Rimed vs Dimed - What's the difference?
rimed | dimed |
Covered in frost
(rime)
(slang) (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the loudest).
* 1998 January 6, Rory McQuillan, "Gear: Does anyone use tone controls on their guitar?",
* 1998 February 15, Milan Plechata, "Re: DIMED- N.J. Slang??",
* 2002 January 17, ryanm, "Re: Most appropriate Marshall guitar amp for studio",
* 2007 February 13, Jim, "Re: A question about amp volume.",
(dime)
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As adjectives the difference between rimed and dimed
is that rimed is covered in frost while dimed is (slang) (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) at volume setting 10 (the loudest).As verbs the difference between rimed and dimed
is that rimed is (rime) while dimed is (dime).rimed
English
Adjective
- The rimed window permitted only shades of the traffic outside.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*dimed
English
Etymology 1
Presumably from .Adjective
(-)bit.listserv.blues-l
, Usenet , - "I asked […] how they adjusted the tone controls on their guitars. They both told me the same thing, that they dimed 'em and adjusted their tone at the amp."
alt.guitar
, Usenet , - "Using dimed to mean at ten or full volume is pretty common here in South Carolina, too. I've been hearing it for years, now."
rec.audio.pro
, Usenet , - "The only way you're going to get the 'dimed' marshal plexi' sound is with a ' dimed marshall plexi. It's gotta be non-master, though, and you have to put all the knobs on 10."
alt.guitar
, Usenet , - "Tell us why many amps will give a warmer, smoother tone with preamp volume dimed and guitar volume down (as compared to guitar on 10, then turning up the amp)."