L.A. SPEAK : GUITAR CENTER RIFFS

spinning adj . beyond busy. Customers lined yp, phones ringing. “Somebody page Marty to the drum room. The noon rush showed up and we’re spinning .”

* fluffed adj . when a store’s interior has been decked out with promotional displays--microphones standing in formation, a pyramid of guitar cases.

* meltdown n . annual midwinter sale. “I think I’ll wait for the meltdown to score my Les Paul.”

* dweeber n . novice musician making a show of testing out equipment.

* straight n . vintage guitar in original factory condition. Ant . Frankenstein.

* jazz box n . hollow-body electric guitar favored by jazz players.