Could we cool it with the bass jargon?

[Kro]

Connect the dots.

DAMN JARGON

 

[pappabass]

I have never understood 'plays like butter'.....

 

[JIO]

Some squares just ain’t hip to the jive, daddy-o.View attachment 3745912

"I got smog in the noggin...ever since you made the scene"

 

[bobdabilder]

Oh, thought you meant kay bass. Sorry.

Connect the dots. Note that my 'K' is in response to the OP's post.

 

[Passinwind]

Maybe the admins would take this list and make a glossary that could be added to for reference.

There have been a number of user generated threads like that over the years. The most recent one that I noticed was maybe a month or so ago.

 

[bobdabilder]

Then you've never played butter at a gig. Sound is lacking.

I have never understood 'plays like butter'.....

 

[Passinwind]

Some squares just ain’t hip to the jive, daddy-o.View attachment 3745912

Kook!

 

[pappabass]

Then you've never played butter at a gig. Sound is lacking.

Sounds too messy.

 

[Londo Molari]

 

[Kro]

I have never understood 'plays like butter'.....

Popularized or coined by a recurring Saturday Night Live skit called "Coffee Talk." The host would use "like butter" to describe something that is good.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

In the interest of efficient communication, would it be possible to use standard language rather than bass jargon in posts?

I can understand "pups" as shorthand for pickups, but I also see some newer members thinking they've stumbled into a dog owners' group. "Tort" means one thing to us, but something completely different to lawyers.

I bring this up because of two recent experiences.

One poster referred to something like his "Fender L." I know Ps and Js and PJs, but couldn't recollect any Fender model that started with an L. Another TB-er thought that it was a reference to Fender's early numbering system, where an L serial number would have indicated a pre-1965 vintage. But even today, neither of us knows for sure.

And just today, a TB-er posted something about his "Sting." Some responders to the post thought he was talking about the P-bass model that Sting uses. As it turns out (I think, anyway), he was referring to a MusicMan StingRay.

Since we're all in this together, and we do really want to understand and help each other, do you think it might be possible to take a look at your post before sending, just to make sure you're saying what you mean and making your point clearly to a general audience? Assuming that everyone you want to communicate with is familiar with all the bass jargon is usually a mistake.

Thanks.

No. Any forum will always develop a certain amount of jargon. I you don't understand it after being here for eight years, you're not trying.

 

[Michedelic]

TalkBass jargon is not the only problem, English in general can be a crappy language.

For instance:
- read and lead rhyme, and so does read and lead.
- but read and lead don't rhyme, and neither does read and lead.

Personally, I'm fed up with LOL, ROFL, and LMAO.
I say we ban all acronyms in the U.S.A.

057912

 

[Stumbo]

Here's a TB Wiki I created and updated from the TB list that covers this thread's topic in detail. It also includes a separate audio terms list.

TB Slang,Abbreviations,Conventions and Definitions | TalkBass.com

If you want learn the jargon, this is the place. If you come across a term that's not there, please PM me.

 

[SactoBass]

Popularized or coined by a recurring Saturday Night Live skit called "Coffee Talk." The host would use "like butter" to describe something that is good.

 

[BobDeRosa]

I have never understood 'plays like butter'.....

Oh, man, I hate that one. Butter is the last thing I want my bass to play like, all soft and greasy and slimy. Completely idiotic simile.

 

[Michedelic]

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This thread is starting to make me verklempt.

 

[SactoBass]

Title of this thread: "Could we cool it with the bass jargon?"

Well, first of all, what does the OP (oops, I mean "original poster") mean by "cool it?"

What kind of jargon is that??

How exactly do you reduce the temperature of jargon?

 

[Mark Karwan]

K

Engelhardt?

 

[RR-rambler]

So is "TB" unacceptable to use?

 

[Kro]

So is "TB" unacceptable to use?