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I have two :
i) Pro set-up (with no receipt to show it was 'recently' touched by a 'pro'). If it needed a pro setup then A: It was shite and required work to make it playable, or B: Its a nice sales technique that says 'buy me I've been touched by a pro to play like butter'. Either way, I view it as bullshit and look at the next ad - unless of course the set-up has been justified.
ii) Mint - with just one minor scratch and a pick-up that doesn't always pick-up. What part of 'mint' doesn't the seller understand ?
I've heard both of these described as bloom. I'd rather they said feedback or valve sag. Which, iirc, is caused by the rectifier valve being starved of voltage when the guitar is hit hard, and it takes a moment to recover the voltage. Techies, please correct as required!
Bloom is a relatively new term used to sell pedals that sound like dumble amps.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I cringe a bit at "axe" and the classic - "do you play lead or rhythm?" when I'm the only guitarist and brace myself for the next question - are you playing any quo tonight?
My guess about what was making you cringe was wrong.
I associate bloom with people trying describe a particular aspect of low output humbuckers when they are put in particular guitars. A few months ago a guitar tech seemed to be slightly annoyed at my use of the word during a discussion about Les Pauls. He said that he could only discuss something that can be measured.
1. You don't need a valve rectifier to get sag.
2. Bloom in this context has been around for years, often used in connection with Dumble amps or their clones. Not just on TGP either, it's used often at builders forums where some fairly respected people, including 'pros' discuss amps.
And when you says 'plays like buttah ' is on the list - thats due to the grevious mispelling of butter right?
:-)
2 a device or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose: a lighting rig.
• an oil rig or drilling rig. the North Sea rigs.
• (in CB and short-wave radio) a transmitter and receiver. the CB rig in the car was on channel 20.
• a set of amplifiers and speakers used by a live band or a DJ in a club.
Or as in to rig something up?