Guitarbecue

I received a letter in the mail some time ago that said I received a ticket in a different state, missed a court appearance, and was responsible for some fine. I initially wrote this off as a scam, but after receiving another letter a couple of weeks later I did some due diligence searching and found out these are legit letters. The law firm had been hired by several states to issue letters to folks like the person for whom I have been mistaken.

I called the law firm and after a lengthy conversation, they said they were going to remove me from their list and I wouldn't receive any further communications from them. That turned out to be a lie as I received a notice that I would be issued a bench warrant if I didn't respond.

So, I called the city municipal court and after a lengthy conversation, I had to download a form to prove my identity, get it notarized, and mail it as a certified letter.

And even in non-English languages, I'm not sure they get at what I'm trying to get at. There are a lot of words for "light" and "dark" tones, or "clear" and "muddy." But they don't quite get at it when I describe a guitar tone as *round* or *full.* I think most people understand what I'm saying when I say that, but here's an example of what I would consider a very *round* tone:

If I was dialing in the guitar tone to my personal preferences, I would look for something *crisper* and more *cutting.*

Perhaps all of these descriptors are a shades of "light" and "dark" and "clear" and "muddy," but it feels like there's more nuance to it than that. Given the above instruction, a sound guy might just up my treble and/or presence and that's not entirely what I mean when I say I want a "crisper" tone.

And then there are terms we use for describing a guitar tone like "woody."