What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? - Page 2

vintageJIM · 04-26-2011, 03:03 PM

all of my guitars are MIJ

& I typically give all of my guitars a name

my most recent purchase is slightly different, which I won't go into

but the difference does have a bearing on the name I chose

meet 'Rad'

................. an extremely rare Bacchus BLS-54 GO

.............

KP · 04-26-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by a Mad Cow

Any story behind this name?

Why yes. It is quite complicated. I named it "The Strat" because it is a Fender Stratocaster. I used the same principle when I named my hammers: Big One, Little One, Ballpeen and Tack.

longan · 04-26-2011, 03:04 PM

I have an Epi Sg GX thats called roseanna because of a chris De bugh song called 'lady in red' and his daughter (who won Miss World) is called roseanna

I also have a strat copy that I'm in the process of re-naming as it went through a lot of modding lately and its old name (burny) doesn't suit it anymore.
It has a tortoise scratch-plate and two cream buckers and a white single in a HSH form. The body is in black. Any ideas for a name?

colchar · 04-26-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by viva_la_punk

Sue is the name of my epi les paul. Sexy red and nice curves...I think it suits

Should've named her Jessica after Jessica Rabbit.

colchar · 04-26-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by longan

I have an Epi Sg GX thats called roseanna because of a chris De bugh song called 'lady in red' and his daughter (who won Miss World) is called roseanna

She is gorgeous, and I do mean gorgeous.

Anyone who doesn't believe me just needs to google images of Rosanna Davison (I won't bother posting pictures so as not to derail the thread).

cooljuk · 04-26-2011, 03:10 PM

The purple one
The V
That old Explorer
The R9
The Trad (I do call this my LP Untraditional jokingly as I've removed most everything that wasn't glued on or finished over)
The white Strat
The black Tele
The old Jazz Bass
That one over there, and so on...

Greg's Guitars · 04-26-2011, 03:12 PM

Lets see...
1953 martin 00028 I named "Priscilla"
My keeper "Grammer" guitar ,Highly figured and flamed maple blonde I named "marylin"
Named another "Snuffy"
Had an older Charvel once I called "Carmel"
My old beat up white Stratocaster I refer to as "Tye"
One of my 52 Les Pauls that I will probably keep I lovingly refer to as "Lilly"
That's about it as I can not get to attached to my "Girls" as I do buy to resell....with exceptions of course.

Redstone · 04-26-2011, 03:36 PM

Uh.....I call my accoustic guitar...."guitar"
I call my wine red LP apple...
when I walk in my room I always go "hey, hey apple!"

KSG_Standard · 04-26-2011, 03:46 PM

YouTube - The Annoying Orange

Tim Fezziwig · 04-26-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LarsK

Off topic: I need to see that cat that responds to anything...

Sometimes I wonder why our cats have names..you call them..they don't care.

I have a "super' cat. The day we brought him home. He did everything right. His eyes were barely open and he cleaned himself and used the litter-box w/ no prompting

He waits for me at the top of the stairs and walks me to the door every morning. He comes when you call his name(Sabu after great ECW wrestler). He is a genius of a cat! He also has great taste in music. He loves Iggy,Coltrane,MC5,Miles...........

napsak · 04-26-2011, 04:22 PM

My white strat is Consuela because she's a Mexican.
My epi Dot is plain Dot.
my les paul is Lester after the greatest picker to have a guitar named after him.
My silverburst custom paul is undecided at the moment so I'm open for suggestions.
The old Squier that was my very first is Blackie after E.C.'s old faithful.

Daniel · 04-26-2011, 04:27 PM

All named for my kids... Bought an LP for each of their birth dates and had them inlaid with their name (for the first three kids... I had money to burn then).

I'm working on scrounging up a 2008 Standard for little Liam.

EasyAce · 04-26-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KP

Why yes. It is quite complicated. I named it "The Strat" because it is a Fender Stratocaster. I used the same principle when I named my hammers: Big One, Little One, Ballpeen and Tack.

What? No claw? No jack?

LarsK · 04-26-2011, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by napsak

..My silverburst custom paul is undecided at the moment so I'm open for suggestions..

Tin Man!

broke_player · 04-26-2011, 05:25 PM

I call my Jr = the Jr
My Studio = the Studio
My Gold Top Trad = the Gold Top

Not very original I suppose.

Redstone · 04-26-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

YouTube - The Annoying Orange

nailed it man!

Redstone · 04-26-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Fezziwig

I have a "super' cat. The day we brought him home. He did everything right. His eyes were barely open and he cleaned himself and used the litter-box w/ no prompting

He waits for me at the top of the stairs and walks me to the door every morning. He comes when you call his name(Sabu after great ECW wrestler). He is a genius of a cat! He also has great taste in music. He loves Iggy,Coltrane,MC5,Miles...........

My dog LOVES Hendrix and Jimmy Page
My cat hates anything that I love...but shes cool

napsak · 04-26-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LarsK

Tin Man!

Thanks LarsK.Tin Man it shall be.I'm expecting it to arrive sometime next week.I'm always excited when it's NGD and the name should fit it to a T

P.S.
Because you named it,It will be special.Plus it's a Custom LP

duck2k · 04-26-2011, 06:15 PM

Great topic!

As you can see by my signature, the list of my guitars and their names. Here are the reasons:

2010 R9 - "Miss Amy" (or "Flamy Amy"*). Based on a character I liked on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends." Amy just fit that particular guitar

2007 R8 - "Heather Jayne." Named after a cartoon character I created (based on a girl I knew in the Navy)

2005 R7 - "Kristi Lee." Named after a cartoon character I created (based on three girls I knew, but molded into one character)

2006 1960 (relic) Strat - "Frankie." Named after Frankie Foster of "Foster's Home" (I am an animation nut)

2007 1957 VOS (USA) Strat - "Mac." Named after Mac of "Foster's Home" (big fan of the show)

2002 ES-175 - "Lumpy." Named after Lumpy the blue moose in "Happy Tree Friends"

There ya have it!

* I am not taking the credit for 'Flamy Amy.' That name was given by one of the MLP members (please come forward if this was you)

moodyedge · 04-26-2011, 06:16 PM

It does not need a label other than 'guitar'. I think people having names is hillarious so I wouldnt name an inanimate object.

benjammin420 · 04-26-2011, 06:20 PM

its not really a name, but I sometimes refer to my LP as "Honeybunny", partially as a reference to Pulp Fiction and partially because of the honeyburst finish. I also have a partocaster that I sometimes refer to as "Frankenstein" or "the mutt"

Thumpalumpacus · 04-26-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Fezziwig

I have a "super' cat. The day we brought him home. He did everything right. His eyes were barely open and he cleaned himself and used the litter-box w/ no prompting

He waits for me at the top of the stairs and walks me to the door every morning. He comes when you call his name(Sabu after great ECW wrestler). He is a genius of a cat! He also has great taste in music. He loves Iggy,Coltrane,MC5,Miles...........

Is that the cat that ain't scared of loud amps? If so, I like him.

blakem · 04-26-2011, 07:20 PM

my Gibby is called "Paulie"

Tim Fezziwig · 04-26-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus

Is that the cat that ain't scared of loud amps? If so, I like him.

He is the one and only. He always gets into my vids. Believe me I'm a LOUD player. Everyone always bitches. I don't even have my amps halfway up. I down-pick everything and have the gift of atonality. My toaster even feeds back!

Tim Fezziwig · 04-26-2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by blakem

my Gibby is called "Paulie"

The cream looks fantastic Blakem!

Thumpalumpacus · 04-26-2011, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Fezziwig

He is the one and only. He always gets into my vids. Believe me I'm a LOUD player. Everyone always bitches. I don't even have my amps halfway up. I down-pick everything and have the gift of atonality. My toaster even feeds back!

That's a good cat! My son glowers at me, my neighbors are afraid to say anything, and the police wear earmuffs.

EasyAce · 04-26-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by blakem

my Gibby is called "Paulie"

Who says a Custom doesn't look better with cream?

dave b · 04-26-2011, 09:16 PM

My white Epi Custom is ''The One'', because after playing my first LP for a year (and lovin' it), it was the one I wanted. Took a while to find a good used white one, lots of black ones out there. There is no ''Two''. My main playing out guitar will always be my (no name) 06 Standard. (at least a full pound lighter!). The only other guitar that has anything resembling a name is my Grayson 335, which thinks its name is ''f***ing piece of junk''

(It's actually a beautiful guitar, which spends most of its time as wall art in my living room, just needs some TLC on the fretboard/neck...someday, maybe, is it worth it?

)

zontar · 04-26-2011, 10:05 PM

I call my Les Paul, "My Les Paul"
My Iceman is "My Iceman"
My Mustang is, "My Mustang"
etc, etc, etc...

Standard · 04-26-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by colchar

Reading your post reminds me that I should name this LP Jessica and, if I ever do get a Gold Top, I can just name that one Goldie just as Betts named his. Alright, that settles it, this one is definitely going to be named Jessica.

or you could name the GT Elizabeth. a la "in memory of elizabeth reed"

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longan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Co.Waterford, Ireland Posts: 1,514 Thanks: 10 Thanked 31 Times in 14 Posts	Re: What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? I have an Epi Sg GX thats called roseanna because of a chris De bugh song called 'lady in red' and his daughter (who won Miss World) is called roseanna I also have a strat copy that I'm in the process of re-naming as it went through a lot of modding lately and its old name (burny) doesn't suit it anymore. It has a tortoise scratch-plate and two cream buckers and a white single in a HSH form. The body is in black. Any ideas for a name? __________________ #1 Muse Aficionado

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duck2k "A little South of sane!" Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fountain Hills, AZ Posts: 3,220 Thanks: 236 Thanked 249 Times in 103 Posts	Re: What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? Great topic! As you can see by my signature, the list of my guitars and their names. Here are the reasons: 2010 R9 - "Miss Amy" (or "Flamy Amy"). Based on a character I liked on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends." Amy just fit that particular guitar 2007 R8 - "Heather Jayne." Named after a cartoon character I created (based on a girl I knew in the Navy) 2005 R7 - "Kristi Lee." Named after a cartoon character I created (based on three girls I knew, but molded into one character) 2006 1960 (relic) Strat - "Frankie." Named after Frankie Foster of "Foster's Home" (I am an animation nut) 2007 1957 VOS (USA) Strat - "Mac." Named after Mac of "Foster's Home" (big fan of the show) 2002 ES-175 - "Lumpy." Named after Lumpy the blue moose in "Happy Tree Friends" There ya have it! I am not taking the credit for 'Flamy Amy.' That name was given by one of the MLP members (please come forward if this was you) EasyAce and LarsK like this. __________________ http://soundcloud.com/hfdoll/04-Track-4

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