"Named" Guitars

RJB · January 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM

I was listening to some B.B. King the other day and I got to thinking about Lucille and then Roy's "Nancy". Which then lead to ...

Are there any other famous "named" guitars?

and..

Do any of you fellow members name your guitars?

cdobbs7977 · January 17th, 2006, 11:22 AM

I think my favorite famous named guitar would have to be Clarence White of course belonging to Marty Stuart.

Personally, I have to name my guitars. Number One (Yamaha Pacifica) is my only guitar without a lady's name.
Lindsay (Epi Nighthawk), Megan (partscaster), Jodie (Washburn acoustic), Samantha (Amer Deluxe Strat), Lizzie (Nashville Tele w/ Lace Sensors), Joey (Epi Joe Pass), Rosalita (Gretsch Sparkle 61RI), Rachael ('69 335), and Allyson (Nash Tele w/ Piezo). Haven't named my banjo or mando yet.

Aden · January 17th, 2006, 11:25 AM

The coup de grace.

BluesOwl · January 17th, 2006, 11:33 AM

My three named ones are:

"Red", "Creme", and "Babe, The Blue Ax"

I'm surprised you haven't heard of them. :D

cvansickle · January 17th, 2006, 11:47 AM

Famous ones include:

Clapton's "Blackie"
Albert King's "Lucy"
Jimmy Thackery's "Mergatroid"
Yngwie Malmsteen's "The Duck"
SRV's "Lenny"

I used to name mine, but I stopped doing that about 10 years ago. Six of my current 11 instruments have no name. My Les Paul is named "Snow Dog" and my Taylor acoustic is named "Woody." When I got my first mandolin, I named it "Arlo."

silenus · January 17th, 2006, 11:57 AM

Neil Young's "Ol' Black"
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) "Pearly Gates"
Keith Richards "Micawber"

P.S.: Hi, I'm new here

dogggone · January 17th, 2006, 12:58 PM

was the name of Jerry Garcia's guitar

OrovilleTim · January 17th, 2006, 11:57 PM

My tele is called Mavis. So far, the Alvarez, Blueridge, Pro-Tone Strat, and the new Telecoustic just haven't earned a name for themselves yet.

RockinCarl · January 18th, 2006, 12:00 AM

My #1 (Which I also call "#1" yeah I know, Creative) I call it "Redd" because it's Red, and because of Redd V. :)

franchelB · January 18th, 2006, 12:23 AM

Well, Les Paul named his Gibson guitar, "Les Paul". EVH has "5150", and Steve Vai has "Bad Horsie" and "Evo"...

My Telecaster is "Rachel", my Taylor 355CE is "Madeleine", and my Strat is "Caroline". I don't have names for my Taylor 410E, MTD Kingston, Takamine CD132sc, and my Kentucky A-style mandolin. My Les Paul DOESN'T deserve a nickname!

eryque · January 18th, 2006, 01:10 AM

My #1 became Ginger after a long email thread in which (old TDPRI-er) TBone and I anthropomorphized her into a trailer park queen/trashy diner waitress named Shirley. After she got to me I made her a little more sophisticated and she became Ginger. That's the only guitar I've ever really named, and it seemed so natural that it stuck.

I think of my Guild acoustic as "Amber" sometimes, but the guitar doesn't have as much personality as Ginger so I don't really use the name, and often don't even think of it.

FWIW, BB gets a new "Lucille" from Gibson every couple of years, and Albert called many guitars "Lucy." One of which was a gawdawful custom flying V with a carved top and sparkly pinky/purply paint job that looked like it would have been much more at home in the P-Funk band than at an Albert King gig. This was the guitar that his estate donated to the Chess Records museum at 2120 S. Michigan.

It was kind of like learning that there's no Santa Claus when I found out that BB gets new Lucilles. I always imagined him as the kind of guy that played one guitar that he was faithful to, until death do them part. I had to think real hard to figure out what guitar he was playing after he gave Lucille to the pope.

gergtreble · January 18th, 2006, 01:31 AM

My acoustic is called "Suzi". For reasons I wont go into.

Niether of my teles have names. Although I'm leaning towards "Suki" for my Hondo tele.

I think ill let my girlfrignd name my new build or name it after my girlfriend.... hmmmm

rcwb · January 18th, 2006, 02:50 AM

My first guitar (a Drive strat) is named Ellie

I havent had any inspiration to name my Yamaha SG700S yet...

olewichita · January 18th, 2006, 03:29 AM

i don't name my guitars... i never own many guitars anyway... but my trusty 54/56 jigsaw duo-jet is called fred the duo-jet... he's my buddy... has been for 15 years now... seen about half of the world with it... but it's semi-retired... i play my gvcg blackguard 99.9% of the time these days... tj

Fuzzyhead · January 18th, 2006, 03:59 AM

Bruce's old partscaster is called "the Esquire", "old lady" or just "my guitar". I call my guitar Leilani because of the decal of the hawaiian girl on the back...

Cat · January 18th, 2006, 04:03 AM

My White Tele is called "Grace" after Jeff Buckleys album of the same title, he was the reason I wanted a white tele in the first place.

I hear Yngwie Malmsteen calls his guitar Yngwie and kisses and spoons it at night! Just a rumour?

Cat

charlie chitlin · January 18th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cat

I hear Yngwie Malmsteen calls his guitar Yngwie and kisses and spoons it at night! Just a rumour?

Cat

That's hilarious.
A mirrored pickguard would complete the picture.
My beloved ES-125 TCD that I had to sell during my last bout with unemployment was Josephine, after the Bo Diddley song.

jammy · January 18th, 2006, 10:36 AM

I've only got one named guitar - that's my old battered ****ed-with Ibanez RG550.
It's called Archy.

Paul G. · January 18th, 2006, 11:13 AM

All my electrics have names:

Lester--Les Paul Standard
Goldie--Tokai Goldtop
Sonny--Sunburst Tele Custom
Red--Redburst ASAT Classic

Not creative, but much very concise.

Don't know why the Acoustics remain nameless.

P.

xStonr · January 18th, 2006, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogggone

was the name of Jerry Garcia's guitar

Jerry's guitars all had names. There was Alligator, Wolf, Rosebud, Tiger. I don't think he named them. I think either the luthier and/or the fans named his guitars.

Alligator

I named my Strat Sirius Black

guit145 · January 18th, 2006, 12:15 PM

I recall that Junior Brown calls his two guit-steels "Ol' Yeller" and "Big Red."

bender72 · January 18th, 2006, 03:52 PM

<----- That's "Frank", as in, "Frank the Plank"!

Fuzzyhead · January 18th, 2006, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xStonr

I named my Strat Sirius Black

Heehee... Pretty cool! Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.

Tele295 · January 18th, 2006, 06:43 PM

James Jamerson - The Funk Machine

Some of my guitars have names, some don't

0le FUZZY · January 18th, 2006, 09:13 PM

Onlee won of mine hassa name.

0le Richard (story here (click))

Of course there iss alwayz The OUTLAW

I dunn hadda mess of em but never named them Sept sum of em I called junk!

0le FUZZY

kp8 · January 19th, 2006, 04:47 AM

"this one over here"
"that one over there"
"dont trip over the broken one over in the corner, yo"
... etc.

or if i gotta i use colors..

"i think i am gonna bring the red tele", etc.

The thinline i call "the thinline"

They never talk back, and the never pick up the tab
and they don't do the dishes.

I don't give names cause they aint people (hee hee), tho i like them better than some people i can think of.

If my tele ever restrings itself, i will gladly give it a name.

-kp--

January 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
RJB TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ct Posts: 57	"Named" Guitars I was listening to some B.B. King the other day and I got to thinking about Lucille and then Roy's "Nancy". Which then lead to ... Are there any other famous "named" guitars? and.. Do any of you fellow members name your guitars?

January 17th, 2006, 11:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aden Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yorkshire, UK Age: 26 Posts: 146	I call my blackguard. The coup de grace. __________________ The messiah will come again.....

January 17th, 2006, 11:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
BluesOwl Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dexter, MI Posts: 573 48 Photos	Mine My three named ones are: "Red", "Creme", and "Babe, The Blue Ax" I'm surprised you haven't heard of them. :D __________________ BluesOwl

January 17th, 2006, 11:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
cvansickle Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 741 5 Photos	Famous ones include: Clapton's "Blackie" Albert King's "Lucy" Jimmy Thackery's "Mergatroid" Yngwie Malmsteen's "The Duck" SRV's "Lenny" I used to name mine, but I stopped doing that about 10 years ago. Six of my current 11 instruments have no name. My Les Paul is named "Snow Dog" and my Taylor acoustic is named "Woody." When I got my first mandolin, I named it "Arlo." __________________ Death Or Glory - Who Dares Wins!

January 17th, 2006, 12:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
dogggone Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: bflo ny Age: 50 Posts: 258	RoseBud.... was the name of Jerry Garcia's guitar

January 17th, 2006, 11:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
cdobbs7977 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 61 2 Photos	I think my favorite famous named guitar would have to be Clarence White of course belonging to Marty Stuart. Personally, I have to name my guitars. Number One (Yamaha Pacifica) is my only guitar without a lady's name. Lindsay (Epi Nighthawk), Megan (partscaster), Jodie (Washburn acoustic), Samantha (Amer Deluxe Strat), Lizzie (Nashville Tele w/ Lace Sensors), Joey (Epi Joe Pass), Rosalita (Gretsch Sparkle 61RI), Rachael ('69 335), and Allyson (Nash Tele w/ Piezo). Haven't named my banjo or mando yet.

January 17th, 2006, 11:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
silenus TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	Neil Young's "Ol' Black" Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) "Pearly Gates" Keith Richards "Micawber" P.S.: Hi, I'm new here

January 17th, 2006, 11:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
OrovilleTim Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lake Oroville, CA Age: 37 Posts: 554 19 Photos	My tele is called Mavis. So far, the Alvarez, Blueridge, Pro-Tone Strat, and the new Telecoustic just haven't earned a name for themselves yet.

January 18th, 2006, 12:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
RockinCarl Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,480	My #1 (Which I also call "#1" yeah I know, Creative) I call it "Redd" because it's Red, and because of Redd V. :)

January 18th, 2006, 12:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
franchelB Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irving, United States of Texas! Age: 43 Posts: 1,862	Well, Les Paul named his Gibson guitar, "Les Paul". EVH has "5150", and Steve Vai has "Bad Horsie" and "Evo"... My Telecaster is "Rachel", my Taylor 355CE is "Madeleine", and my Strat is "Caroline". I don't have names for my Taylor 410E, MTD Kingston, Takamine CD132sc, and my Kentucky A-style mandolin. My Les Paul DOESN'T deserve a nickname!

January 18th, 2006, 01:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 7,127 44 Photos	My #1 became Ginger after a long email thread in which (old TDPRI-er) TBone and I anthropomorphized her into a trailer park queen/trashy diner waitress named Shirley. After she got to me I made her a little more sophisticated and she became Ginger. That's the only guitar I've ever really named, and it seemed so natural that it stuck. I think of my Guild acoustic as "Amber" sometimes, but the guitar doesn't have as much personality as Ginger so I don't really use the name, and often don't even think of it. FWIW, BB gets a new "Lucille" from Gibson every couple of years, and Albert called many guitars "Lucy." One of which was a gawdawful custom flying V with a carved top and sparkly pinky/purply paint job that looked like it would have been much more at home in the P-Funk band than at an Albert King gig. This was the guitar that his estate donated to the Chess Records museum at 2120 S. Michigan. It was kind of like learning that there's no Santa Claus when I found out that BB gets new Lucilles. I always imagined him as the kind of guy that played one guitar that he was faithful to, until death do them part. I had to think real hard to figure out what guitar he was playing after he gave Lucille to the pope. __________________ my blog: eryque.blogspot.com Updated 9.17.08! Subscribe_____________________

January 18th, 2006, 01:31 AM	#12 (permalink)
gergtreble Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southport, UK Posts: 118	My acoustic is called "Suzi". For reasons I wont go into. Niether of my teles have names. Although I'm leaning towards "Suki" for my Hondo tele. I think ill let my girlfrignd name my new build or name it after my girlfriend.... hmmmm __________________ "Have a good time ALL the time." - Spinal Tap

January 18th, 2006, 02:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
rcwb TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Bay Area Posts: 21	My first guitar (a Drive strat) is named Ellie I havent had any inspiration to name my Yamaha SG700S yet...

January 18th, 2006, 03:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
olewichita Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: austin, tx Posts: 1,261	in general... i don't name my guitars... i never own many guitars anyway... but my trusty 54/56 jigsaw duo-jet is called fred the duo-jet... he's my buddy... has been for 15 years now... seen about half of the world with it... but it's semi-retired... i play my gvcg blackguard 99.9% of the time these days... tj

January 18th, 2006, 03:59 AM	#15 (permalink)
Fuzzyhead Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bonn (Yer-up) Age: 25 Posts: 1,350 23 Photos	Bruce's old partscaster is called "the Esquire", "old lady" or just "my guitar". I call my guitar Leilani because of the decal of the hawaiian girl on the back... __________________ about me: blog, photos & musical preferences

January 18th, 2006, 04:03 AM	#16 (permalink)
Cat Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 378	My White Tele is called "Grace" after Jeff Buckleys album of the same title, he was the reason I wanted a white tele in the first place. I hear Yngwie Malmsteen calls his guitar Yngwie and kisses and spoons it at night! Just a rumour? Cat __________________ No Telecasters = No Led Zeppelin, No Springsteen, No Jeff Buckley, No Eric Clapton, No Nothing. Long live the TELECASTER

January 18th, 2006, 10:36 AM	#18 (permalink)
jammy Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St Helens. Nr Liverpool, UK Posts: 128	I've only got one named guitar - that's my old battered ****ed-with Ibanez RG550. It's called Archy.

January 18th, 2006, 11:13 AM	#19 (permalink)
Paul G. Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 885	Don't know any more famous ones. All my electrics have names: Lester--Les Paul Standard Goldie--Tokai Goldtop Sonny--Sunburst Tele Custom Red--Redburst ASAT Classic Not creative, but much very concise. Don't know why the Acoustics remain nameless. P. __________________ Listen to your mother

January 18th, 2006, 12:15 PM	#21 (permalink)
guit145 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Madera, CA Age: 30 Posts: 309	I recall that Junior Brown calls his two guit-steels "Ol' Yeller" and "Big Red." __________________ Ben

January 18th, 2006, 03:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
bender72 Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ND, USA Posts: 547 1 Photos	<----- That's "Frank", as in, "Frank the Plank"! __________________ "Don't sweat the pety things, pet the sweaty things."

January 18th, 2006, 06:43 PM	#24 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,403 14 Photos	James Jamerson - The Funk Machine Some of my guitars have names, some don't __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

January 18th, 2006, 09:13 PM	#25 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	Onlee won of mine hassa name. 0le Richard (story here (click)) Of course there iss alwayz The OUTLAW I dunn hadda mess of em but never named them Sept sum of em I called junk! 0le FUZZY

January 19th, 2006, 04:47 AM	#26 (permalink)
kp8 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,817	"this one over here" "that one over there" "dont trip over the broken one over in the corner, yo" ... etc. or if i gotta i use colors.. "i think i am gonna bring the red tele", etc. The thinline i call "the thinline" They never talk back, and the never pick up the tab and they don't do the dishes. I don't give names cause they aint people (hee hee), tho i like them better than some people i can think of. If my tele ever restrings itself, i will gladly give it a name. -kp--