Quarter Pound(er)

[Guest MoJo]

Quarter Pounder (below)

Quarter Pound (no 'er') (below)

For those who seem unable to differentiate

😉

 

[TheGreek]

Easy to differentiate - the top one is actually a Quarter Pounder with cheese.

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 11, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Newfoundfreedom]

I need to get some of those for my McBass.

[BillyBass]

Do Seymour Duncan do Big Macs?

[Killed_by_Death]

 

They got their name from the 1/4" pole pieces, I'd never noticed there's no ER on the end, because everyone puts it there.

 

[mikel]

They are both quarter pounders. The burger cos its based, or was, on a quarter pound of meat. The pickups for obvious reasons. They can both be termed quarter pounders as if you have one of either you are unlikely to say "I have a quarter pound". The answer would be, a quarter pound what?

[Killed_by_Death]

 

I'm more pedantic than most, which has caused me a load of grief as I get older & more obsessive-compulsive, but this one isn't as bad as guitar-players constantly referring to their vibrato bridges as tremolos, or bass-players saying 'steel' when they are referring to STAINLESS steel strings. All strings designed for magnetic pickups are steel, but not all are stainless.

 

Edited February 16, 2021 by Killed_by_Death
spelling: stainless

[Nail Soup]

3 hours ago, mikel said:

They are both quarter pounders. The burger cos its based, or was, on a quarter pound of meat. The pickups for obvious reasons

Err, what is (are) the obvious reason(s)?

[Lloyd80]

I'm now craving a Maccy Ds 😂

[Beedster]

9 minutes ago, Lloyd80 said:

I'm now craving a Maccy Ds 😂

Likewise

[Maude]

I have a Precision bass guitar with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup. 

I have a P bass with a Quarter Pounder. 

One of the above makes you sound like a tool, you choose which one. 😉

 

[MartinB]

14 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Err, what is (are) the obvious reason(s)?

[TheGreek]

JOOI does anybody know how much these weigh?

[Maude]

When I bought my Quarter Pound pickup there was a good second hand one for sale. The bloke said he only wanted a tenner for it, so I told him I didn't understand what he meant and bought a new one instead. 😉

Another thought as pedantry runs strong in this thread, is it 'a Precision pickup', or 'a set/pair of Precision pickups', as there's two of them? 

 

[SH73]

Both are beefy!

[Maude]

4 minutes ago, SH73 said:

Both are beefy!

I've heard that vegan quarter pounders lack heft. 

[SH73]

4 minutes ago, Maude said:

I've heard that vegan quarter pounders lack heft. 

This is getting cheesy

[Maude]

19 minutes ago, SH73 said:

This is getting cheesy

It is a bit quorny. 

[dannybuoy]

3 hours ago, Killed_by_Death said:

All strings designed for magnetic pickups are steel, but not all are stainless.

You can get pure nickel strings, e.g. Pyramid Gold flats.

[SH73]

15 minutes ago, Maude said:

It is a bit quorny. 

Are you having a beef with me?

[Maude]

1 minute ago, SH73 said:

Are you having a beef with me?

No, burger off! 😄

[Lozz196]

Someone’s gonna get hambushed by this thread

[SH73]

1 minute ago, Maude said:

No, burger off! 😄

Ok, ketchup next time

[TheGreek]

Can we have less of your sauce!!