metalmaniac Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 If you look at ym sig, you'll see the rather interesting and pointless names i have for my collection.. so does anyone else give names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_u_y_* Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Yeah! Mine are all girls names though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Say hello to, from left to right: Indiana, Tonto , Captain Storm and Pietro. Don't ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='111465' date='Dec 31 2007, 01:25 PM'] Say hello to, from left to right: Indiana, Tonto , Captain Storm and Pietro. Don't ask.[/quote] WOT, I still think your collection is optic nirvana ;o) I'm sad.. I used to name all mine. Now only Doodle and my old electric guitar have names. My new Shuker will have a name too.. after all, she will be Doodle's little sister. I also go for girl's names just seems right, to me. *insert cheap innuendo about caressing.. hanging round ya crotch,G Strings etc etc etc* lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Yep! me too, girls names My Geddy was ( we parted a while ago ) called Dirty Tracey, My Fretless (USA Jazz) is called Morag, my other USA Jazz is simply called Black Jazz and I've yet to name my CIJ Fretless Jazz mainly because it's not being shipped until 7th Jan but I was thinking of something like.... Love you Long Time, for her (CIJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 My Warwick SSII - Romeo My Fender Fretless P - Juliet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 i got mine ready named! one is called fender and the other status. not the best names though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 My Black Stingray is called Holly after my Black Lab and the Shuker 5 string is going to be called Alice after my wife. No names for the Precisions yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) [quote name='dood' post='111467' date='Dec 31 2007, 01:31 PM']I also go for girl's names just seems right, to me. *insert cheap innuendo about caressing.. hanging round ya crotch,G Strings etc etc etc* lol lol[/quote] I'd have thought "fingering" and "popping" would have been far more obvious? Most of mine are girl's names, usually after someone I know - the ones I have now are In Flames, Victoria, Morgan, Ave, Sarah-Jane, Carol, Jed, Dave and one as yet un-named I got a few days ago... any suggestions? EDIT: Forgot all my other instruments! Catrin, Chloe, Stephanie, Lizzie... and I'm still probably forgetting a few Names from the past are Amanda, Hannah, Sarah, Avril, Sar'ah, Hashcake, Jessica, Greippi... Edited December 31, 2007 by queenofthedepths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 No - I find it a bit weird . They're just referred to by their model name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergon Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 i'm too lazyu to name my fish (apart from skeletor) let alone my basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 [quote name='Machines' post='111601' date='Dec 31 2007, 07:22 PM']No - I find it a bit weird . They're just referred to by their model name.[/quote] I agree with Machines here, however, each to their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerboy Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 I name the ones I build from parts or have custom-built. I figure they're one-offs so need names to make up for not having model names. But I don't re-christen basses with perfectly good names from their manufacturers. So far I have The Bass Of Death, Ye Basse Of Olde, A Bass Named For The Decline Of Industrial Britain and now I have to think of a name for the frankojazz I've nearly finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatori Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I have Al the fretless Jazz 'Frankenbass' named after my dear departed little brother and Bill my Precision special named after the great Mr Sheehan. Im currently awaiting the arrival of a Squier precision (that is getting a willpower dimarzio put in it ) for use as a backup. Suggestions for a name would be welcomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Just one has been christened with a name in recent years,and its not one Ive chosen 'Beast' for the 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 The black one, the other black one and the blue one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 [quote name='Machines' post='111601' date='Dec 31 2007, 07:22 PM']No - I find it a bit weird . They're just referred to by their model name.[/quote] A practical reason for me to refer to mine by name is that some of them live at my parents' house and if my mum's picking me up from somewhere to go and jam with a mate, I can ask her to bring Victoria or In Flames or whatever... okaeey, so a simple description would probably work as well, but that would undermine my excuse for giving them names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub_junkie Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I dont but my gf does.she sings out in a band and plays some guitar as well - her Ovation is called No Danger and her electric is Black baby Jesus . lol still funny after all this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 When my gran died a while back, she left me a little bit of money. I put it towards a guitar i craved since i was a teenager, a Gibson SG standard. It only seems right to name it after her. I like to think a little bit of her spirit is in the mahogany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I find it weird when people do as well, unless its a descriptive name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBass Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 My Warwick is called Lizzy (custom order and had to name the project) and the Stingray is called Black (descriptive). The names have stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I have Mavis Cudicini, my kit-build P Bass copy. When I told the rest of the band that I was building it I was asked if I was going to give it a name and I said "Oh I don't really know" which sent them off into assorted Les Dennis as Mavis Riley impersonations. So it became Mavis. Mavis is my backup bass so she comes along to all the gigs but never gets played, hence the acquisition of the Cudicini surname. It has also been suggested that one of my other basses should be called 'Michelle MacManus' but the reasons for that cannot be disclosed on a family forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 [quote name='elom' post='112013' date='Jan 1 2008, 10:04 PM']It has also been suggested that one of my other basses should be called 'Michelle MacManus' but the reasons for that cannot be disclosed on a family forum![/quote] Ah, I want to know now! Might be inspiring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Yeah i have names for a few. Who said if you love something enough u will name it. i think it was Steve Bailey. All of mine are ladies. My first bass is called Morag cause its a scottish name and it just suited it. My Alembic is called Jazzmine(said like the spice). my six string is called synomine (said like the spice) but that was to do with the colour. I havnt named the others yet cause they havnt whispered there name to me yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantdosleepy Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I don't have a name for my bass. I find it a bit weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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