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Topic: Your Guitar's Name?

Does anyone else name their Guitars? I have one electric Ibanez which I call black betty, a black acoustic maestro by gibson(my first guitar)named Charlene, and a Fender acoustic called Nicole. Yes their all women, story of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Your Guitar's Name?

I just call mine "guitar"

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: Your Guitar's Name?

I actually walked into the room today (after changing her strings last night) and turned to my guitar and said (out loud!) "Hi baby!" I had to walk away shaking my head. What's wrong with me????

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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Re: Your Guitar's Name?

alvee33 wrote:

I actually walked into the room today (after changing her strings last night) and turned to my guitar and said (out loud!) "Hi baby!" I had to walk away shaking my head. What's wrong with me????

Nothing wrong with calling yo' baby, baby. Take care of that axe and it'll take care of you.

I played my Gibson 330 in barrooms for 24 years. I am not or will ever be a great guitar player. It was my horn playing,not my rhythm guitar playing that kept me working. This is not origonal but I named that 330 "Ralph" after a guy-not a girl, because some nights I would whip it and some nights it would whip me.

We pronounce it "Guf Coast".
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My silverburst LP (recently sold..too heavy) was named "Reon" after Reon Kadena who I have had a crush on since 1999.

My current guitar (Squier '51) is named "Homeboy" cause that's what he is..my homeboy. I take him everywhere usually and I hang with him at lunch, at home, at church with Jesus and when I travel.


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I've never named any of mine....Well except one, My '95 S&P Pro Rosewood is named "Golden Boy".  My wife named it....

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I called my little fender Etta after the great blues singer Etta James. It's got a real bluesy sound too.


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upyerkilt wrote:

I just call mine "guitar"

me too.

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yeah i call mine "my guitar"

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My wife calls my Crafter semi-acoustic "The Other Woman" dont know why, maybe it's because I spend more time with her? and treat her better...women, cant live with them...Guitars...cant live without `em

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I've only ever had one named guitar, and it was my first electric bass.  When I bought it, someone had already named it.  It was all black, but had lightning bolts painted on the body in the front.  One the back, the name "Whizbang" was painted with lightning bolts above and below.  Whizbang has long since been sacrificed for parts, but I did like the name. 

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My mate called my Freshman acoustic "Excalibur" which seems to have stuck. Bit grand in my opinion, but I kinda like it. Makes for a more significant moment when it's whipped out of the carry case when I'm round for a jam.

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Re: Your Guitar's Name?

upyerkilt wrote:

I just call mine "guitar"

LOL

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i call mine rocky

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I usually call mine guitars but when i first got them i decided to name them. My first acoustic is a Jasmine by Takimine named Jasmine. My Second acoustic is a solid top Takamine i named Woody and the No brand electric is named Heavy because it is. I think they deserve to be named as a boat or ship is because they will take you on a voyage.

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yeah i just call mine "guitar" too but i do talk to it lol

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I call my guitar Boston and my violin Jude...

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Re: Your Guitar's Name?

camdener wrote:

yeah i just call mine "guitar" too but i do talk to it lol

lol!

I sometimes call mine "a precious treasure".