Naming Guitars

[Karloff]

I'm betting this thread has already been, if so, i apologize.

 

anyone out there name their guitars ? just wondering.

[BobF_]

I'm betting this thread has already been, if so, i apologize.

 

anyone out there name their guitars ? just wondering.

 

My wife named my Beauty 'B*t*h' :)

[L5Larry]

Only one of my guitars has a name. It's written right on the face of the headstock, "Les Paul".

[NHTom]

Definitely,

 

Marge

Sheila (Dirty Sheila)

Tracii

Lois

Wilma

 

Like a boat........got to have a name

 

NHTom

[quapman]

I never really have.

 

I just call them what they are.

 

My Hamer

My Other Hamer

My Paul

My Tak

My Yammy

My Cheap Squire Strat

 

Although,,, mmm,, now that you mention it,, my J-45 has been called "My Precious" a few times.

 

But no,, not really.

[zigzag]

I named my bicycle when I was eight.

[kidblast]

such silliness I say...

 

I have a hard enough time trying to name a puppy..

[daveinspain]

I just have 2 quitars with a name they share. I call my 2 Blueshawks the Evil Twins. One is red and one is black, separately they nice guitars but put them together and they are evil. :unsure:

[krock]

My sister names all my gear (as well as her belongings. i think its too sentimental) because she cant remember model names and it makes conversing about music easier. I have Keeley, Francesca, Lucy, Blackie and Tango

[buffalob]

The Epi Casino I am working on is Maxine (for a delta madam that would own a pearl handled revolver willed to her by a pimp named Charles).

My Ebony Gibby Blueshawk is Mr Mojo.

The others? well, they are the others................

[Karloff]

My Les Paul Classic is named "Dawn" after my wife

My PRS Custom 24 is named ":Double D" again in honor of my wife, lol

My Les Paul Standard is "Boris" (thats a surprise huh ?)

and my Les Paul Special is "Bela"

 

My '72 Strat is just "my Strat"

[krock]

The Epi Casino I am working on is Maxine

 

I used to have a guitar called Maxine. Someone loved her more than I did so she got sold

[davidl]

Yup,

 

Ruby

Mabel

Amber

Madison

J.J.

Pearl

Ginger

Gina

Ken

 

I know its silly. I think I get this from my wife. As someone else mentioned, she has no idea how to refer to them by brand or model. We seem to have names for lots of things around the house.

[duane v]

Yep...

 

all my guitars are named after EX girlfriends

[pippy]

Only my LP's. And that came about by accident.

 

When I bought my R0 my daughter was at the 'Everything Must Have a Name' stage - about 4? - and she wanted to name it "Shere Khan" after the tiger in Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'.

I said I thought that was too regal a name and could she think of something more 'Normal'.

We were having breakfast at the time and she likened the top of the R0 to the contents of the pot of marmalade she was busy emptying over her toast..........

'Marmalade' she has been ever since.

 

The next LP I bought "needed" (apparently) a name, too.

We kept the naming in the breakfast condiment mood and, as she was finished in Vintage Sunburst, she became 'Treacle'.

The Honey Sunburst? I bet you are ahead of me already.

Finally the HCSB was called 'Jam'.

 

I can hardly believe there are members who have yet to see my snaps but, if there are any newbies, here they are (yet again) in post #3 and post #50 (better snaps).

http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/103767-took-my-guitars-outside-on-a-nice-day/

 

P.

[IanHenry]

My ES335 is called Big Red (aren't they all?) I stole the name off Alvin Lee but have since found out that's what Warren Haynes calls his.

 

Ian

['Scales]

'The yellow one' (actually natural]

'The brown one' (actually sunburst)

 

... so I guess not.

[Stu-bud]

I have always named my cars; this is Blanche (1976 BMW 2002, Chamonix White). My daily driver.

 

[quapman]

1976 BMW 2002, Chamonix White

 

 

Wow,, that looks to be in very fine condition.

 

I like.

[capmaster]

I have always named my cars; this is Blanche (1976 BMW 2002, Chamonix White). My daily driver.

 

Wow, that is an awesome one. Looks darn fantastic for being thirty-eight years old.

 

By the way, how often did you have to name a car up to now?

[jdgm]

I have always named my cars; this is Blanche (1976 BMW 2002, Chamonix White). My daily driver.

 

 

 

Very very nice indeed; I had 2 BMW Tourers (hatchbacks) one after the other in the 80s - the 1st was a maroon 2002 Touring, a fantastic car.

After that I got a left hand drive 1802 Touring in white like your one, which was again a wonderful machine; accelerate and the back goes down - boy do they go like s**t off a shovel - I would have loved to own a 2002 Tii, the fuel-injected one.

In those days I could do all the basic maintenance on them, changed starter motors etc. They still come up for restoration on eBay but need love and a bit of money.

Great for gear; I got an entire jazz trio including 2 amps and an upright bass in mine regularly!! But I drove the white one into the ground...and these days I stick to the limit.

God those things were fantastic....I got hassled from time to time by boy racers who didn't like seeing German machinery on English roads. And the badges got nicked by Beastie Boy fanboy idiots.

Beautiful car!

[Tman]

My LP - The Professor

My J45 - Mary Ann

My other guitars - "and the rest."

 

I'm trying to right a wrong that was done many years ago.

[MrNylon]

"Ice Angel" "Electric Lady" "Windy"

[Karloff]

My LP - The Professor

My J45 - Mary Ann

My other guitars - "and the rest."

 

I'm trying to right a wrong that was done many years ago.

 

LOL ! man thats funny ...

[btoth76]

Hello!

 

The LP Classic Custom is "Simona".

The Goldtop is "Athene".

The Recording is "Brigitta".

The L6-S is "Hilda".

 

All were named according to the name-days of the date they were stamped with the serial number.

 

The Tele is named "TeleBuster" - no built date available, so I named it after it's brutal heavy-metal sound character.

 

Cheers... Bence