Do you name your basses?

[Fat Rich]

I've a feeling my Status 5 string calls me "Talentless", the fretless calls me "Tone Deaf" and my old Fender jazz calls me "Ol' Sausage Fingers".

Edited April 21, 2010 by Fat Rich

[TheRev]

I called my Eminence 'Barbara' when it (note: not 'she') arrived but I've no idea why as none of my other basses have names. Does that make me only half weird?

[4 Strings]

No, no names. They end up with rambling descriptions, like 'The Old Fender, You Know, The One From the Auction' to distinguish it from 'The Old Fender, You Know, The Bitsa'.

To be fair, the second gets shortened to 'The Bitsa' but just as often is referred to as 'The Old Banger'.

If any deserve a name it's the Jaydee which has given continuous, loyal service for many years as 'My Bass' until the recent arrival of others and demotion to 'The Jaydee'. Even after all these years I'm afraid I'm one of those who see it as a wooden guitar as opposed to a personality. Hope I never sell it, but also hope I never talk to it.

[tom1946]

Only my first one. I called it 'f*ck'n thing, it had a loose connection on the jack socket and it just stopped then started again. A bit like that comedian from t' wheel tappers program.

Edited April 21, 2010 by tom1946

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

You have to call them something - mine are all pretty obvious:

The Mustang
The Musicmaster
The Thunderbird
The Jazz
The Daisyrock
The 5 String
The Acoustic
The Fretless
The Black Ashbory
The Blue Ashbory
The Double Bass
Danelectro Longhorn - The Dano
Sunburst '62 reissue Precision - The Jamerson
'81 heavy Ash Precision - The QEII Anchor
NS CR-5M - the Ned
& I used to have a dean pace called 'the banister'

[ThomBassmonkey]

A few of mine have names from an ex. My Washburn XB100 is Eric, my 6 string is Bertha, an old guitar was Chip. I forget the rest, I just call them "my 6 string" "my Les Paul" "my Warwick" etc.

[ahpook]

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='812540' date='Apr 20 2010, 01:40 PM']No, don't get it.

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

plus the one.

as far as naming basses goes i settle for the "the jazz" or "the musicman"

to give an inanimate object a girl's names ?....well, it's patronising in a strange kind of way.

[escholl]

Given the amount of dislike and confusion displayed here over people who name their basses, I'm going to say that, err, no of course I've not named my bass. Don't be silly. *looks around shiftily*



....*runs*

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[p58]

yes I do -
my MIJ fender jazz bass is "the japan" or "sweetie"
my custom made bass with tele headstock and control plate, jazz body and P pickup is called simply "basstard"
my ampeg svt vr is vietnam made so we call it AMPONG (ampeg ft. vietkong)
my svt 8x10 is just "the fridge" or "that heavy *+*%**"

[flyfisher]

I call my bass various names when it insists on playing the wrong note . . . .

[MacDaddy]

ok, so opinions mostly veering on the negative so far

FWIW as I op'd, I don't name my basses, but I think they [i]should [/i]have a name. My custom Shuker is unique enough to warrant an individual designation, rather than 'my custom Shuker'.


And my custom Iceni, different neck & different body but still Iceni, should have name - Trigger's broom?

As for my Hamer Blitz, it's just a beast, so it should be [i]the [/i]beast?

[skankdelvar]

I've only got two.

So I call them 'That one' and 'This one', depending on which I'm closest to. Sometimes I'll move to a different part of the room, just to 'freshen' things up a bit.

[Linus27]

Yes but only for a bit of fun. In all seriousness, the Fender Jazz is known as the Fender, the Warwick Corvette is know as the Corvette and the Musicman Stingray is known as the Stingray. The ESP Jazz is known as the ESP and the Squire Fretless is known as the Fretless.

[deathpanda]

I call my Geddy sig... well... Geddy. I talk to it like it's actually Geddy Lee.

[discreet]

Mr Thumpy.