Do you still 'Name' your guitars?

[V-Man 809]

Do you still have a 'pet name' for your guitar?

And is it transferrable?

I'll kick off, my AmSeries is called Lutine (a female imp amongst other meanings).

[Cygnus]

No, never

[simonc]

Yeah I have an Am Std named Selma, the MIM std is pattty - both are sunburst.

Im really really wishing I get a mandolin this christmas....I already have the name - Maggie....

[thekillingjoke]

Ay, I name my guitars if I love them. Always.

Am Deluxe Telecaster - Mit
Partscaster Stratocaster - Blizzy
Gibson Dual Pickup Melody Maker - Reverend Jesse
Gibson Vintage Mahogany Les Paul - Harley

[superchicken_VI]

The pretty jumbo-bodied blonde Alvarez 12 string? Allie
My old Framus nylon string with a cracked-up head? Amy
Sunburst Hwy 1 Strat? Sunny

They're not all named, but a few of them begged for it.

[Stevie 202]

Of Course! I love 'em!

98 AmStd Hardtail Strat = 'Melody'
72-73(?) Gibson SG Std = 'Lucy'
84 Gibson J-25 acoustic = 'Miz Jayne'
69 Telecaster = 'Lil'
99 MIM Std Telecaster, heavily modded = 'Blacquita'
90s Squire Jazz bass = not named yet, still thinkin'

[Lathem]

I don't assign names to inanimate objects.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Rombel]

I didn't for the longest time, figuring that

a) they already had names, like Tele, LP, etc.
b) they wouldn't come running even if I yelled at them, so why bother

But I decided to christen my main workers a few years back. The Tele is called Mona, and I'm still working on a name for my recently gold-sparkled Hamer. It was formerly known as Black Betty, but I'm leaning towards Whoopee. The Larrivée is cleverly referred to as Larrivée.

The other acoustics and Strats remain nameless.

[maestrovert]

i generally name 'em after their colour(s), ie; Blondie, Red, Ol' Blue etc....

[Telenator]

I dunno. It's kinda like you wife or girlfriend naming your,......... uh,........ yeah.

[jkingma]

I've never named a guitar that I've owned or that I've built. I've had 1 customer name a guitar that I built for him. It was a Blackguard and he called it Roy.

[Twang Man]

yeah of course I do...

This is 'Trigger'...





she's ma baby...

[TelZilla]

Wel, the real Telzilla is a modified MIM James Burton, but I probably call it "the tele" more than "TelZilla".

Other than that, no.

[Loco]

Sadly yes...

For instance:


Top to bottom: Daphne, Pink, Bluey and Snowy (Arctic White - geddit?)

My Telecaster is called Leona, I own a Jag Stang named Courtney (after Kurt's Mrs) and I have a Les Paul called Lesley. I won't bore you or anyone else with the others just now!

[mickeydean]

i don't name them unless the club i am playing in catches fire and i run back in to rescue my guitar and find out later what the lady's name is that started the fight which led to the fire in the first place.

i just think of them as companions on the road to hell.

[shoretyus]

I built six Tele's last year and they all received girls names except one and it was called Spalty

[hazelcon01]

SRV Strat = Bess
Dean Accoustic = Claudine
1982ish Westone Phoenix Bass = Freenix(she was given to me)
Applause Beater Accooustic= Stinky

I have more but those are the only ones who have earned names.

[bowlfreshener]

Yes, I do. Theres:
Crookie Monster
Damien 666
Jager-Master
Dirty Women
Voodoo Action
Black Panther
Black Cat
Hessian
Ashley
Pearl
Voodoo '52
Cherry Bomb
Jackalope
13
....and a new V that has yet to be named....

[chet]

My new Paisley is called "Pinky".

[Dan German]

Originally Posted by Rombel

I didn't for the longest time, figuring that


b) they wouldn't come running even if I yelled at them, so why bother

Makes sense, but then I name my cats, and guitars would be more likely to listen to me than they do.

Oddly, while I have been known to name cars and motorcycles, it has never occurred to me to name guitars. I wonder why?

[bowman]

I just refer to mine as "the black one", "the gold one" , "the Ric", "the 12", and so on...

[Tim73]

I've always liked the idea but it never sticks so the Esquire gets called "The Esquire" and the thinline gets called "The thinline" etc

[pengipete]

I bumped into an old playing friend who I hadn't seen for ten years and when he asked "How's Marilyn?" and I had to tell him that she'd had surgery and had gone from blonde to green and had a new neck cos I treated her so rough.

We got some strange looks from other people in the pub.

[manfesto]

Absolutely yes, I still name my instruments (I also name my computers - I'm typing this from Hannelore right now!).

Bubbles - Fender Cyclone w/SD Invader and Dial-a-tap wiring
Mina - Schecter C/SH-1 Semi-hollow
Jane - Danelectro DC59 RI
Caitlin - Oscar Schmidt OE-30 w/Kent Armstrong P-90 and GFS Retrotron Nashville
Daphne - Squier Bullet w/GFS Texas Alnicos
Heather - Yamaha SBV500 Bass
Ilse - my ol' Strativarious copy Violin

And I just got a new Strat a few days ago that I haven't gotten around to naming yet (I'm considering Esme, from one of my favorite Salinger stories). I've been considering starting a thread asking for help on that :)

I always name my instruments, and I tend to name them after strong female characters (not always though). I mostly cite two reasons:

1) In the military, it used to be customary to name your rifle. In a way, I like to think of it as officially declaring my guitars my "weapons" of choice.
2) I've always found the plight of women to be most inspiring. Ironically, in most significant social movements fighting for civil equality, women still had a hard time achieving positions of power in these movements. That's a whole 'nother discussion, though.

[Legba]

Named three of many, I think there are around 15-20.
My #1 Tele is Legba
A MIM tele I keep at work is Mona Morada
and the Gibson LP is Kena (my granddaughter)

The rest do not have names?

[rextasy]

I do, if a name comes to me. My Tele is "Ol' Jim," due in part to the Jim Reed Chevrolet sticker I slapped on 'im. None of my others have inspired names yet.

[holndav]

Originally Posted by hazelcon01

Applause Beater Accooustic= Stinky

That's funny.

[tboy]

Darn! I never have, but now I gotta get em all out and tag em. There goes the day

[Moonrider]

I don't have to GIVE them names, they'll TELL me what their names are when they're ready.

[ddewerd]

nope, never have

But I only have one Tele (a '63 that I've had for 35+ years), so it's just "my Tele"

I have several other guitars, but they're all different, so I just call them by the manufacturer or model (the Carvin, the 12-string, the Strat, the Washburn, etc.)

pretty boring, I know...

Cheers,
Doug

[Rombel]

It's not boring, Doug, it's safe.

I should use that system for my girlfriends.
The blonde, the redhead, the brunette, etc.

[Rooney]

I don't even name my fish and I've had one for 4 years.

[TeleDrifter]

Own many but Sylvia is my little Stencil acoustic I paid $10.00 for out of the back of a van. Sylvia is stenciled on the headstock...No name for all the others

[pengipete]

Originally Posted by Rooney

I don't even name my fish and I've had one for 4 years.

You just need to scrape off the ice and the name is on the packet.

[Rombel]

Pfffrttrttt.

Who'd want to name his pet fish Highliner?

[LGOberean]

I don't assign names to inanimate objects.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Mark

+1

they wouldn't come running even if I yelled at them, so why bother
Rombel

Makes sense to me. I've never named my guitars.

Although I did have a buddy many years ago that named his classical "Sweetheart." He had been engaged and subsequently dumped twice when he bought the guitar, and picked the moniker "Sweetheart" because, in his words, "I figure she's the only thing of that shape that I'm ever gonna get my arms around!"

[cwomack06]

Ahh,

Gibson Vintage Mahogany Les Paul- Dean
MIM Tele (modded)- Sal

named after the protagonist, Salvadore Paradise, and his muse, Dean Moriarty, from one of the greatest books ever written- "On the Road"

Peace,

[rextasy]

Originally Posted by cwomack06

Ahh,

Gibson Vintage Mahogany Les Paul- Dean
MIM Tele (modded)- Sal

named after the protagonist, Salvadore Paradise, and his muse, Dean Moriarty, from one of the greatest books ever written- "On the Road"

Peace,

Good call. Maybe I should name my acoustic Cassady.

[T.C. Madison]

Originally Posted by simonc

Yeah I have an Am Std named Selma, the MIM std is pattty - both are sunburst.

Im really really wishing I get a mandolin this christmas....I already have the name - Maggie....

simpson fan ha?
me too :D
my turtle is maggie :D
and yes i have one guitar and she doesnt have a name :D yet :D

[rextasy]

Originally Posted by T.C. Madison

simpson fan ha?
me too :D
my turtle is maggie :D
and yes i have one guitar and she doesnt have a name :D yet :D

My iguana's name is Johnny (even though he turned out to be a she), after the Johnny Rotten-ish spikes on her back.
My boa's named Annabel (mom named her while watching a Corman EA Poe adaptation).
Good names just suggest themselves, if they come at all.