What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? - Page 3

gibsonguitar1988 · 04-27-2011, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by blakem

my Gibby is called "Paulie"

Looks great!

JonMan94 · 04-27-2011, 01:58 AM

SE: Baka! (wrote the word under trem, means idiot in japanese)

Fernandes X: Ramone (my uncles guitar and well damn i love the ramones)

Jackson: TBN?

Thermionik · 04-27-2011, 02:28 AM

I call them guitars.

Strangely, I call hammers hammers and screwdrivers screwdrivers.

If I want to be more specific I say "pass the 12-string" or "pass the Tele".

I talk to them, I love them dearly and fuss over them - like any good tool I own.

But giving them "names", what next, baptising them? Think of the potential for rust.....

googaboogaloo · 04-27-2011, 08:11 AM

I got a tempo acoustic i named MightyHawk, a silvertone fastback i named robocop, and a hondo explorer/rr flying v named rodimus prime.

a Mad Cow · 04-27-2011, 08:27 AM

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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.

I hope you know I was joking, lol. Should have put it in purple?

trguitar · 04-27-2011, 08:41 AM

Only named my main axe, my 02 classic. Jules after my mum who passed when I was 14.

colchar · 04-27-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Standard

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

Both that and Melissa have crossed my mind especially as I like the song Melissa better than I do Elizabeth Reed.

Still trying to decide what my acoustic should be called.

colchar · 04-27-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Thermionik

I call them guitars.

Strangely, I call hammers hammers and screwdrivers screwdrivers.

If I want to be more specific I say "pass the 12-string" or "pass the Tele".

I talk to them, I love them dearly and fuss over them - like any good tool I own.

But giving them "names", what next, baptising them? Think of the potential for rust.....

Guys have been naming objects for ages - cars, planes, boats, etc. so why not guitars?

benjammin420 · 04-27-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by benjammin420

"Honeybunny"

I probably shouldve included a pic since I'm found of showing her off

LarsK · 04-27-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by colchar

Guys have been naming objects for ages - cars, planes, boats, etc. so why not guitars?

Haters gonna hate.

b3john · 04-27-2011, 05:00 PM

I name my guitars things like Les Paul, Axcess, 359, EMG Strat, Clapton Strat, Martin, and Taylor.

KP · 04-27-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by a Mad Cow

I hope you know I was joking, lol. Should have put it in purple?

I was quite aware of the joke and just provided the follow up for it. Do we need a color for facetiousness?

El_Greco · 04-27-2011, 05:36 PM

The LP is Paula
The Ibanez RG550 in neon purple is Dianna (because she's dirty

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The Fender Jimi Hendrix tribute voodoo strat is Mary, because that's what the wind cries.

colchar · 04-27-2011, 11:04 PM

Well Jessica came home tonight and, even though I posted a NDG thread in the Les Paul subforum, I figured I might as well post a couple of pictures of her here to introduce her to everybody.

benjammin420 · 04-27-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by colchar

Well Jessica came home tonight and, even though I posted a NDG thread in the Les Paul subforum, I figured I might as well post a couple of pictures of her here to introduce her to everybody.

that is gorgeous

beats the hell out of that Strat eh?

colchar · 04-27-2011, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by benjammin420

that is gorgeous

beats the hell out of that Strat eh?

Thanks, and yes it definitely beats the hell out of a Strat!

Geardog · 04-27-2011, 11:14 PM

Hmmm, a lot of you have Jessica's.

I consider all my guitar girls, and I refer to them as "her." I do name them when the name comes. My newest guitar is an acoustic Yami, and while playing her I thought of the movie "Breezy" which was Clint Eastwood's first directorial film.

So, Breezy it is.

benjammin420 · 04-27-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by colchar

Thanks, and yes it definitely beats the hell out of a Strat!

good thing you kept the C5 too, I think theyre great with LPs

colchar · 04-27-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Geardog

Hmmm, a lot of you have Jessica's.

I consider all my guitar girls, and I refer to them as "her." I do name them when the name comes. My newest guitar is an acoustic Yami, and while playing her I thought of the movie "Breezy" which was Clint Eastwood's first directorial film.

So, Breezy it is.

Nice grain on the side of that!

Geardog · 04-27-2011, 11:27 PM

Thanks Colchar.

mmcquain · 04-27-2011, 11:55 PM

Yes, all are named after family members who are/were very special to me. My Gibson CS-356 is Audrey after my grandmother. My Breedlove acoustic is Barb after my wife. My Les Paul Custom (previously sold but just came back to me tonight) is Paul after my late father, who first introduced me to the music of Les Paul about 40 years ago!

Thumpalumpacus · 04-28-2011, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by benjammin420

I probably shouldve included a pic since I'm found of showing her off

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Originally Posted by colchar

Well Jessica came home tonight and, even though I posted a NDG thread in the Les Paul subforum, I figured I might as well post a couple of pictures of her here to introduce her to everybody.

Both of those guitars rock. But gosh, I love me a plaintop!

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Originally Posted by mmcquain

Yes, all are named after family members who are/were very special to me. My Gibson CS-356 is Audrey after my grandmother. My Breedlove acoustic is Barb after my wife. My Les Paul Custom (previously sold but just came back to me tonight) is Paul after my late father, who first introduced me to the music of Les Paul about 40 years ago!

Wait, you sold Pops?! WTF?

mmcquain · 04-28-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus

Wait, you sold Pops?! WTF?

Sad to say YES I had to let that guitar go a couple of years back when I was at a low point (recently laid off, family problems, etc.) but I'm blessed in that things have turned around for me and now that guitar has found its way back into my hands!

b3john · 04-28-2011, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mmcquain

WOW! What a great matching pair of flametops!

Thumpalumpacus · 04-28-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mmcquain

Sad to say YES I had to let that guitar a couple of years back when I was at a low point (recently laid off, family problems, etc.) but I'm blessed in that things have turned around for me and now that guitar has found its way back into my hands!

I was just being a dork, but I'm glad for you that you got a loved one back in the fold.

BillB1960 · 04-28-2011, 01:05 AM

Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Epiphone...need I go on?

Blackie · 04-28-2011, 01:31 AM

No names for guitars ... or cars...... heck I did'nt even name the cat... now that some other cat has decided it lives here I call the origional cat .... 1 and the new one 2 ...

but mostly just say ....... yo cat hand me that pointy black guitar ...

Deftone · 04-28-2011, 07:25 AM

I named my black custom "The Black Custom"

I named my black studio "The Black Studio"

I named my Charvel "The Charvel"

I'm clever like that.

colchar · 04-28-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus

But gosh, I love me a plaintop!

So do I. There is just something beautiful about being able to see the grain of the wood. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of flamed tops as well but plain tops will always be tops in my book.

allhallowseveink · 03-01-2012, 10:01 PM

I have a snow white Charvel San Dimas pro mod. And as you may have known, San Dimas pro mod's have no pickguard, no pu covers, etc. And my grandma suffered cancer and died of it. Her hair was all fallen out. And it reminded me a lot of my grandma because it's such a beautiful guitar and it means a lot to me because it's my first guitar. And ugh. I'll own this guitar till I die 'cause it's all that I have besides my memory to remind me of my grandma. I don't have a picture of it because I don't have a camera but you can Google "snow white Charvel San Dimas" and you'll find. It's the best soundin' instrument that I have ever heard.

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mmcquain Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tarpon Springs, FL Posts: 3,794 Thanks: 16 Thanked 110 Times in 27 Posts	Re: What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? Yes, all are named after family members who are/were very special to me. My Gibson CS-356 is Audrey after my grandmother. My Breedlove acoustic is Barb after my wife. My Les Paul Custom (previously sold but just came back to me tonight) is Paul after my late father, who first introduced me to the music of Les Paul about 40 years ago! benjammin420 and b3john like this. __________________ *MMCQUAIN Rock, Blues, Christian player** * mmcquain@mcquain.com Gibson Les Paul Studio 60's Tribute, Breedlove Acoustic/Electric, Egnater, Dean Markley, D'Addario, various effect pedals http://www.youtube.com/mmcquain * http://www.facebook.com/mmcquain

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allhallowseveink Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What Have You Named Your Guitars And Why? I have a snow white Charvel San Dimas pro mod. And as you may have known, San Dimas pro mod's have no pickguard, no pu covers, etc. And my grandma suffered cancer and died of it. Her hair was all fallen out. And it reminded me a lot of my grandma because it's such a beautiful guitar and it means a lot to me because it's my first guitar. And ugh. I'll own this guitar till I die 'cause it's all that I have besides my memory to remind me of my grandma. I don't have a picture of it because I don't have a camera but you can Google "snow white Charvel San Dimas" and you'll find. It's the best soundin' instrument that I have ever heard.

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