Do you name your basses?

[MacDaddy]

I never have, but being a bloke I would have to give them female names. Considering a bass male wouldn't feel right - to me - due to the physical closeness and intimacy of how they are held and played.

I remember someone on here who has a pair of 'Rays and calls them Ashley and Marie-Kate

So, do you name your basses and is there a story behind the name?

[derrenleepoole]

I used too way back in the day, but not anymore. I did however name my classic Mini car Bootsychuggaboom

[oldslapper]

Yes......"this weeks" ...................................damn GAS

[Conan]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='812511' date='Apr 20 2010, 01:21 PM']So, do you name your basses and is there a story behind the name?[/quote]

No. And, er, obviously no.

Damn - I feel really boring now!

[basshead56]

named em all-all girl´s names too.
Cant help it.

My first one I named cause there was a story to it, the rest just sort of happened- some basses have character and that gives rise to the imagining of a personality- and the names reflect the percieved personality- at least for me anyways

[throwoff]

I went through a stage of calling my Precision 'Grace'

[AndyTravis]

No, don't get it.

Also hate people reffering to instruments/cars as 'her'/'she'.

Although i keep on thinking about my Burgundy Mist Jazz Bass as 'Ron Burgundy'.

[Bilbo]

Nope.....I have enough trouble remembering my own name

[niceguyhomer]

Never have - what is that all about? ...and people who refer to their basses as their babies? Sheesh.

[Cat Burrito]

I refer to them by what they are i.e. the 51RI. I don't think I have the space in my head for names of objects as well as everything else I have to remember

[Dom in Dorset]

My home made acoustic fretless is known as "The Brown Special" in homage to Brian May's guitar.

[bh2]

No... I find peeps who name their basses or call them 'her/she' a bit on the creepy side...

[Grand Wazoo]

I give them numbers in order of purchase, so No.1 will be the first one I got out of the ones I currently own. If I sell No.1 then all the numbers are automatically shifted in my database according, No2, becomes No.1 and so on...

Yeah I know it might sound anorak-like but I keep a database with where every bass has a record, with fields such as date of purchase, price paid, date last string set (make/gauge) were fitted so I can keep track of average strings wear, also the date in which batteries were fitted so I know how old the batteries, and a brief description of the bass make and model together with mods carried out, pickups, wiring, pots etc etc... when you own many basses you tend to forget these details and it all helps when it comes to moving them on.

[Uberkate]

I've never felt the urge to personify any of my instruments. They're not people!

[Dubs]

I may have to name them in the same vein that Sebastion Vettel names his F1 chassis: 2009 = Kate's Dirty Sister. 2010 = Luscious Liz.

I might have to get slightly more Pompey on it though. Something like "Chantelle's Easy Mate", or "Peroxide Pammy" for my maple SSI

[purpleblob]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='812511' date='Apr 20 2010, 01:21 PM']So, do you name your basses and is there a story behind the name?[/quote]

God no !

[7string]

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='812516' date='Apr 20 2010, 01:24 PM']I used too way back in the day, but not anymore. I did however name my classic Mini car Bootsychuggaboom [/quote]

Aah, the proper Mini. I had a yellow one as my first car and it was named Floyd. No idea why, but Floyd it was.


My wife has named 2 of my basses. The Sei is Jezebel as it's the other woman and the ACG is called Minnie because it's so big......

[Marvin]

No

[gelfin]

No not really, just the black one, the white one and so on.

[RhysP]

I call my fretted bass "The fretted bass" and my fretless bass............well, you get the idea.

[Golchen]

Nope. It would be weird.

To me it's a bit like calling your pencil Susan, and your chair Doris, and your teacup Megan etc etc. It's the same reason we Christened our kids One, Two, Three and Four.

[waynepunkdude]

Anyone who refers to a bass as 'their baby' should be made to force the bass through a body cavity of their choosing.

[Potaton]

I call my Squier VMJ "Fluffbag" & My Rickenbacker "Ploppy the donkey"...

[Doctor J]

"The ESP", "The Bacchus P", "The Streamer", etc. The clue is in the name and I likes it that way.

[the_skezz]

Les the (Iba)nez and Brenda the Fender.

Yes, I'm sad.