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Which phrase annoys you the most?

Which phrase annoys you the most?

  • Cut through the mix

  • Sustain (in any context)

  • Maple or Rosewood

  • Hi mass bridge

  • P or J

  • Carrots

  • Carrots for carrots sake!

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#482
Hilarious thread!

Since others have mentioned language errors I will too.
1. When someone doesn't write out a vowel exaggeration correctly e.g. wayyyyyyyyyy instead of waaaaay. How can this even happen? It is especially annoying when the multiplied letter is an s, like fassssssssst.
2. When someone writes out an emphasis but use capital letters on the word before or after the word they obviously meant to emphasize. I see this surprisingly often. Also the correct way is to use cursive letters but that is often not available.

Regarding musician lingo, lately I've been annoyed by "the boss pedal sounds more [insert delusion here]" in YouTube comments.
 
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#493
Lowbrow said:
“This isn’t my first rodeo.”
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But: if it's not a rodeo, wouldn't it be true to say that it is not my first rodeo?

Just start letting people know they're not at a rodeo and enjoy the appropriate groans that come back in your direction.

Or carry a red cape in a satchel everywhere you go and throw it at the offender, put your fingers up as mock bull horns and charge at them... This signifying that they are, in fact, not at a rodeo, but you are willing to engage the speaker in a mock bull fight.
 
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#495
Danthoin said:
It’s not on the list, but when someone is very obviously asking a gear-specific question about how their idol sounds, and get bashed into oblivion with “tone is in the fingers.” It’s become the most frustrating thing to me. It’s like the community hears the gunshot that starts the race to gatekeeping. “I’ve got this one” says the first responder. “I’ll back you” says the next, followed by “I’ll do it too, but with an added anecdote.”

I think everyone knows, from very beginner to world-class, that practice makes perfect, and the road to getting better is long and excruciating. The person is very clearly trying to find out the differences in gear - pedals, amps, basses, strings, etc. Please, for the love of carrots, just answer the question if you can and don’t respond or (express interest in learning the answer yourself) if you don’t know.

Flea on a Wal sounds like Flea on a Wal, which is different from Flea on a Modulus, which is different from Flea on a Fender Jazz.
They all sound like Flea, but there are very obvious tone differences between them. It is these types of differences that I see people ask about and get put in their place over.

Seriously, “the tone is in the fingers” is the accurate and obvious answer to the question that very clearly wasn’t asked.
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x1000

OF COURSE "the fingers" matter (technique). BUT SO DOES THE GEAR. This is so freakin' obvious.

Sure, if Flea and I play through the same rig, we will sound different -- tonally as well as stylistically. But as you said, Flea has different tone from one album to another, even one track to another. Different bass is usually responsible.


Jaco was a genius who revolutionized the instrument with his unique style. He would still be a genius if he played an Epiphone Jack Casady bass strung with flatwounds (though good luck squeezing out those upper harmonics ;)), and would still be immediately recognizable because of his style, BUT HE WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME TONE. Duh.
 
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