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(@georgejw22)
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I've always named things I loved. There's my big truck Bertha. My two pool cues, the twins, Kelly and Faith. My daughter Lucille. :wink: But, I haven't named any of my guitars. They aren't really mine, but loners from a family member who has enough to pass around. I can't name something that isn't mine. It kills me too. How can you truly love something that has no name. :cry:

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. ~ Frank Zappa
I've got blisters on my fingers. ~Ringo Starr
Music is spiritual. The music business is not. ~ Van Morrison


   
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(@elecktrablue)
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thats awesome electrablue thanks for sharing all your 8 names..... :lol:

OK, then.....

My pink DR RetroH 12-string is "Pinkie".
My blue Washburn is "Rocket".
My blue Squier bass is "Rumbles".
My red mandolin is "Ruby".
My Fender acoustic is "Fifi".
My Lucero Classical is "Big Red" (because she's kind of reddish in color and because she was left to me by my red headed big sister).
My Paracho Classical is "Chica". (because she's Hispanic)
My dulcimer is "Dulcia".

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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"


   
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(@rparker)
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The only one I named is my MIM Tele. It's in open-G with a humbucker in the neck. The name? Keefocaster.

Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin


   
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(@ricochet)
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I didn't have to name my Johnson. It was already done.

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(@darth-ordinary)
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I call my Gordon Smith 'Honey', mainly because of the colour. Im not sure what to call my Ovation but my new Ibanez RD might be known as 'electra' as its all sparkly and blue.

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(@rparker)
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I didn't have to name my Johnson. It was already done.

I'm sure everyone is happy to know you didn't name your Johnson. :twisted:

Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin


   
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(@elecktrablue)
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my new Ibanez RD might be known as 'electra' as its all sparkly and blue.

I like that name! LOL! :lol:

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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"


   
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(@tinsmith)
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My Guild I call, appropriately enough, Guilda.


   
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All my guitars have a name. The last one was named by CitiZenNoir: Layla (it is a 'brownie' Strat). And he is the godfather! :wink:


   
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(@coleclark)
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its was only a "little ricochet" :lol:

like i said b4 iv only named a guitar when it felt right. not set out to name them. but whatever floats you boat.

has anyone ever been mocked by non-musos for guitar names? i havent actually...yet :oops:

but it is OUR right!! RIOT IN THE STREETS!! haha 8)


   
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(@gnease)
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has anyone ever been mocked by non-musos for guitar names? i havent actually...yet :oops:

Only when caught actually talking with the guitar -- and I do mean with, not to.

-=tension & release=-


   
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(@coleclark)
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hahaha what did your guitar say? :P


   
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(@gnease)
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Something like "Spank me! ... harder!" :shock:

-=tension & release=-


   
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(@oenyaw)
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The bass that I spent 15 years restoring is refered to as "Albatros".

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(@whoelse)
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Something like "Spank me! ... harder!" :shock:

ROFLMAO!!! You probably spank it in public too! :lol: Can't get away with that if it wasn't a guitar you were planning on spanking.

I don't name my guitars, but my wife calls them my girlfriends, so to annoy her, I call them "My precious".

Dave "Who" Else


   
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