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That would be a fine thing to do, Robert, if you have the time and means. I'm sure everyone would love it if you do.

Personally, I wouldn't know a spread sheet from a hole in the ground! I'm just a musician, d'oh

I've made a lot of both, spread sheets and holes in the ground. Personally, I prefer the holes, especially if I get to make them with my backhoe...

And, let me guess, cjj...is this how you, ah, spreada da sheet?

Eew! There's a bug on my monitor!!

jingle_jangle wrote:And, let me guess, cjj...is this how you, ah, spreada da sheet?

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Um, yeah, but mine's a lot bigger than that one...

Impressive sheet spread.

This gets my vote for best thread ever on the RRF!

Yeah, Paul, you seem a bit bugged about something.

You are all crazy. I feel like I belong.

SO, in an attempt to get this list organized, I'm showing you what I have so far, please reply to this message with any other commonly used abbreviations used at RRF and I'll add them all to the list and keep appending it as I receive more from you all- or encounter them in my RRF wanderings.

And, who's the arbiter of correcut usage? For instance, I've seen two interpretations for SPU and NOS...Should I just list both? Here's what I have so far, copied from my most recent travels in RRF and this thread...

COY - Color of the Year
CS - Chris Squire
CW - Carl Wilson
F - Full body style
JK - John Kay
JL - John Lennon
LK - Lemmy Kilmister
NOS - New Old Stock
NOS - New Original Stock
O.S. - Old Style (360 bound front and back)
OP - Original (message) Poster
PT - Pete Townshend
RIC - Rickenbacker International Company
RM - Roger McGuinn
RoMo - Rose Morris
SH - Susanna Hoffs
SPC - Special Paint Choice
SPC - Special Pickup Choice
TP - Tom Petty
VB - Vibrato
VP - Vintage Pickups (Toasters)
WT - White Trim
YT- Youtube

Oops, forgot one:

COY - Color of the Year
CS - Chris Squire
CW - Carl Wilson
F - Full body style
JK - John Kay
JL - John Lennon
LK - Lemmy Kilmister
NOS - New Old Stock
NOS - New Original Stock
O.S. - Old Style (360 bound front and back)
OP - Original (message) Poster
PT - Pete Townshend
RIC - Rickenbacker International Company
RM - Roger McGuinn
RoMo - Rose Morris
RRF - RickResource Forum
SH - Susanna Hoffs
SPC - Special Paint Choice
SPC - Special Pickup Choice
TP - Tom Petty
VB - Vibrato
VP - Vintage Pickups (Toasters)
WT - White Trim
YT- Youtube

BB - Blueburst
COY - Color of the Year
CS - Chris Squire
CW - Carl Wilson
F - Full body style
FG - Fireglo
FL - Fretless
JG - Jetglo
JK - John Kay
JL - John Lennon
LK - Lemmy Kilmister
MG - Mapleglo
NOS - New Old Stock
NOS - New Original Stock
O.S. - Old Style (360 bound front and back)
OP - Original (message) Poster
PT - Pete Townshend
Pup - Pickup
RIC - Rickenbacker International Company
RM - Roger McGuinn
RoMo - Rose Morris
RRF - RickResource Forum
SH - Susanna Hoffs
SPC - Special Paint Choice
SPC - Special Pickup Choice
TP - Tom Petty
VB - Vibrato
VP - Vintage Pickups (Toasters)
WT - White Trim
YT- Youtube

I'm sure all the finishes have acronyms- did I get the ones I just added above correct? Anymore? How about all the parts to our instruments, are there commonly used acronyms for the parts? I've read Pickups being called Pups before...anymore???

kiramdear wrote:Eew! There's a bug on my monitor!!

Yeah, nice one PW! My cat walked across the keyboard right before I noticed the crawling bug as your avatar photo, and I thought it was a flea that had jumped off my cat, which really annoyed me, as presence of a live flea would mean her flea treatment wasn't working.

BB - Blue Boy
BBR - Blueburst

Here are a few more:

CB - Checker Binding
PITA - (you know)
JH - John Hall
KH - Kenny Howes
RRF - pretty obvious, I hope!
RI - Reissue
HS - Horseshoe
PMC - Macca (or equivalent)
WAL - Walnut
TUR - Turquoise
AZ - Arizona
SS - Star Stowe

jingle_jangle wrote:I first encountered NOS in the vintage car biz, back around '71 or so. But I'd bet it goes back a lot longer. It was used by car dealers to classify their parts stock when culling their SKUs.

Jeezus. Will you get rid of that insect, PW?

Yeah, I cANT watch his signature anymore.