Gollihur's site
HPF - high pass filter
HPF-pre, fdeck-pre - One of the talkbass members sells a preamp with a HPF that is well
thought of. See here: Invalid Link Removed

I'm sure there's lots more that I'm not remembering off the top of my head.

 

[Mike Goodbar]

Don't forget:

GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome

 

[Ed Fuqua]

That's All Hail Bob Gollihur. Cause he was one of the first to start putting together a buncha DB related stuff onna web.

SPL - doesn't just refer to cabinets, you get a pretty good SPL coming off the top of yer DB

 

[Marc Piane]

Right on Ed.


Aggie = Aguilar
slab, pork chop, chop, EB, BG = electric bass
POS = piece of salami
DYI = Do It Yourself


Then comes all the internet ones. I don't even know what half of these are.

 

[Marcus Johnson]

mmmm.... salami

Then there's BMF, as in Ray Brown.

 

[dar512]

Then there's BMF, as in Ray Brown.

Big Mean Fellow?
Bright Mezzo Forte?
Brown Means Famous?

 

[dar512]

SPL - doesn't just refer to cabinets, you get a pretty good SPL coming off the top of yer DB

Worthy comment, but not in my case. I play an Eminence.

 

[Marc Piane]

Yes. Mmm. Salami. I know what I'm having for lunch today.

mmmm.... salami

Then there's BMF, as in Ray Brown.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Well, I didn't ekchully mean you, you. Mayhaps, in order to most effectively render edification, my humble interjection should have been posed thusly "SPL - doesn't just refer to cabinets, one gets a pretty good SPL coming off the top of one's DB"

 

[Liko]

Don't forget:

ERB - Extended-Range Bass (beyond 6 strings)
TRB - Yamaha TRB-series bass

 

[Ed Fuqua]

mmmm.... salami

Then there's BMF, as in Ray Brown.

Hush yo mouf

 

[ryco]

Hmmmm....methinks the BG side is rubbing off on youse guys ovah heyah

 

[Damon Rondeau]

"One never know, do one?" -- Fats Waller

CCB -- cheap Chinese bass
BSO -- bass-shaped object

 

[Damon Rondeau]

Don't forget:

ERB - Extended-Range Bass (beyond 6 strings)
TRB - Yamaha TRB-series bass

You must be looking for the smoking section -- it's out back.

 

[Buster666]

TLA = Three Letter Acromym
ETLA = Extended Three Letter Acronym (One with four letters)