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how did the guitar get the nickname "axe"
does anybody knw how the guitar got the nickname "axe" u knw people say nice "axe" dude how did it get that nickname? :confused:
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Pure speculation here:
Hard-shell cases were not nearly as common in the early days, and a gig-bag was usually not something specifically made for a guitar. So holding the neck near the headstock and slinging the guitar over your shoulder was an easy way to carry it. Much like an axe.
Related thought:
If you wanted privacy to practice, you had to go out to the woodshed, to work with your 'axe'.
... or something like that?
Hard-shell cases were not nearly as common in the early days, and a gig-bag was usually not something specifically made for a guitar. So holding the neck near the headstock and slinging the guitar over your shoulder was an easy way to carry it. Much like an axe.
Related thought:
If you wanted privacy to practice, you had to go out to the woodshed, to work with your 'axe'.
... or something like that?
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I think you're off the mark LATS, the term axe was also applied to saxaphones and trumpets in the 40s and 50 jazz era. Maybe because a true talent could "cut" the audience down??? Just a WAG :D
Here is another theory
http://www.word-detective.com/041007C.html
Here is another theory
http://www.word-detective.com/041007C.html
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