What do you call your bass?

[NJE]

Hello,

Apologies if there is already a thread like this, I did have a quick search.

When my Roscoe Beck arrived my girlfriend asked me "what is the new one called then" I didn't know what to say. I have never really named guitars before despite being very attached to them, (probably more than is healthy to be honest)

I am bored at work so thought it would be interesting to see what everyone else called theirs. So with that, what does everyone call their basses?. Is it just a bass to you, or do you have a specific name for your bass/basses or refer to your bass as "he" or "she" or "the old girl"?

To start things off my Roscoe Beck is now referred to as Bex or Bexie.

Cheers all

Nathan

Edited August 11, 2008 by NJE

[Cantdosleepy]

Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

[Bilbo]

Nope - anthropomorphication is for girls...

[Sarah5string]

Dean, OLP and Shine. Not very original I'm afraid... but our guitarist is also called Dean, so can get a bit confusing when I say I'm going to go work on my fingering technique with Dean.

Edited August 11, 2008 by Sarah5string

[Born 2B Mild]

What a coincidence. I don't think I've ever given a bass of mine a name before, until last night!

I was gigging with my brand new Spector Euro 6 and thinking how incredibly throaty it sounded. Then seconds later, I was thinking how low and deep it went. Then it came to me that I should call it ... yes, you've guessed it, [i]Deep Throat[/i].

[joe_bass]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='260088' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:10 PM']when I say I'm going to go work on my fingering technique with Dean. [/quote]

...........


Naming things does seem to be a trend with girls lol.

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='joe_bass' post='260093' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:14 PM'] ...........


Naming things does seem to be a trend with girls lol.[/quote]
It's a loooooooooooooooong running joke too. He's my b*tch.

Edited August 11, 2008 by Sarah5string

[thisnameistaken]

All my basses seem to come pre-named by the manufacturer.

My girlfriend calls my white Stingray "the toilet seat", but she's mean like that.

[Delberthot]

Mine is called Goldie funnily enough

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='260113' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:36 PM']Mine is called Goldie funnily enough

[/quote]
That's Blingin'.

Cos I is so ghetto innit?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

My basses are called:
[list]
[*]the mustang
[*]the jazz
[*]the fretless precision
[*]the jamerson (MIJ '62 RI)
[*]The red precison
[*]the peavey (millenium 5)
[*]the blue ashbory
[*]the black ashbory
[*]the doghouse (Stentor 1950 3/4)
[*]the ned (NS-Design CR5M)
[*]the dano (longhorn)
[*]the cricket bat ('86 Hohner B2A)
[*]the blue musicmaster
[*]the pink musicmaster
[/list]
I sold the Dean Pace - that was always called "the banister".

Edited August 11, 2008 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[geilerbass]

Never really been into the naming thing. They generally get referred to as The Warwick, The Fretless, The 6-String and The New One. Purely functional.

[MB1]

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='260084' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:05 PM']Krishnan Guru-Murthy.[/quote]

MB1.
Seta Gunouratner and Rangiv Singh?

[bassmandan]

Ronnie (Spector)
Dionne (Warwick)
Tyson (long story)
I did have an Emma, but I part-exed her for Gemma
and, er.... John!

one of the Warwicks, both acoustics and an Ibanez are still awaiting names, oh yeah and "The Rail" but what would you call that one eh?

[KennysFord]

I have,
Blazer-Bobanez or Bob for short
Sterling-Vicky
Riverhead - Maurice
Martin acoustic - Dorris after my Nan
A crappy fanconia jazz-- Dufas

[Toasted]

I call my Celinder, uh, "my Celinder".

[Alastair]

I dont name basses but my black/black/rosewood Jazz bass has been nick named vader by a bass playing mate of mine

[The Funk]

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='260084' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:05 PM']Krishnan Guru-Murthy.[/quote]

I saw him come out of The Bass Cellar with a grin on his face once. I guess that makes him one of the many bass players who find the level of service in that place laughable.

[Hot Tub]

Gawwwd, I must be really sad!

My V940 is "Thumper" and my Artisan B5 is usually referred to as "The B*****d".

[xilddx]

I called my Warwick "F****** C***" two days ago, the side of the Just A Nut II broke off and I cut my index finger on it. A very common problem apparently.

[Jase]

I love naming basses, mine are always girls My Geddy was Dirty Tracey, Sunburst Jazz Fretted is Morag and my Black Jazz Fretless now has my Geddy's old name, I sold my 62 CIJ Reissue, she was called Love you Long Time. Sadder still, I call my 8x10 Julie.

[johnnylager]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='260088' date='Aug 11 2008, 04:10 PM']Dean, OLP and Shine. Not very original I'm afraid...[/quote]
I'm with you - the Jazz & the 'Ray. Prefixed with 'that f***ing piece of sh*t' when they play up.

[leonshelley01]

The Precision is called "Bob", and as the Jazz is just that bit classier, it's called "Robert".

[mewsie]

i do name most things actually. my car kind of has a name by default (the pac-mobile, cause of the pacman on the roof), my plants have names, random spiders have names etc, but my basses are simply called 'the sterling' 'the acoustic' and 'the old one' (which i suppose is sort of a name).

the one that i actually did have a nickname for is on loan to me so i have managed to resist naming it so far. if i name it, it has to stay.

however, if i am talking about them to non-bassy people, usually if i want one passing to me, they are 'the brown one', 'the big black one with the hole in', 'the one in the lounge' and 'the spangly orange one'.

x

[bassace]

My three uprights are:- The German Blonde, Ginger and The Prof. Oh, and the Stig. That way my wife knows what I'm talking about.

Edited August 11, 2008 by bassace