Please help add to my gear-head jargon list

[Craftmatic]

After reading several posts on the Univibe-style pedals I discovered yet another new gear-oriented term for my vocabulary, "chewy" or "chewiness." I think I know what it means. Thicker and balls-ier, I'm guessing. I am still trying to understand the most essential meaning for the other gear-related jargon one encounters in the online GAS universe. Some I totally get, some I'm still trying to grasp, like "chime," the true meaning of which still evades me. Here's the list so far:

• woody (for speakers, pickups, guitars and men in general )
• twang (for those Tele buffs)
• honk
• bark (as in describing the tone of a good Les Paul)
• chime
• scooped
• sparkle
• jangle
• swoosh
• growl
• creamy
• punchy
• crunchy (not as in cereal but in Marshall tone)

...and many more I can't remember at the moment. Please feel free to add to the list.

[Washburnmemphis]

• woody (for speakers, pickups, guitars and men in general )
• twang (for those Tele buffs)
• honk
• bark (as in describing the tone of a good Les Paul)
• chime
• scooped
• sparkle
• jangle
• swoosh
• growl
• creamy
• punchy
• crunchy (not as in cereal but in Marshall tone)
  
  
• spank
• farty
• loose bottom
• tweed
• brown sound
• woman tone
• British sounding
• American sounding
• Ice Pick
• Marshall stack
• 4X12
• combo
• head
• greenbacks
• PAF
• 'buckers
• burst
• NOS
• PTP
• handwired
• bumblebees
• paper in oil or pio

[hwy1teleplayer]

nitro
relic
true bypass

[loudboy]

GP magazine started that whole thing in the early 90's.

Greg Koch took it to the limits.

Generally used by guitar collectors, as opposed to players.

"Snarky" is my personal fave...

[panoramic]

Tone through the roof

[Jahn]

Out of Phase/Peter Green tone - nasal, quacky.

[kevinhifi]

Clammy. Heard a recording engineer refer to a tone as "clammy"....and it made sense.

[Lublin]

Dumbly

[Guitar Dave T]

Splatty

[Broken Cord]

VOS
One Off
Slippery
Bone nut
Wet or Dry

[Baxtercat]

Don't forget GP magazine's favorite: burnished.


Guitar Bob
[player of Mint Green, Swamp Ash, Pre CBS, dot-neck, PAF, grey bottom, Alnico 5, clay dot, slab board, blackplate, one piece, maple-cap, frets installed sideways Strat]

[moonrock]

Originally Posted by Lublin

Dumbly

You almost got it right, it's actually spelled D*mbly.

[speakerjones]

"plays like butter"

[Lublin]

Originally Posted by moonrock

You almost got it right, it's actually spelled D*mbly.

[Craftmatic]

Originally Posted by Washburnmemphis

• woody (for speakers, pickups, guitars and men in general )
• twang (for those Tele buffs)
• honk
• bark (as in describing the tone of a good Les Paul)
• chime
• scooped
• sparkle
• jangle
• swoosh
• growl
• creamy
• punchy
• crunchy (not as in cereal but in Marshall tone)
  
  
• spank
• farty
• loose bottom
• tweed
• brown sound
• woman tone
• British sounding
• American sounding
• Ice Pick
• Marshall stack
• 4X12
• combo
• head
• greenbacks
• PAF
• 'buckers
• burst
• NOS
• PTP
• handwired
• bumblebees
• paper in oil or pio

These are great! I can't believe I forgot spanky, farty and ice pick. I was considering woman tone. I like these because they are descriptors that defy description which is what I was shooting for in my original list. The kind of words when uttered make boutique amp builders hang up on you ("Can you build me an amp with tone that has a lot of chime, sparkle, crunch and is woody?" [on the other end of the phone] "Click....") But I think it's good to include all gear head jargon. Someone mentioned "relic." One of my all-time favorite posts was about how every time the person saw the word "relicing" he thought of re-applying lice to one's head, and added why would you put them there in the first place!