Common Bass Term

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i've been asked to describe the following terms

punchy
growly
plays like butter

maybe we should try to put that in! :lol:
 
haha, very interesting -)

yeahh.. punchy, growly, plays like butter.. haha.. i remember someone who was so sick of the whole boutique pedal talk just gave up in exasparation "wtf is warm supposed to mean?? its not even a sound!!"

anyhow, my 2 cents on

(1)punchy.. it literally feels like a closed fist, something round is punching you in the face so you take notice, its got that "bup bup bup" to it, slightly phat, even sorta tone.

(2)growly.. i liken this more to a sort of tickle at the end of the note, it's not really there in your face, but it lurks in the background of your tone.. hence a growl.. i'd liken it to some sorta middish boost, a tad more trebbly to add the ticklish colour to whatever you're playing. abit like a dash of zing too!

(3)plays like butter.. haha.. erm.. nice low action, smooth fretboard where you can just play these awesome fluid lines.. y'know.. smooth, like a hot knife thru' butter.
 
Think musicians r not gd to describe wat they feel lah.
Punchy is pretty often heard. Sometimes when the song is very high then you do a cut together, there is a punch and impact. Antoher example is the on , off, on beat. Em D C, also provide quite a punch.

Yup someone asked me about warm as well when I told them at humbuck produce a warmer sound.

Play like butter... growly....er.... jamming i know.

:p
 
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rottenramone said:
i've been asked to describe the following terms

plays like butter

maybe we should try to put that in! :lol:


that's the american way ... we should have a more local flavourized way of saying it's amazing to play

like ...

plays like ghee!!

or ghee-mazing

or lard-a-ilicious

can't think already ...
 
...hot like mee soto with alot of chilli padi

...smells like mmm when opening a d24 durian

...power like the jalan kayu prata

hehehehe.... :lol: :P :D
 
for tone...

extra hot curry fish head with extra curry powder ...

or

the original katong laksa ...
 
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