S vs Dimed - What's the difference?
s | dimed |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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(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 a letter s
is the letter s with a.As an adjective dimed is
(slang) (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) at volume setting 10 (the loudest).As a verb dimed is
(dime).s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }}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)."