Jam Session, Guitar & Music Abbreviations, N Through Z

[Tingly]

NAMM - National Association of Music Merchants. They sponsor a very large convention each summer, called "Summer NAMM."
NFW - No ******* way
NIN - Nine Inch Nails
noob - "newbie" or inexperienced person
NOS - New Old Stock, a reproduction of a guitar, as if it were bought new in the past, and then brought forward to today
NPG - New Power Generation, Prince's band
nvm - Nevermind
NYPO - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
OD - Overdrive, an amp setting
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OIC - Oh, I see
OLGA - On Line Guitar Archive
OMG - Oh My God
OS - operating system
OTD - Out the door or On The Download, an Internet media blog at www.thephoenix.com
OTOH - on the other hand
PC - personal computer
PCB - Printed circuit board
perc. - percussion(ist)
PF - Pink Floyd
pimae - Fingerpicking finger symbols: p=thumb i=index m=middle a=ring e=pinky
PITA - Pain in the a**
PM - Private Message
POG - Polyphonic Octave Generator, a guitar effects generator from Electro-Harmonix. It allows a guitarist to produce sounds that are an octave up, two octaves up, and an octave down, all at the same time.
POS - Piece of ****
prolly - probably
pot - potentiometer, usually used as a volume or tone control
pup- Pick Up
pwned - owned
PRS - Paul Reed Smith, guitar brand
PT - Powertab
RAM - Random Access Memory
RATM - Rage Against the Machine band
rec. - record
reh. - rehearsal or rehearse
Reverb - short for reverberation, an echo-like special effect added to a note, chord or vocal
RCM - Royal College of Music, London
RHCP - Red Hot Chilli Peppers band\RI - Re-Issue, a term used when a vintage guitar is again manufactured
RIAA - The Recording Industry Association of America
Ric - Rickenbacker, a brand of guitar
R.I.L. - Remain In Light (a landmark album by the band, Talking Heads)
RL - Real life
RMC - Richard McClish, maker of pick ups and electronics
ROM - read-only memory
ROTF - rolling on the floor (laughing)
RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
RTL- Ride the Lightning, by Metallica
SB - Sound Board or Sound Blaster from Creative Labs
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDMI - Secure Digital Music Initiative/Interface
SDSM - Super Digital Sound Management
SG - Type of guitar, originally stood for"solid guitar"
sig - signature
SFX - Sound Effects or Self Extracting
SKOM- Some Kind of Monster, by Metallica
SM - Signature Model, a type of guitar, or Steve Morse model, named after the guitarist
SMF - Sonic Machine Factory, amplifier manufacturer
SND - Sound
SNL - Saturday Night Live, a U.S. long running weekly TV show that features musicians
SNR - Signal to noise ratio
SOAD- System of a Down band
SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging
sorr - sorry
SotW - Spirit of the Wild, guitarist Ted Nugent's television show
Spec - Specification
Spim: Spam over Instant messaging
spose - suppose
SRV - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist
sry - sorry
STFU - Shut The **** Up
STH - Stairway to Heaven, a song by Led Zeppelin
Strat - Stratocaster
SVT - Super Valve Technology, also, an abbreviation used for Ampeg's famous SVT guitar/bass amplifier
Synth - Synthesizer, a device that changes an electric music signal
Tab - short for Tablature, a method of writing guitar music
TBA- The Black Album, a song by Metallica
TBH - To Be Honest
tech. - technical/technician
Tele - Telecaster
THX - thanks
TIA - thanks in advance
TNSOTW - Guitarist Ted Nugent's Spirit of the Wild television show
TTYL - talk to you later
TY - thank you
u - you
ur - your
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus, an industry-standard expansion bus
VDOP - Vulgar Display of Power, an album by Pantera
VH - Van Halen band
w or w/ - with
Wah - short for wah-wah pedal, a sound effect for guitar
w/e - whatever
*** - what the f***
WTH - what the hell?
y - why
YJM - Yngwie Malmsteen, a famous guitarist
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary, a disclaimer meaning that your experience, in relation to what the writer just stated, may be different.
YW - You're welcome

[Hypnotronic]

Nice list.

[shredding]

Thanks tingly man.

BTW, what does IDKWIATA mean?

[deathmedic]

IDKWIATA = i don't know what i am talking about

[gavb]

I thought NOS referred to old items that had never been used. Like unused valves from the 60's.

[Tingly]

^^ Yeah, I think you are right about that. That entry is not correct.

[FndrNO]

TBA is short for The Black Album, which is the popular name for their self-titled album Metallica. :)

[Tingly]

^^ I see. So, it's not "a song" by them.

Thanks for the correction, FndrNO!

[mishmannah]

WAS: wood acquisition syndrome
TAS : Tool acquisition syndrome
ZOOT: A word coined by the internet community of Luthiers, meaning extremely fancy, desirable and valuable tonewood. Zoot was first used in the 1930s to describe well-cut suits made of luxurious fabrics.

[Tingly]

LOL!!! Good ones, Mish!