Originally Posted by: Douglas ShowalterThe terminology of guitars and gear is never ending, but there is a basic vocabulary that exists and stays consistent across the board.

A "cruch effect" is distortion, more or less. This can be achieved so many different ways, but in the traditional sense this can describe the sound of a guitar being played through a distortion pedal or through an amp with distortion on it.

What other terms do you have questions about? Happy to help :o

- Douglas

Thanks much for the offer. Nothing specific comes to mind although I did just watch a YouTube vid where in just a few minutes I heard the descriptors British, clean, dirty, muddy, sludgy (a degree of muddiness I assume :) ) and crunch.

I think what I'm looking for is a 'vocabulary list' source(s) with a narrative desciption of the sounds *and* a source of audio comparisons of said sounds. Are there any GT gear tutorials that come close? Maybe something on that basic and consistent vocab you mentioned..?