Pet Peeves -- What's yours?

[Doctor Jeff]

Doc, I am a hypocrite in the fact I am a sinner. I try much as I can to avoid it but seems like I keep going back to my favorite sins too many times. One point worth mentioning is I don't like to be " Churchy". My first spiritual director was all over the problem of being Churchy. It usually puts off folks who are not really into living a life of religious vow. Wearing collars or even religious grab is fine and you can do that without being churchy. It is hard to do but can be done.

When I am out with guitarist and others who have no connection to my religious life, they treat me just like anyone else and that is great. I tell seminarians all the time they need to have regular friends and be around people who are not so dedicated as they might be or at least as pointed. I am not so sanctimonious and will call them as I see it. However, that does not mean I might tell someone what I think about a situation or choice.

Real life example happened over 30 years ago at the Dallas Guitar Vintage show. I was working with Bill Hollenbeck at his booth. The guy in the booth next to us was talking about going out for dinner. He mentioned a place that was great, and we could probably pick up a nice lady for company. I sort of laughed and showed him my wedding ring and said I would pass. He then said oh those don't mean anything I just take mine off. The guy was not joking. I did not say anything at all but was completely shocked by the attitude he had. For some reason it burns in my memory. But I never said a word to the guy or any lecture..........it was just shock.

Oh many of my friends are religious, and I’m religious to an extent. (My daughter’s VERY religious, but that’s another story.) I don’t think you’re a hypocrite in any reasonable sense of the word, but who am I to judge other people? (Seems like I read that somewhere…)

When one gets in the public sphere and trumpets his religion, but then does or says something to indicate he hasn’t really imbibed the first moral principle of the religion he professes, well that’s quite a sin, in my book.

[Litterick]

The DHL Coldplay advertisement, in which happy workers enjoy the music of the band, while they work.

[Litterick]

The guy in the booth next to us was talking about going out for dinner. He mentioned a place that was great, and we could probably pick up a nice lady for company. I sort of laughed and showed him my wedding ring and said I would pass. He then said oh those don't mean anything I just take mine off. The guy was not joking. I did not say anything at all but was completely shocked by the attitude he had. For some reason it burns in my memory. But I never said a word to the guy or any lecture..........it was just shock.

Most people would be shocked by that attitude, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack of them.

[Jimmy Mack]

Yeah, at a gig, we were a happening band, my cousin came up to chat, said he just got happily engaged to be married. SO where's your fiancé??? He was at the bar to pick up chicks!

I guess the peeve here is: the dishonesty that folks can live with.

[Greywolf]

Being a soundman , by big one is people who don't check their equipment before the gig.
#2 folks who can't learn proper mic distance, so many want to swallow it .. a constant battle.

[garybaldy]

Constant flashing lights at gigs

[garybaldy]

People who talk about their guitars in the feminine tense ie "she".

It's not a "she", it's an "it".

OK I'm done now.

Just the other day at a gig a fellow guitarist pointed at my LP on 'its' stand and said "she's beautiful!". To me the comment sounded really weird.

[Woody Sound]

Yeah, at a gig, we were a happening band, my cousin came up to chat, said he just got happily engaged to be married. SO where's your fiancé??? He was at the bar to pick up chicks!

I guess the peeve here is: the dishonesty that folks can live with.

It’s possible the fiancé is ok with it. Not my thing, but it’s possible. Just sayin’.

[RJVB]

When one gets in the public sphere and trumpets his religion

Yeah, that would probably be my biggest pest peeve of the moment. Even if it's just a silent guitar instead of a trumpet.

[Christian Miller]

People who talk about their guitars in the feminine tense ie "she".

It's not a "she", it's an "it".

OK I'm done now.

Yeah it’s super cringe


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[DawgBone]

Just the other day at a gig a fellow guitarist pointed at my LP on 'its' stand and said "she's beautiful!". To me the comment sounded really weird.

I don't see problem with this. Any guitar worth keeping has a name. All you had to say was "thanks".

[garybaldy]

I don't see problem with this. Any guitar worth keeping has a name. All you had to say was "thanks".

I did! He was a very pleasant person and we had a long chat. I just thought the 'she' bit was weird. I've had it 14 years and it's always been it. I call it my Geckoburst because that's what it is. He could have said 'she's ugly' which would have still seemed weird to me but I wouldn't have been offended.

[Christian Miller]

Cringe dudes being cringe

Tbf I am reliably informed I am super cringe, so I’ll be referring to my guitars as Deidre and Maureen in due course.

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[bluejaybill]

I don't see problem with this. Any guitar worth keeping has a name. All you had to say was "thanks".

I've only named my cars. My current one is dark grey. Its name is "Darth".

[Stringswinger]

Cringe dudes being cringe

Tbf I am reliably informed I am super cringe, so I’ll be referring to my guitars as Deidre and Maureen in due course.

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Might I suggest Ginger and Maryann?

[Mick-7]

People who name their guitars

I don't mind names like Gibson and Fender but IMO they shouldn't be more than two syllables - D'Angelico, Sadowsky, etc., just sound pretentious.

Oh, perhaps you meant the owners of guitars? I don't mind that as long as the name doesn't clash with the brand name or model, like say, naming your Gibson guitar Jackson or Madison, or giving your vintage guitar a modern name, a vintage guitar must have a vintage name!

For you vintage guitar owners, here's a helpful naming guide: 100 Vintage Baby Names from the 1920s

[dixiehwy25]

For you vintage guitar owners, here's a helpful naming guide: 100 Vintage Baby Names from the 1920s

It's not on the list, But if I had a 1929 L-5 I think I would go with "Nola"...

[Unclegrumpy]

People who talk about their guitars in the feminine tense ie "she".

It's not a "she", it's an "it".

OK I'm done now.

My guitar has 2 round points, a cute backside and I love holding it. You think I’m naming it ‘Bob’?

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

[Woody Sound]

People who talk about their guitars in the feminine tense ie "she".

It's not a "she", it's an "it".

"After a while, the conversation turned to the proper way to play the instrument. A macho man, Maccaferri rose from his chair and said the guitar should be played while standing so as to show one’s mastery, one’s dominance over the instrument. Segovia demurred. He said the guitar should be played in one’s lap, while seated – “as though caressing a beautiful woman.”

- Segovia visits the Maccaferri factory, early 50's.


"When he talks about the guitar as a friend, Segovia inevitably compares this most intimate of all instruments to a woman. "You know that the guitar has feminine curves," he once told me, "and this influences her behavior. Sometimes it is impossible to deal with her, but most of the time she is very sweet; and if you caress her properly, she will sing very beautifully." When he flies with his guitar, he buys an airline ticket for her, refers to her as "Miss Segovia" and straps her into the seat next to his own."

- Washington Post, 1986

[garybaldy]

"After a while, the conversation turned to the proper way to play the instrument. A macho man, Maccaferri rose from his chair and said the guitar should be played while standing so as to show one’s mastery, one’s dominance over the instrument. Segovia demurred. He said the guitar should be played in one’s lap, while seated – “as though caressing a beautiful woman.”

- Segovia visits the Maccaferri factory, early 50's.


"When he talks about the guitar as a friend, Segovia inevitably compares this most intimate of all instruments to a woman. "You know that the guitar has feminine curves," he once told me, "and this influences her behavior. Sometimes it is impossible to deal with her, but most of the time she is very sweet; and if you caress her properly, she will sing very beautifully." When he flies with his guitar, he buys an airline ticket for her, refers to her as "Miss Segovia" and straps her into the seat next to his own."

- Washington Post, 1986

The dilemma now is what do I call my Flying V?

[mr. beaumont]

Pet peeve? Libertarians.

Everyone is entitled to what they want. As long as it doesn't impede on what I want. Or threaten it a little. Or just make me upset. Then they can't have that. But I can have what I want. But they can't.

[docsteve]

Don’t forget that English is a language that does not gender things, as opposed to many other European languages.
Guitarra is feminine in Spanish, Gitarre in German, guitarre in French… so what is cringe to some is perfectly natural to others.

And I know that gender =|= grammatical gender. However, most people conflate the one with the other.


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[Doug B]

I don't mind names like Gibson and Fender but IMO they shouldn't be more than two syllables - D'Angelico, Sadowsky, etc., just sound pretentious.

I read that the owner of Dehavilland Aircraft (Turboprop and Twin Otter) named his own plane OLIVIA.
Think about it...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited

[FourOnSix]

I read that the owner of Dehavilland Aircraft (Turboprop and Twin Otter) named his own plane OLIVIA.
Think about it...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited

If I were a superstitious man, the "Gone with the Wind" connection would be a little too close to home.

[DawgBone]

Don’t forget that English is a language that does not gender things, as opposed to many other European languages.
Guitarra is feminine in Spanish, Gitarre in German, guitarre in French… so what is cringe to some is perfectly natural to others.

And I know that gender =|= grammatical gender. However, most people conflate the one with the other.


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Plus who says "check out my new axe ain't IT sweet?" Naw, you say, "check out my new axe ain't she sweet?"