DO YOU GIVE A NAME TO YOUR GUITAR? (Page 1 of 2)

I have an Epiphone Les Paul Std is a female I call Jessica
I have a Vintage SG which is called Lauren
I have my first guitar which is a Washburn Les Paul Goldtop is a female I call Laura (which never gets played now)
And I have a Bell & Head Extreme Headless guitar I call Robyn

All named after the girlfriend I was with at the time of buying them lol.

Laura is hidden away in a gig bag in a cupboard though because the particular girlfriend it was named after cheated on me, can't even stand to look at that guitar now lol. Hence me buying the Epi Les Paul about 3 weeks after leaving her.

No names. They're guitars. I love playing it but....

I call my strat my strat.
I call my Les Paul my Les Paul
I call my J-45 my J-45
I have 4 Takamines, i call them Tak 1, Tak 2, Tak 3, & Tak 4. (in the order i obtained them)
etc.....
I call my fretless bass my fretless bass.
I do however, have the serial #'s for all of my guitars in a safety deposit box at an undisclosed financial institution, with photographs of said instruments.

Although I care deeply for and cherish all of my instruments I have never really been into giving a non-living organisms  individual names, other than what they actually are. More power to those of you who do name your instruments, it  jis' ain't for this musician.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

My Musicman Stingray Bass is appropriately named THUNDERSTICK!!! for it's propensity for blowing out amps.

That guitar, as we like to say, is louder than f$%ck.

My Gibson SG, is called essigie, my daughter's name is ESTHER, but I used to call her ESSIE. I use or ESSIGIE OR ESSIE.
And 1 Gibson is named Paul, after my father who left us (mother and 5 kids) too early ( °1928 and +1974). He was also a GENERALIST MD. I was only 18 years. My youngest brother who was 9 years old, is the one who thinks the most about my Father. Is this normal? We didn't see him often, he belonged to the "old school" of doctors, even on Sunday, he had consultation most for the farmers who returned from Church. It's so unfair, his dead. I always think about the fat Catholic priest who used to go to the people, RIGHT ON TIME TO EAT, people were honoured and he started to thank the Lord for giving US that food. What about Catholic people starving because they can't eat.

i would have to agree with southpaw i dont place any special attachment to a piece of wood some wires and coils its not special i can play just as well on any guitar if the action is set and it stays in tune my electric is a knockoff strat and i have owned several teles strats both american and mim so my guitar was made in china most everything we buy is or part of it the electronics the chips cards t shirts what have you its a global economy so dont get to attached to your possession even if it was made in the usa some component was made somewhere else

My Tanglewood Acoustic is called either my acoustic or the Tanglewood and my Peavey is called my electric or the red peavey!

There seems to be a pattern emerging there!

About 15 years ago now, i was walking past the bigger of the two(at the time) music shops in aberdeen, on my way to the bus stop to get home after a hard days work when i spotted the most beautifull guitar i had ever seen.
A slim bodied electro-acoustic, shaped like a statocaster. At the time, and up until about four years ago i did'nt play guitar, but this one made me want to.
I knew nothing about guitars, who made the best or the worst, big names like martin, gibson and whoever were just names, i just knew i had to have her.
So i saved my labourers pennies and about six months later i made some sales dude very happy, He'd finaly gotten rid of that piece of crap marlin in the window.
Her name was already painted on the headstock JASMINE.
Fifteen years later she  sounds as sweet as any other  and is my daily companion.

Sorry, i do tend to go on a bit.

see you out the back.

The same as Piles gun, its the weapon of choice

my Crafter electro-acoustic is Noel
my Strat is Julia
my classical... i've forgotten,
and my old beaten up guitar, Antonio

don't ever stand aside, don't ever be denied
you gotta be who you be if you're comin' with me

okay??

My acoustic-Bob
My electric-Josh
my amp-Steve jimbob cheese the third