I hate the terms "back" and "front" pickup.

[andare]

Much much worse than this is in the acoustic guitar world when people (usually bluegrass folks) call a guitar a "box" or worse yet a "guitbox." BLEAH!!!!

Hep cats also play hollow body jazzboxes.

 

[Syncop8r]

The one that annoys me is people calling a kick drum a bass drum.

One that annoys me is people calling a bass drum a kick drum. It's a bass drum, kick is a more recent slang word that has unfortunately become more accepted.

 

[Syncop8r]

I don't get confused with front and back, I know what people mean, but I prefer bridge, (middle), neck. It's more correct and more clear.
(Incidentally, I checked the back of my bass and there are no pickups there.)

What REALLY annoys me is people talking about turning the tone up "full". There is no more or less tone, there is more or less treble.

 

[wiscoaster]

...What REALLY annoys me is people talking about turning the tone up "full". There is no more or less tone, there is more or less treble.

Oh, c'mon, they're talking about the tone control, which controls the amount of treble is reduced. I thought everybody understands that. I think you're easily annoyed, IMO, which if it annoys you, please disregard.

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[KJMO]

One that annoys me is people calling a bass drum a kick drum. It's a bass drum, kick is a more recent slang word that has unfortunately become more accepted.

I always thought kick drum was the older term, so called because way back in the day they didn't have pedals, so you actually had to kick the drum.

 

[Grinderman]

Of all the possible things...

 

[StereoPlayer]

Slightly off topic.

Back in the day we used to say top and bottom for…
The head and cab.

Back to the OT.

 

[micguy]

I've built a lot of basses. All of them have front pickups. Some have 2 front pickups. Not once have I mounted a pickup in the back of an instrument.

I do place some pickups closer to the neck, and some closer to the bridge; one bass has a pickup halfway between the bridge and the neck, but they're still all on the front.

If you search pickup names that manufacturers use, most use "neck" and "bridge" (which are pretty self explanatory) - I know of no manufacturer that uses "front" and "back", because it is inherently confusing to some.

 

[Grinderman]

Slightly off topic.

Back in the day we used to say top and bottom for…
The head and cab.

Back to the OT.

But if it was a Kustom then it was headrest and bed.

 

[ctmullins]

 

[pepj]

Is this a campaign to stop ppl using accepted terminology ...
I'd just say work with it, its no big deal.

 

[Rockbobmel]

Is this a campaign to stop ppl using accepted terminology ...
I'd just say work with it, its no big deal.

Yes, No.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

I believe Les Pauls still use Rhythm and Treble on their pickup selector. Funny thing, I use the “rhythm” setting more for leads and the “treble” more for rhythm playing.

 

[Aussie Player]

Every time I watch a video or read a discussion about pickups that use front and back, I get very irritated. I have to keep watching till they either point to it or reference it by the control knobs. Why do I have to be a detective to understand which they mean?
C'mon! There is a neck, middle, and bridge for position reference.

There. Whew!

What's wrong with the original "Bass" and "Treble" pick up?

 

[Aussie Player]

The one that annoys me is people calling a kick drum a bass drum. Maybe because I was a band geek in high school and bass drums are played with your hands and a kick drum is played with your feet. But I don’t completely flip out about it or anything. It’s more so just goofy to me. It’s like these days there are 9 string guitars that range wise go lower than a standard tuned 4 string bass. I don’t call it a bass just because it goes into that range.

It was called a "Bass drum" long before new speak called it a "kick drum"........

 

[Aussie Player]

Advanced and trailing pickup?

or Preliminary and post pluck pick ups?

 

[sleddogn]

i joined TB because i thought this was a fishing forum, breed specific...then i decided to learn to play instead of fish, now look at me....

 

[Gordon Mills]

The one that annoys me is people calling a kick drum a bass drum. Maybe because I was a band geek in high school and bass drums are played with your hands and a kick drum is played with your feet. But I don’t completely flip out about it or anything. It’s more so just goofy to me. It’s like these days there are 9 string guitars that range wise go lower than a standard tuned 4 string bass. I don’t call it a bass just because it goes into that range.

Over 100 years ago, the first drum sets, or "traps" as they were called back then, used a marching band bass drum on the floor, with a pedal. So, it was really a bass drum. I hate the term kick drum, because, you don't kick it.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Yep, back or front in relationship to what? Neck, bridge, tuner, output jack,