Spike Vincent Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I always assumed "Chops" was an Amerikanism and therefore to be disregarded as an expression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 You know the bits in between the groove, they are chops. For me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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