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blkcloud1313

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This is def a newbie question, but can you tell me what NGD means? I have seen it posted a few times and can't figure out what you guys mean by it.

Will probably feel dumb when I hear the answer.

Thanks.
 

browndog

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The official list of EBMM Acronyms.

20th - 20th Anniversary
25th - 25th Anniversary
AL - Albert Lee
ALOC - Albert Lee Owner's Club
ASS - Axis Super Sport
Balls - Not what you think! What the Knuckleheads call their Ernie Ball Music
Man guitars
BAS - Ball Acquisition Syndrome
BFR - Ball Family Reserve
BP - Big Poppa - Sterling Ball
Canuckleheads - Knuckleheads indigenous to Canada (eh!)
COA - Certificate of Authenticity
EBMM - Ernie Ball Music Man
FR or Floyd - Floyd Rose equipped guitars.
GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome
JP - John Petrucci
JP6 - John Petrucci 6 string
JP7 - John Petrucci 7 string
LE - Limited Edition (Sometimes things get combined. Example: LEAL - Limited Edition Albert Lee)
MM - Music Man
MM90 - Music Man's vintage style "soapbar" single coils
MPL - Maple
Matching or Matching HS - Headstock painted/finished to match body color/finish
NGD - New Guitar Day
Non-matching HS - Headstock with natural finish (does not match the body color/finish)
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
PG - Pickguard
PM - Private Message
Purple PUSM - Purple pickups Steve Morse
RSWD - Rosewood
Silo - Silhouette
SLO - San Luis Obispo
SM - Steve Morse
SMOC - Steve Morse Owners Club
SOC = Sub Owners Club
SR = Stingray
SR5 = five string Stingray
SS - Silhouette Special
STD - Standard (as in a bridge)
SUB = Sport Utility Bass
SUB1 = Sport Utility Guitar
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
Y2D- Years 2 Decades
Pron - guitar pics

Colors
========
DD - Dargie Delight - Produced 2007 Color: Martini Olive Green
DD2 - Dargie Delight 2 - Produced August-September 2009? - Carmel Apple Green
MD - Mystic Dream (color on the regular JP model)
OG - Olive Gold
PBB - Pacific Blue Burst / Paint Color
RPB - Red Pearlburst
VSB - vintage sunburst
3H or HHH - Three humbuckers (all of the AL torture lately had me thinking of this one)
OG - Olive Gold
PG - Pickguard
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
COA - Certificate of Authenticity


Pickup Configurations
======================
H = single humbucker
HS = humbucker and singlecoil
HH = dual humbucker
HSH = Humbucker Single Coil Humbucker or = Silo

Hp = single humbucker and piezo
HSp = humbucker, singlecoil and piezo
HHp = dual humbucker and piezo

SSS = triple singlecoil
HSS = humbucker, singlecoil and singlecoil
 

custom53

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The official list of EBMM Acronyms.

20th - 20th Anniversary
25th - 25th Anniversary
AL - Albert Lee
ALOC - Albert Lee Owner's Club
ASS - Axis Super Sport
Balls - Not what you think! What the Knuckleheads call their Ernie Ball Music
Man guitars
BAS - Ball Acquisition Syndrome
BFR - Ball Family Reserve
BP - Big Poppa - Sterling Ball
Canuckleheads - Knuckleheads indigenous to Canada (eh!)
COA - Certificate of Authenticity
EBMM - Ernie Ball Music Man
FR or Floyd - Floyd Rose equipped guitars.
GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome
JP - John Petrucci
JP6 - John Petrucci 6 string
JP7 - John Petrucci 7 string
LE - Limited Edition (Sometimes things get combined. Example: LEAL - Limited Edition Albert Lee)
MM - Music Man
MM90 - Music Man's vintage style "soapbar" single coils
MPL - Maple
Matching or Matching HS - Headstock painted/finished to match body color/finish
NGD - New Guitar Day
Non-matching HS - Headstock with natural finish (does not match the body color/finish)
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
PG - Pickguard
PM - Private Message
Purple PUSM - Purple pickups Steve Morse
RSWD - Rosewood
Silo - Silhouette
SLO - San Luis Obispo
SM - Steve Morse
SMOC - Steve Morse Owners Club
SOC = Sub Owners Club
SR = Stingray
SR5 = five string Stingray
SS - Silhouette Special
STD - Standard (as in a bridge)
SUB = Sport Utility Bass
SUB1 = Sport Utility Guitar
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
Y2D- Years 2 Decades
Pron - guitar pics

Colors
========
DD - Dargie Delight - Produced 2007 Color: Martini Olive Green
DD2 - Dargie Delight 2 - Produced August-September 2009? - Carmel Apple Green
MD - Mystic Dream (color on the regular JP model)
OG - Olive Gold
PBB - Pacific Blue Burst / Paint Color
RPB - Red Pearlburst
VSB - vintage sunburst
3H or HHH - Three humbuckers (all of the AL torture lately had me thinking of this one)
OG - Olive Gold
PG - Pickguard
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
COA - Certificate of Authenticity


Pickup Configurations
======================
H = single humbucker
HS = humbucker and singlecoil
HH = dual humbucker
HSH = Humbucker Single Coil Humbucker or = Silo

Hp = single humbucker and piezo
HSp = humbucker, singlecoil and piezo
HHp = dual humbucker and piezo

SSS = triple singlecoil
HSS = humbucker, singlecoil and singlecoil

Very Good...! This should be a Sticky Note so it doesn't get lost...
 

shredhed

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Messages
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The official list of EBMM Acronyms.

20th - 20th Anniversary
25th - 25th Anniversary
AL - Albert Lee
ALOC - Albert Lee Owner's Club
ASS - Axis Super Sport
Balls - Not what you think! What the Knuckleheads call their Ernie Ball Music
Man guitars
BAS - Ball Acquisition Syndrome
BFR - Ball Family Reserve
BP - Big Poppa - Sterling Ball
Canuckleheads - Knuckleheads indigenous to Canada (eh!)
COA - Certificate of Authenticity
EBMM - Ernie Ball Music Man
FR or Floyd - Floyd Rose equipped guitars.
GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome
JP - John Petrucci
JP6 - John Petrucci 6 string
JP7 - John Petrucci 7 string
LE - Limited Edition (Sometimes things get combined. Example: LEAL - Limited Edition Albert Lee)
MM - Music Man
MM90 - Music Man's vintage style "soapbar" single coils
MPL - Maple
Matching or Matching HS - Headstock painted/finished to match body color/finish
NGD - New Guitar Day
Non-matching HS - Headstock with natural finish (does not match the body color/finish)
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
PG - Pickguard
PM - Private Message
Purple PUSM - Purple pickups Steve Morse
RSWD - Rosewood
Silo - Silhouette
SLO - San Luis Obispo
SM - Steve Morse
SMOC - Steve Morse Owners Club
SOC = Sub Owners Club
SR = Stingray
SR5 = five string Stingray
SS - Silhouette Special
STD - Standard (as in a bridge)
SUB = Sport Utility Bass
SUB1 = Sport Utility Guitar
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
Y2D- Years 2 Decades
Pron - guitar pics

Colors
========
DD - Dargie Delight - Produced 2007 Color: Martini Olive Green
DD2 - Dargie Delight 2 - Produced August-September 2009? - Carmel Apple Green
MD - Mystic Dream (color on the regular JP model)
OG - Olive Gold
PBB - Pacific Blue Burst / Paint Color
RPB - Red Pearlburst
VSB - vintage sunburst
3H or HHH - Three humbuckers (all of the AL torture lately had me thinking of this one)
OG - Olive Gold
PG - Pickguard
Tort - Tortoise Shell
Trem - tremolo
OHSC - Original Hard Shell Case
COA - Certificate of Authenticity


Pickup Configurations
======================
H = single humbucker
HS = humbucker and singlecoil
HH = dual humbucker
HSH = Humbucker Single Coil Humbucker or = Silo

Hp = single humbucker and piezo
HSp = humbucker, singlecoil and piezo
HHp = dual humbucker and piezo

SSS = triple singlecoil
HSS = humbucker, singlecoil and singlecoil

Don't forget

N (insert initial) D = whatever new item;)
NAD = new amp day
NBD = new bass day
 
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