surfpup Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I am tempted to name my Fingerbone strat 'Stinker'. Although I have scrubbed & scented it a few times it still has a slight but definite tobacco smell. I have since given it a couple of rubdowns with vinegar. Leave it out in the sun a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 I am tempted to name my Fingerbone strat 'Stinker'. Although I have scrubbed & scented it a few times it still has a slight but definite tobacco smell. A guitar that stinks of tobacco smoke is as it should be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Leave it out in the sun a while. I had not thought of that. Unlike your sunny climate, I might have to wait quite a while for any sun in Hampshire uk I'll try it though. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I name my cars but not my guitars I think of each as part of my reach And as a whole, they're part of my soul I don't name musical gear you see Because they are an extension of me. Insights, incites and bad rhymes by Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Karloff: aww :) Gorgeous dogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Karloff: aww :) Gorgeous dogs! Thanks Pinch. they're my babies. Love Boxers. they're silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I don't "name" my guitars. But I have a Tobacco Burst and Gold Top Les Paul. Sometimes I refer to them as Brownie or Blondie just for brevity sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 No. I don't name my shoes either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 No. I don't name my shoes either. I do. Always. One's 'Left' and the other's 'Right'. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Forrest Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 No I don't name mine. It never crossed my mind to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffytune Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Naming an inanimate object serves no purpose...........but it can be fun. I have a name for my Harley, my wife names every car she has had "Betsy" but guitars not so much. Until my latest acquisition, my white Les Paul studio I have named Angel, because it is white w/gold hardware and she has a the voice of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I have named a few of mine.........but not all. Some I just refer to by what they are......Fender American Select with Blackwood top just becomes "The blackwood" Double Cut Special is the "double cut", etc...... A few have earned names though.......... I have a capri orange strat with cream pearl pickguard.......begged to be called the "creamsicle" My Les Paul Studio Gem......Dirty Sheila.....not sure why, it just fits and my R8 Lemonburst.......I really wanted a Collector's Choice Keith Nelson "Louis" burst, but way out of my price range, so my lemon R8 is Lois.....close enough, and like boats, they should be girls names I can see where a professional big time musician would actually name them just to speed up and simplify things with their guitar tech. "tonight I want to use blackie on Layla" that sort of stuff. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1516634181[/url]' post='1911515']I do. Always. One's 'Left' and the other's 'Right'. Pip. WOW, what a coincidence...I named mine the same thing! Left & Right. I gave you a plus for that one Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Nope, no names here either. The LP was just "the Gibbo", but now I have more than one Gibson, it's The Les Paul and the ES335 is just the ES. Telecaster is the Tele funnily enough.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 That one. This one? No, that one. Ok. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I've decided to name my Tribute "the 2017 Tribute that I bought with a bunch of money I had, money I decided to spend on the guitar in question". Or "Malnutrition". Most people don't justify buying a guitar when they're broke with "it'll be like an adventure". It's what separates the men from the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Malnutrition. That's good. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Joking aside, you can live on very little if you put your mind to it. Butchers sell cheap scraps of grade-A meat that'll do you for protein - just ask (and make sure they sell it cheap because it was cut wrong, not because it's BSE concentrate). Pasta costs next to nothing. And thanks to modern science, we no longer need to ingest vile weeds for vitamins. I also advocate making your own wine. You'd think you could do without, but from time to time you go, Al Bundy-style, "Oh God, look at my life", and you'll find it comes in handy. Plus, a bottle of rotgut wine is five bucks here in Sweden, and that's a good three-four bucks in taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Color... White Strat, black Strat, red Strat. Gold Tele, Butterscotch Tele Or pickups if they are the same color... P90 SG, humbucker SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 No. My instruments, guitars, saxes, etc., are extensions of me, not individual entities. I am 'one with my instruments'. But if I want to refer to one, I'll call it by brand and/or model. I name my cars because they seem to have a mind of their own, but my instruments are like gloves. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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