What's yours called?

[Sue]

I know it's not unusual to give 'pet' names to inanimate objects, so I am interested to know if anyone has given their bass a name?

Sue

[Tait]

i call the bass i made on my shuker course "the taitycaster", but thats just because it doesn't have another name. every other one is either called by the brand name or model, ie. my ibanez SR500 is either referred to as "the ibanez" or "the soundgear".

[paul h]

Inevitable Disappointment.

[thisnameistaken]

My Warwick is occasionally called "Warwicky", my double bass is sometimes called "Bassy", my Jazz doesn't have a name.

We like imaginitive names for things at Chez Kev. The car is called 'Little Car'.

[Sue]

I suspected 'The......' would be a popular choice. Perhaps this pet name thing is reserved exclusively to cars.

I once had a Morris Minor called Horace.

[OldGit]

My W&T Ergon is the first one I've ever named ... and I've had a lot of basses over many many years ...
It (note, not "she") is called Rossa as it's Italian, very red and as a seriously appreciative nod to my wife who has not complained about the expense once .. Her name is Rossa sometimes too

[Low End Bee]

Don't give 'em names.
My songwriting guitar is known as the "mankocaster" though. It's a [s]manky[/s] 'lovingly reliced/mojo'd' strat.

[Ian Savage]

'My bass', lately

I did go through a phase of naming instruments after the lass I'd last slept with when I bought them, but I suspect that the othe rhalf might get suspicious if that carried on

[hagguy]

i call my sandberg "sandy" not hard to see why
but it kinda suits her. been really stuck on my strat
lately mainly cos its my only electric now. think i'll
name her corrie since she was made in corona.
i think its quite amazing how an object can get
a personality after a while.

[Deamon]

I call my both sadowskys "Darky" and "Orange Juice" because of their colours

[bobbass4k]

All my name are named after my special lady friend at the time (which I thought was a musicians standard, but apparently not), my main spector is called Elli, my first bass (now my fretless) is Kerry, and my guitar is Anna. Only trouble with that convention is I need to have a girlfriend to get a new guitar, oh the humanity........

Edited April 28, 2010 by bobbass4k

[d-basser]

My Lakland is Lily and my Dingwall is Bertha

[Bobo_Grimmer]

Tee hee I like this thread. My bass we call 'The jazz'

[Deamon]

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='821422' date='Apr 28 2010, 03:36 AM']Only trouble with that convention is I need to have a girlfriend to get a new guitar, oh the humanity........[/quote]


Lol... So if you get a wife instead of a girlfriend, you won't buy a new instrument...

[Dave Vader]

I call my Tokai RIc copy the Rickenf***er, and the Mighty Mighty Dave bass, will always be called that (frankenstein job from an old Ibanez Roadstar).
Also have an ancient strat that long ago got nicknamed the sh*tocaster, the name seems to have stuck.

[Toasted]

My Celinder is called "My Celinder" and my Alleva Coppollo is called "My Alleva Coppollo".

[Ou7shined]

I have Betty. The name came about because while I was building her I planned on putting a Betty Page decal on her somewhere as a saucy '50s icon. I never got round to it but the name stuck. A lot of my basses are homemade so they do tend to have pet names. My latest is Pingray - the concept was to build a Precision & Stingray combo.

[HeavyJay]

I tried to start calling mine nicknames with little success.

I have a black stingray with black pickguard and rosewood fretboard that I wanted to start calling [b]"The DarkRay"[/b] but it ended up being "that black one".

The Trans Teal, white pickguard, maple neck was going to be [b]"The SurfRay"[/b] but gets "that green one".

And my new Candy Red, black pickguard with rosewood neck was going to be [b]"The HotRay"[/b] (like HotRod ) but as you might've guessed gets called "that red one".

You know what they say about good intentions.

[EvilSmile]

All mine are normally referred to as 'My fretted' or 'My Fretless'. Specifically thought 'My buzzard' and 'My $$' - when i had 5 strings i only had one at a time so they were each called 'The Fiver'.

[MacDaddy]

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[V4lve]

Beefer

[OldGit]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='821650' date='Apr 28 2010, 10:57 AM']I have Betty. The name came about because while I was building her I planned on putting a Betty Page decal on her somewhere as a saucy '50s icon. I never got round to it but the name stuck. A lot of my basses are homemade so they do tend to have pet names. My latest is Pingray - the concept was to build a Precision & Stingray combo.[/quote]


My Fender has a saucy decal... It's not Betty Page but it looks like it could be her sister, assuming she was a biker chick

[Hot Tub]

My Cort (a 5-string) just gets called "the Cort". My 4-string is called "the 4-string", and my acoustic is called "the acoustic."

Mrs HT refers to them collectively as:
(a.) The loves of your life, or
(b.) That f---ing thing.

Edited April 28, 2010 by Hot Tub

[Bay Splayer]

GED

[Cyrene]

Honey.