Guitar Wanker

A lead guitar player who plays badly, loudly, and repetitively, on a blues or pentatonic scale. A Guitar Wanker uses distortion to cover up a lack of skill and creativity. Guitar Wankers have no idea how to structure a solo, so they jerk around mindlessly and endlessly, until the rest of the band decides to shut them up. Although there are a few rare Guitar Wankers (Clapton, Prince, Santana) who are capable of wanking without being totally boring, Guitar Wankers generally have no structural knowledge of music. Guitar Wankers generally try to copy these players, but they can't distinguish between their own playing and the good stuff. Unlike lead jazz guitarists, who can noodle around without being obnoxious, Guitar Wankers never listen to whatever the rest of the band is doing. Guitar Wankers are always convinced of their own brilliance and talent. In truth, a Guitar Wanker lacks craft and taste, so they can only produce self-interested masturbatory noise.

Ace Frehley: I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.
Interviewer: Maybe you should have burned your guitar and learned to read notes, you Guitar Wanker.

by th3sp3c1al1st July 25, 2019

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guitar lick

A short musical pattern, played on guitar. It is shorter than a riff, made of one or two notes.

Dude, I love that little funk guitar lick with the wah-wah pedal in "Viscinity of Obscenity."

by Sc3n3Xc0r3 December 28, 2005

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Grit and Grind

A style of basketball that prioritizes getting steals and putting pressure on the ball handler when on defense and getting to the rim on offense. This was mostly popularized by the Memphis Grizzlies.

Guy 1: Hey, remember the old Memphis Grizzlies?
Guy 2: Yeah, I miss watching Zach Randolph and Tony Allen in their Grit and Grind style in the playoffs.

by LimitlessCapArtistHOF March 17, 2020

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