Favorite bass misspellings

[chadface]

Like many of you, I regularly browse local classifieds for bass junk. Lately I have been noticing some wonderful mistakes in the way people are spelling company names I'm sure auto correct is to blame for some but but they all make me chuckle:

Ampeq
Carlos Robelli
Lying by Washburn
Llamaha instead of Yamaha (I assume the seller is Spanish speaking)
Yamaham (my personal favorite)
Carving instead of carvin
And of course, base instead of bass

What are some of gems you have seen?

 

[Jebberz]

In french: "Libanaise" (lebanese) instead of Ibanez (both are close when said in french)

 

[Killed_by_Death]

There was a local ad for a Wishburn acoustic.

I lose faith in the general public's ability to read on a daily basis.

 

[ONYX]

I've seen Gibsen turn up from time to time.

 

[RyanOh]

My favorite is

"Base Guitar For Sale".

 

[devnulljp]

Most obvious is Squire
For some reason I see a lot of Fedner too

 

[1st Bass]

Fedoras? (Gonna play it or wear it?)

 

[Sub300Hertz]

The worst I heard were "Fender Provision" and "Rick-and-Baker"

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Years ago on Craigslist or eBay (I forget) someone listed a guitar that included a “bag of gig.” My son and I still laugh about that occasionally.

 

[ForestFriend]

In my area, a lot of people misspell "One (1) single musician" as "Band". Lots of bands looking for a bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer and a singer at the same time.

 

[RyanOh]

Richenbacher 4003

 

[AudioTaper]

Richenbacher 4003

Classic(al)

 

[ThinCrappyTone]

semi-related: a guy i know calls the truss rod a thrush rod and nobody corrects him

 

[AboutSweetSue]

I can’t ever remember if it’s Squire or Squier, despite owning a couple through the years.

 

[Bodeanly]

What about mispronouncing them? I thought Lakland was pronounced "lack land" until recently.

And is it Mess-uh Boogie or Mace-uh Boogie?

Gay-lien or Gal-lien?

RickenBOCKer or RickenBACKer?

 

[Smooth_bass88]

she. stop calling basses "she".

 

[StereoPlayer]

Percision

 

[dutchwife]

Ten years or so ago I was lucky once or twice when eBay sellers listed MusicMan “Stringrays” & failed to attract other bidders. Still see ‘em listed on other sites from time to time.

 

[whero]

I'd guess there are a variery of causes for this. Some will be due to people using their phones and getting autocorrected. Others will be supid people.

 

[roller]

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