Slightly OT? Acronyms used throughout this forum...

[Peter Snowberg]

PITA: A type of flat bread

[niftydog]

Perhaps some more that SHOULD be common knowledge;

HYTUAAP? - have you tried using an audio probe?

DYHAMM? - Do you have a multimeter?

and

IHBIOHPCBISDWAI - I have built it one hundred percent correctly but it still doesn't work, any ideas?



Sorry, I'm in a terse mood this afternoon, just been wading through the molasses at HC (harmony central)  :evil:

[Fret Wire]

IHBIOHPCBISDWAI - I have built it one hundred percent correctly but it still doesn't work, any ideas?

And....the answer:

IYBICIWW - If you built it correctly, it would work.

[chokeyou]

how about GAS? allowing oneself to want a new piece of gear...I know the feeling (not the feeling you get after gas station borritos).

but what does it really stand for? i assume its an acronym.

[Fret Wire]

Gear Aquisition Syndrome

[puretube]

 
anyone noticed, that there was exactly 1 pedalmanufacturer name among all those abbreviations?

[Mike Burgundy]

that's what you get for having a rediculously long name

[Mark Hammer]

AHAZVFFSIRAITIA - Anyone have a Z Vex fuzz factory schematic. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Heh, heh.  I like that one.  There have been times here when that was more than a mere acronym.  Hell, it was a DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM that reduced the disk storage requirements for the forum by up to 30%!!  :lol:  :lol:

A common one amongst computer support folks is sometimes appropriate here: RTFM, which stands for Read the f***ing manual!.  It's a little hostile, but quite often good advice.

[David]

AHAZVFFSIRAITIA - Anyone have a Z Vex fuzz factory schematic. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Heh, heh.  I like that one.  There have been times here when that was more than a mere acronym.  Hell, it was a DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM that reduced the disk storage requirements for the forum by up to 30%!!  :lol:  :lol:

A common one amongst computer support folks is sometimes appropriate here: RTFM, which stands for Read the f***ing manual!.  It's a little hostile, but quite often good advice.

Mark, Mark!  Oh, the pain!
What we REALLY say is "Read the FINE manual"!

[Paul Marossy]

I haven't seen RTFM for a while...

I think we could add OD to the list (overdrive)
PCB (printed circuitboard)

and since the topic of amps comes up occassionally...

SF (silverface Fender)
BF (blackface Fender)
FF (Firefly)
PT (power transformer)
OT (output transformer)

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I just KNEW there would be a shirt.. and here it is:

http://www.computergear.com/rtfmtshirt.html

[puretube]

did we have TZF already???

[David]

I haven't seen RTFM for a while...

I think we could add OD to the list (overdrive)
PCB (printed circuitboard)

and since the topic of amps comes up occassionally...

SF (silverface Fender)
BF (blackface Fender)
FF (Firefly)
PT (power transformer)
OT (output transformer)

FF could also be "Fuzz Face".  OT is frequently "off topic".

[Paul Marossy]

Yeah, I mentioned FF as fuzz face in my first post in this thread...
But FF can also refer to the Firefly. Depends on the context...  

[stm]

Paul, must say the FF is already reserved for the all-mighty Fuzz Face!

EDIT: Of course if you run a Fuzz Face into a Fire Fly you setup can be described as FFFF  :wink:

Is that 65535 in hex?

[Fret Wire]

ckt = circuit

RTS PCB = Ready to solder printed circuit board.

[Paul Marossy]

PTP - point to point

[puretube]

FB: feedback;
PS: power supply;
CV: control-voltage;

(FF: Fuzz Factory)

LP: Les Paul

THD: maker of fine amps and power attenuators...

STM: fine simulator-guy  :wink:

JB: James Brown.

H&K: artificial name (Hughes & Kettner don`t exist as persons...).

[Paul Marossy]

THD - otherwise known as "Total Harmonic Distortion".  :wink:

[Mark Hammer]

JB: James Brown.

Nah, that won't work because if the *band* is the JB's, then it implies a bunch of clones and quite frankly, having chatted with the man for the better part of an hour, I think there is just a little too much hubris there to tolerate duplication. :wink:

IM - intermodulation distortion, or just intermodulation.

EMI - electromagnetic interference

RFI - radio frequency interference

RG - RG.  Swear to God, that's his name; if its an abbreviation for something, his folks aren't saying

PnP - Plug and Play if referring to computers, Press-and-Peel if referring to PCB etch-resist transfer sheets

PU or pup - guitar pickup
SC - single coil
HB - humbucker, generally of the PAF variety

MIM - made in Mexico
MIK - made in Korea
MIJ - made in Japan

HC - Harmony Central, the web-forum daycare centre

GE - germanium
SI - silicon

NOS - new old stock

SPDT - single-pole, double throw, any switch or relay that can direct a contact to one of two possible other contacts
DPDT - dual pole, double-throw,  two SPDT's in one switch/relay
3PDT (or TPDT) - triple-pole double-throw, three SPDT's in one package

SPST - single pole, single throw, a switch that closes and opens the connection between two contacts

NO - normally open
NC - normally closed
Many momentary switches that spring back to some default position when released identify what the default state is by those abbreviations.  A 'normally closed" switch is one where pressing the switch opens/breaks the contact, and letting go allows the contact to be resumed.

EQ - equalizer or equalization, sometimes used to refer to any sort of tone control used to shape the sound of an effect, frequently distortion units.

PEQ - parametric equalization, a tone control which allows for adjustment of frequency range and focus of maximum tonal control, i addition to simple boost or cut adjustments

A/D - analog to digital

D/A - digital to analog

P2V or F-to-V or P-to-V - pitch/frequency to voltage conversion, where a note input is translated into a voltage proportional to the pitch

DD - digital delay

DI - direct injection, or direct box, for matching a signal source normally intended for a guitar/bass amp or stompbox to the level/impedance/polarity requirements of a mixing board