Slightly OT? Acronyms used throughout this forum...

[Torchy]

TZF - That Zvex Fuzz

:?:  :oops:

[toneman]

aron,
why not compile all these letters and put them on
one page, maybe in the beginners' section(?), but
*labeled*/accessable!  so that new users of this forum
could acesss it right away, and in their course of reading.
AND, have the list *stay* in one place(and locked) so that
Aron can edit it ocassionally to add to it?
Some of the acronyms confuxe me 2.
IMHO AFN, SEYE-O-NAR-RA
staytuned
tone

[Paul Marossy]

When talking about Gibson "PAF" pickups, the PAF stands for Patent Applied For...

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid (or Sweetheart)

KYDJ - Keep your day job...  :oops:

DOA - Dead On Arrival (when your effect doesn't work...)

KIA - Killed In Action (stomped on that switch one too many times...)

[David]

Add these to the list of acronyms associated with circuit failure and debugging:

WTHIIDT:  What the Heck is it Doing There?
IWOTB:     It Worked on the Breadboard!

[BDuguay]

This thread brings to mind something I've been thinking about. "Tranny" is short for transistor, "Caps" is short for capacitor, "Chip" is short for integrated circuit, "Pot" is short for potentiometer, but what about a short term for resistor? We don't have one do we? Suggestions?

[Paul Marossy]

but what about a short term for resistor? We don't have one do we? Suggestions?

How about -/\/\/\- ?  :wink:

[Peter Snowberg]

When we reach the "end" of this thread, I'll compile everything into a single message and add it to the FAQ.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

LP - low pass
BP - band pass
HP - high pass
AP - all pass

MTV - I'll pass.  

[puretube]

R=resistor;

tranny: transistor or transformator?

in german: trafo = transformator;
(ok, s.th. like xfmr or xfrmr is nice, too);

could be mixed up, of course with: X-tal = crystal;

elko (Elektrolyt Kondensator) = electrolytic capacitor...
ask me: "elco" should be the Engl. abbrev.

btw.: what does "MOJO" stand for?  :lol:

[Paul Marossy]

btw.: what does "MOJO" stand for?

Read this: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_257

[puretube]

thank you, Paul!!! (I`ve really been wondering `bout that term, since....)


cw = clockwise;
ccw = counter-clockwise;
(pot rotation orientations)
PU = pickup;
GND = ground;

B+ : very complicated;   :lol:
BIAS: mystery;   :lol:

Bush: just another 4-letter-word...       :lol:

SS = Small Stone;
MM = Memory Man;
DMM = De Luxe Memory Man;
EM = Electric Mistress;
POG = Poly Octave Generator;

HM = Heavy Metal;
R`n`R....
R`n`B....
OST....

[niftydog]

I need that RTFM shirt... I'm always saying that! Actually, I say RTBM!

Here's your ascii resistor!

─/\/\/\/─

Those dashes are ASCII 169. (hold down alt, type 169 on keypad, release alt.)

I'd also like to add (in light of recent threads)

EHMS & EMBMS

Electro-Harmonix [Bass] Micro Synthesizer

[Paul Marossy]

Beat you to it on the ASCII resistor niftydog.  :wink:
I did mine the hard way, though...

[niftydog]

while we're talking ASCII, I suppose it'd be clever to plug this software. ASCII schematics are now as easy as pie!

[Fret Wire]

btw.: what does "MOJO" stand for?  

mojo = BS
BS = Bullshit

[vseriesamps]

OK so who can use the greatest number of commonly used acronyms in a single sentence? Show us what ya got!

[petemoore]

"PD"...Pretty Dang...
as in
 PDCool
 PDGOODE
 PDHot Sounding
 just an indicator of 'how much'
 "Tack a" [using the quotes]...means temporarily connect...same as 'tag'
EX [example]  'tag' a pot where Q2's C Resistor would go.

[Mark Hammer]

All so focussed on objects and math that we forgot the media.

GP - Guitar Player magazine
GW - Guitar World
PE - Popular Electronics or Practical Electronics (2 different mags; EP i French)
RE- Radio Electronics  (PE + RE briefly became Poptronix, which appears to have transmuted into.......)
N&V - Nuts and Volts
WW - Wireless World
EM - Electronic Musician
E&MM - Electronics and Music Maker
ETI - Electronics Today International

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

And the Australian mags - the (deceased) EA, as in EA Trem,
and SC (Silicon Chip).
Oh, and TE (Talking Electronics!) if you insist.

[puretube]

TCJ : Tube Cad Journal

[bwanasonic]

FDII or FD2 = Fulltone Fulldrive 2
SOD = Stack of Dimes (inductor)
SOB = son of a bitch
YCDTOSA = You can't do that on stage anymore

As for James Brown-

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:

It ain't hubris if you can back it up, but I agree there can be only one!
:lol:

Kerry M