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Diminished chords are a nightmare. What the fuck is a bb7? Just say you mean 6.

Diminished chord = 1 b3 and b5, right? So far so easy.

Dim7 = 1 b3 b5 and bb7.

Sooooo... 1 b3 b5 and 6.

I want to learn chord substitutions btw, that's why I'm reading this stuff in the first place.

Mx. Amber Age

Nobody:

Jazz guitarists: as you know you can substitute an E7b9 for E, and then you can substitute Bdim7, Ddim7, Fdim7 or G#dim7 for that.

Me: