Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Do you name your guitars? You should know that there's a right and a wrong way to do it. There are a lot of people, youngsters for example, who don't "get it" and will never name their guitars. To those people, I encourage you to put yourself in the mind of a Depression era Delta bluesman. This will not only improve your guitar-naming skills, it will also help your PLAYING, both in terms of soulful melody lines, writing 50 years worth of material with less than five chords and also playing drunk. If you're doing it right, you'll immediately want to name a guitar after the first woman who cheated on you. Which brings me to my next point: YOU MUST NAME THE GUITAR AFTER A WOMAN. I've seen guys give their guitars dude names and that's missing the point. The guitar should be named after a wimmin who done you wrong. Also unacceptable: naming the guitar after a fictional character or something silly that you might name a dog. Next, you have to choose an old-fashioned ladies name. It can't be anything that a 24 year old would name is newborn baby daughter in the year 2010. Don't call your guitar "Kylie" or "MacKenzie" or "Schuyler" or "Caitlin". The best way to determine if your guitar is appropriately named is to ask yourself: Would a prostitute in a western share the same name? "Mae"? Beautiful! "Shred God"? Wrong! :poke: To sum up: Rose, Sadie and Shotgun Annie would all make great names for guitars. Brian, Chloe or Balrog would all be bad names. Addendum: Pun names are a bad idea. Guitarnold, Guitarlene and Guitarthur aren't clever, they are non-starters. Full disclosure: I once had a girlfriend named Sadie so I can use that legitimately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maybe_ebyam Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Can I still call my goldtop goldilocks? = ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 lol. OK, I laughed a little and you posted pictures of sexy females so you are approved. Also? Very nice guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maybe_ebyam Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks, but that's a picture I took from Gibson. At any rate, I've got tophat knobs on mine. PS. Post more guitar names, please. I need to name my stage guitars. I've got a Melissa Ann, a Scarlett and an Etta (Place). Do you name acoustics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've got a Melissa Ann, a Scarlett and an Etta (Place). Do you name acoustics? Damn, I don't need to give you any ideas. You've got this concept DOWN. Good call on those, I especially like Scarlett. Charlotte is good, too, of course. I think you should definitely name acoustics, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've really only named two of mine and one almost doesn't count. This one is named Hannah, mostly because it reminded me of a car I used to own. I don't name cars either, but this was one named by the original owner. Car was an 88 BMW 535is and for whatever reason, this guitar just seemed to remind me of it: And this one is the one I've put more work into than any other guitar... refinished the neck, refinished the body, wired up the pickguard from two different set of pickups. It's a bit orange, but it was supposed to be 'Coral' which many Fiesta Red strats faded to... so I call it Corey. In my defense, I do think of it as a girl's name: Other than that, I just call them pretty obvious names... The Surf Green one is 'Surfy', the red-ish one is 'Red', the acoustic one is the very unimaginative 'the acoustic one'. I have one really ugly partscaster that I call either 'The ugliest guitar ever' or 'The Mut'. I guess could call my Hamer 'Hamertime.' That's all I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 This thread is already full of win. When the names are good (Hannah, Scarlett, Melissa Ann, Corey) they're good but even when they're bad (Surfy, Mutt, Hamertime) they're damn hilarious. If I were you, I'd show people Hamertime and then say "You can't touch this" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveBallesteros Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I named my Schecter C-1 + "Cee-Cee" even though I haven't met a girl who's been called by that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members radomu Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 My first guitar, which is a Washburn WI64, was called "the Bluesbreaker", but I got rid of it because naming property sounded rather silly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zantor9 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 My first guitar, which is a Washburn WI64, was called "the Bluesbreaker", but I got rid of it because naming property sounded rather silly. LOL so true. I don't feel like I have to name them, but when i do think of them i think of "The Beast": and "Sol": I plan on getting a Silverburst version of my DC127 w/ floyd rose and naming it "Luna". I don't feel like naming them generic woman names will make me love them more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackCat Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Naming guitars is kind of hot-button topic around here. There's a group of people that get quite snarky whenever the subject comes up. I'm a bit surprised that someone hasn't already wandered in and said something like "Guitars are just wood and wire they're just tools. Would I name my hammer?" Anyway the guy that built my guitar names every piece he builds. I haven't really warmed up to the name though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveGrima Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Can I still call my goldtop goldilocks? ? sweet jesus .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fiveoclockhero Posted February 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Naming guitars is kind of hot-button topic around here. There's a group of people that get quite snarky whenever the subject comes up. I'm a bit surprised that someone hasn't already wandered in and said something like "Guitars are just wood and wire they're just tools. Would I name my hammer?" lol... I noticed. Thanks for the heads-up. But if people can't tell I'm having fun with this topic, then they're the kind of oblivious, self-serious dorks who are probably infuriated by half the topics on this board. Play me off, Lucille... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Great post, would read again. Actually kind of agree with your premise, with the exception that now that you mention it, Balrog sounds like a great name for the right guitar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 The only one I've ever named is my ugly as hell unpainted parts build i.e. The IKEAcaster. Generally I'd feel weird naming inanimate objects. ymmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stricken Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Which brings me to my next point: YOU MUST NAME THE GUITAR AFTER A WOMAN. I've seen guys give their guitars dude names and that's missing the point. The guitar should be named after a wimmin who done you wrong. Also unacceptable: naming the guitar after a fictional character or something silly that you might name a dog. You're wrong. SRV had a guitar named Lenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brainfertilizer Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Brian, Chloe or Balrog would all be bad names. But what if I have an ex-girlfriend named Balrog? Or, perhaps more accurately, what if she reminded me of a Balrog in our fights, and ended up massing more than a Balrog after she ran off with my best friend and got knocked up? (Actually based on a true story) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 You're wrong. SRV had a guitar named Lenny. Lenny was his wife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members radomu Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Lenny was his wife... Lenny sounds like the kind of name you might give to your penis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yes I name them. They are often women's names. They are sometimes color references or model references, or puns of one sort of another. Sometimes these categories overlap. It's fun, especially for my kids. And sometimes a name is shorter than the actual model name, by a long shot, for example, "Brownie," versus "Tex-Mex Telecaster Special." Here are my guitars' names: Sonia '60 Duo-Sonic Brownie Tex-Mex Tele Special Blondie '52 RI Telecaster Seven Squier MIJ P-Bass Ruby DeArmond Jet Star Blue Ovation Breadwinner Chrissie Hamer USA Special Cherie Les Paul Studio DC Nell Fender Standard Jazz Bass MIM Joan Gretsch Electromatic Special Jet Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I feel like I've named a few of my guitars in the past, but they never stick. I think my Peavey was Loretta at some point, but it usually defaults to "the Peavey." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Philfixit Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I used to call my PRS "The Bitch", (and that covers a vast majority of my ex'es as well). Now that I've changed pups it's just "Smitty", which may meet the "female" guidelines since I dated a young lady that went by that moniker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnnyLarge Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Mine's called 'Kin Thing. As in 'Will I ever learn to play the fucking thing'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r0bo01 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Mine's called 'Kin Thing. As in 'Will I ever learn to play the fucking thing'. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sneakerpimp Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Satan's Left Hand... ...Satan's Right Hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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