Name your bass?

[operative451]

Does anyone else name their kit? I blame farscape... And i just wanted to post my groovy decal really!

I felt that my white bass needed a bond villainess type name!

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My Flying V is called 'Funk Rocket Ajax', the pink bass is called 'Fifi la Bass' and my bike is The Beast - but they don't have stickers yet!

[leschirons]

Mine are called the 4 string, the 5 string and the 6 string

[ahpook]

Not for me - it's an object, so doesn't need a name aside from what it is (a black jazz bass, etc)

(or a gender, which I find [i]very[/i] strange)

Edited January 4, 2016 by ahpook

[Marc S]

Ha ha, and I thought it was just me! I don't name bass guitars, or amps or anything like that
But when it comes to double basses, my DB is called "Lady Georgina"
and my EUB is called "Emma" - I have no idea why they have these names, or why I would name them anyway

.... maybe it's just a sign of madness anyway? But who cares? lol

[discreet]

Mine are called 76, Dakota and Hayman. Dakota is a colour and Hayman is a brand. You don't want to get too personal, in case something happens to them or, God forbid, you need to sell one.

[Twigman]

Mine are called:

The JV
the yellow one
the green one
the black one


HTH

[discreet]

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...maybe it's just a sign of madness anyway? But who cares?
[/quote]

Not caring about your madness is a sign of madness.

[neilp]

Not electric basses, but my double bass is called Meghan...

[Marc S]

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Not electric basses, but my double bass is called Meghan...
[/quote]
Ah, I'm definitely not the only one then
... and is it only acceptable to name double basses?

[Cameronj279]

My girlfriend named my ACG Gloria but it's not really stuck.

[LiamPodmore]

I have Emily ('86 P Bass), Samantha (Squier 5 string) and my Ibanez is called Bob. Haven't named my acoustic yet though, surprisingly, or my uke.

Liam

[CamdenRob]

Can't say I've named any of my gear

[EssentialTension]

No.

[KingBollock]

My onyx black BC Rich Warlock is named Ravensfriend (after a sword in one of my very favourite fantasy novels. It's full name is a bit of a mouthful...).

My Cort T-35 is named Gloomborn.

My PCs have names, too, as do their hard drives. Named after fictional fantasy worlds and places, people and swords (such as Alice in Wonderland or Krynn, the world from the Dragonlance stories, and the Elric books by Michael Moorcroft).

Edited January 4, 2016 by KingBollock

[Marvin]

The Ibanez gets called Izabell by Mrs Marvin, that's about it.

The Yamaha gets called The Yamaha and my Sire V7 Marcus Miler gets called the V7. All very simple

[gary mac]

My white G&L SB1 has become known as the bra worrier

[discreet]

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My white G&L SB1 has become known as the bra worrier
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I'm confused now, I thought YOU were the bra worrier. Isn't that what the business with the injunction was all about?

[gary mac]

You promised not to tell.

[TheGreek]

I had a Warwick Dolphin which was called, inevitably, "[i]Phillippa[/i]"...."[i]they call him Flipper, Flipper...faster than lightning..[/i]."

Edited January 6, 2016 by TheGreek

[EBS_freak]

My GB basses were all named for me...

Sparky (because the tree that it was made from was stuck by lightning)

Bentley (because apparently it looks like a Bentley dashboard)

Gabbie (the woman logo that Bernie uses (with the arse forming the base of the bass), is called Gabbie. He thought my bass should have the name because it's a Rumour with all options - at the time, not other Rumour had been specced that highly).

And my Yamaha RBX?

"The Yammy"

But none of my other basses or instruments are named as such... they are generally referred to as - "the black strat, the burst strat, the tele, the Lakland, the Jazz etc..." or "The Nathan East" or "The Taylor"... You get the idea.

[spongebob]

The one I'm playing, and the other one. Interchangeable, and unisex names!

[RhysP]

No, never done this.

[Lynottfan]

My Stingray is called Rosalie.

[Nicko]

Mine are called

the black one
the other one

I do however name some cars. My current piece of junk is called Colin, cos its boring and I couldn't think of a more boring name (sorry if your name is Colin).

[Lozz196]

Nah, not that sentimental. I really like the name Dune, which is what Dan Hawkins of The Darkness calls one of his guitars, but as I can`t think of another name I like I don`t see the point of either one or all of my basses having that name.