What constitutes 'chops'?

[Spike Vincent]

I always assumed "Chops" was an Amerikanism and therefore to be disregarded as an expression.

[witterth]

Dosen't "chops" go along with such antiquated terms as "gear" "love and peace(Ringo style)"
"cool" "hip" "dig" "daddio" "square" all that stuff that people who wish to identify themselves
"musos" ( oh,theres another one) in general , Idly thrown into conversation to Identify themselves as proper musicians....they probably call their mates or people they play in bands with as "cats " too
gahh!

Edited May 28, 2011 by witterth

[lowdown]

[quote name='witterth' post='1247840' date='May 28 2011, 01:55 AM']Dosen't "chops" go along with such antiquated terms as "gear" "love and peace(Ringo style)"
"cool" "hip" "dig" "daddio" "square" all that stuff that people who wish to identify themselves
"musos" ( oh,theres another one) in general , Idly thrown into conversation to Identify themselves as proper musicians....they probably call their mates or people they play in bands with as "cats " too
gahh![/quote]


You have missed out 'he's a good groover, got great chops and knows all the changes'



Garry

[Ross]

You know the bits in between the groove, they are chops.
For me anyway.