brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 How many of you name your guitars? If you do, why, and how did you come up with the name(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Usually after my favourite stripper or porn star ... ;-) And there's a few of those in the Czech Republic ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Haven't named mine as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 You can see the names of my guitars in my signiture below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilac Lion Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My Stratocaster is Frosty. It's white, pretty and I think sounds pretty cool. My Blueridge is Maggie after the song Maggie Mae. It's the guitar that sucked me into playing regularly. It aggravated me at times but I kept coming back for more. It's also got mahogany back and sides. and the newest one, the J-45 I call Trigger. It's the guitar I always wanted and it just took me forever to "pull the trigger" and get one. I used to have an old 68 Epi that I just called "the hog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Well I'll confess I called my Hummingbird Akhenaten for a time while I was in an ancient Egypt phase (the sunburst on the guitar does have a bit of a Sun God look) but it felt silly to me so now it's just "guitar". People have names, dogs & cats have names......and some of those will even come when you call to them. Guitars never come when called......they just lay there. Now pick one up and strike it.....that's a call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Krunch Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Bettie Page.... My black Les Paul is Bettie Page. The black reminds of Bettie's jet black hair, the curves remind me of Bettie, the sweet sound reminds me of Bettie. Also...I cant keep my hands of of it, which if Bettie were here(in her younger days of course) I wouldn't keep my hands of her either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Bettie Page.... My black Les Paul is Bettie Page. The black reminds of Bettie's jet black hair, the curves remind me of Bettie, the sweet sound reminds me of Bettie. Also...I cant keep my hands of of it, which if Bettie were here(in her younger days of course) I wouldn't keep my hands of her either! Kaptain Krunch, this is a whole theme for a song!!! Love this, man! What you got left - old hands touching a beautiful black guitar... Should it be sad or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I want to name all my Gibson acoustics, but I cant settle on any names right now. I know I want an appropriate name for my J45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonics101 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I got THREE names for all my guitars. THIS ONE (that's the one i currently have in my hand and am playing) THAT ONE (that's the one i am NOT playing and is either on my guitar stand or in my case) and then theirs SHERYL Harmonics101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I name all my guitars after attractive women I've met throughout my life. But, I've never named one after a woman I dated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I name all my guitars after attractive women I've met throughout my life. But, I've never named one after a woman I dated. Smart man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Never gave them a name - although I did measure them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Mine are all named. Magic is named because I completely fell in love with the tone of that guitar while it hung on the wall at the shop. I pined for weeks until I finally got it. Lily is named after a character in ELH's song Red Dirt Girl. Jonathan is the name of my Seagull guitar (Jonathan Seagull). Elmo..... I have no idea why I called the Epi Elmo. He's a bit smaller and it just fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music4love Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I named my Hummingbird "HONEY" because of the sweet honey tone and the honey burst finish. I also found it fitting as a true term of endearment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I named my Hummingbird "HONEY" because of the sweet honey tone and the honey burst finish. I also found it fitting as a true term of endearment. Great name for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I want to name my J45, but to me, it just cant be some random name. It has to have meaning from an experience, or certain person, or whatever. It has to be more personal to me to really give it a good name. Much like you guys have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I would love the name to have a story behind it. That would be cool. So if anyone asked why did you name it that name, I could say well, because, blah blah blah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardmodskin Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 not very original, but i call my Gretsch anniversary guitar "Gretschen" sometimes. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishoaknc Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 My Hummingbird I named "Me Bessie" after my Beautiful Wife {a Sappony Indian} They both Look & Sound Beautiful My other Guitars have not been with me long enough to get a name {They have to earn it} 'Enjoy that Gibson' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Guy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 My new Gibson Southern Jumbo = SJ = Sarah-Jane. Had to be a girl 'cos she's sooooo pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Sampson & Delilah! My SongBird is Sampson 'cause of the big and strong rosewood tone, while my SJTV is Delilah for her sweet, soft and dark tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I sometimes call my '48 J-45 "Jackson", because I bought her for $50 in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1966. My cherry '59 Historic ES 335 is called "The Unicorn", because Gibson theoretically did not build any cherry ES 335's in 1959. No names for my other guitars, although I sometimes think of my '68 ES 335-12 as "The Chestnut Mare" after the wonderful McGuinn riff on the Ric 12 in that particular Byrds' tune. Suppose I could have called her "Eight Miles High" or "It Won't Be Wrong", but those don't really sound like proper names for a lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman_Greg Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Not very original I know, but... J45 Strat Tele J-Bass etc... etc... is as far as I have got with this and I might add a colour as well, black / white for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have Matt Sear to thank for naming this one. After I posted a soundclip of my 1940's G-J, Matt described her tone as "jangly" so, naturally, she became known as 'Djangly'... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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