Does anyone else name their guitar(s) and/or amp(s)???

[horsehead]

My 62 is nick-named 'Charlie' after my dear departed grandfather
Tokai is named Burst
Epiphone Black beauty is named Black Dog, it just seems to like playing rocky Led Zeppelin
My 'too-be finished' bitsa strat will be called...bitsa
My Tanglewood Acoustic is called woody, 'cos I love Ron Wood...yeah I know lame excuse

Amps
Hitw@tt head is called ten ton ted
cab is called whitey..is that racist?



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[badgermark]

My amp has been christened the Tiny Toaster. Gotta love tiny terrors.

Oh and my car is called Boris. No reason, first name that came to mind. I recently got a snail for our fish tank, it needs a name... Something asexual as the blighter is a hermaphrodite.

It strikes me that the Orange Tiny Terror was exactly the sort of thing Nigel Tufnel needed that time backstage in Boston...

Perhaps you could call the snail James-May as it's a collection of both a male and female name making it a hermaphrodite itself.

I call my Maverick 'The Mongrel' as its a mish-mash of various Maverick models and with replacement pups.

I can't call it James May, the little snail is a fast bugger! Literally whizzes around the tank. Back to the drawing board.

[maverickf1jockey]

Murray the Mollusc?

Shelley...?

These names aren't up to much, sorry, Mark.

[badgermark]

I'm just as bad. I want to name my first born Brick. My girlfriend is coming round to the idea though...

[Elliot]

No

[HairyChris]

Never been into naming inanimate objects myself. I don't have the imagination required... :stupid:

[AndyR]

Great thread TF - I was thinking of asking the same, especially after you let slip that the new one was Ruby Tuesday the other day. I was a bit worried it was just me!

My original JV Squier Strat got named Arwen back in the early eighties, didn't really name anything else until the last few years.

Edith - my Fiesta Red Japanese 62 re-issue strat. Named after one of the twin girls my wife looks after (she's a nanny). It was joke originally, and also to cheer the real Edith up, but it kinda stuck after a while - if I get another strat, she'll probably have to be called Lois because of this...

Maud - Epi SG. I've had this for years, but after naming Edith, the SG just cried out to be called Maud, so that was it...

Alice - Baja tele. Named after one of my favourite TV presenters :roll: This was a bit contrived at first, but the name has really stuck since putting Blackguards in her the other week.

Hazel - Epi LP. Named after the other one of my favourite TV presenters :lol:. This one hasn't stuck, and it's not helped that the guitar is out of favour at the moment and back in the attic...

Ethel - Gibson Explorer. That one popped out of the blue, I think we were looking for "old names" in tune with Edith, ALice, and Maud. But it hasn't quite stuck yet, she still gets called "the explorer"

Bess - or Elizabeth, Bessie... black Tokai Love Rock. Not sure which variation will stick, but Elizabeth I is in my mind... maybe she ought to be called Cate, after all, after one of my fav... etc(!)

Debra - Danelectric 59 re-issue. This hasn't stuck yet - "Dano" seems to be her name most of the time...

I realised while writing all this, that the name seems to stick when I finally come across the "soul of the guitar" - eg, the baja's been "Alice" since I got her in February, but I haven't thought of her as Alice until the last week or so after putting BKPs in, and I really starting loving what she does...

And I think I've just renamed the Tokai to Cate - I just hadn't realised that was the imagary going through my mind, when I look at her, until I wrote the above...

OK, I'm ready for my medication now :lol:

[Sailor Charon]

Great thread TF - I was thinking of asking the same, especially after you let slip that the new one was Ruby Tuesday the
Maud - Epi SG. I've had this for years, but after naming Edith, the SG just cried out to be called Maud, so that was it...

'Thinking of Maud, you forget everything...'

[38thBeatle]

I wonder if Phil King has his named.

[PhilKing]

No - I never think of names other than the model and year for guitars.  Nothing to do with how many I have, or anything like that.  I just don't name things, never have.  Even my cat was called Ginger because he was a ginger tom!

[Will]

I also agree with the not naming idea. I have: Gibson, Epi, Bass, and Acoustic...
I also find that the word 'dog' is a suitable name for the dog.

[WezV]

technically my cats are called sid and nancy but they just get called big one and little one!

[AndyR]

I also find that the word 'dog' is a suitable name for the dog.

:lol:
I'm with you on that one!! I'm not exactly "anti-animals", but I don't really understand other peoples' need for pets, and I really don't like having animals around me in my living space (even to the extent that I will avoid visiting/staying with people who keep pets).

Unfortunately all animals seem to like me though... and when forced (I have lived with animals in the past) I will be friendly in a "don't invade my space" fashion, and I will always refer to them by their proper designation (eg "Dog") when speaking to them - regardless of what the owner thinks. I found out years ago that this seems the swiftest way to establish a respectful rapport with the animal in question... Using it's "name" or just trying to ignore it always seems to encourage liberty-taking on the animal's part!! :lol:

Still that's just me - loads of people get loads of joy out of their and other people's pets, and I wouldn't stop them. I'd rather avoid all that and form deep and lasting relationships with inanimate objects :roll:

[hunter]

Martamp prototype - "Vishnu" - (on order/build in progress)
(named by myself and Martin as Vishnu is the Hindu Supreme God, believed by some to be superior to Shiva  ;) )

Dream on Dave ;o)

Here are my names:

Thes are my guitars that do have names:
Edwards LP Relic Page (VHIIs) - "Mrs. Tokyo"
Epiphone LP Standard (Black Dogs) - "Cowboy" (according to my GF it looks like a Cowboy's guitar)
MusicMan Axis - "Canada" (where I ebayed it from)
Tokai Goldstar '87 50s strat (Apaches) - "David" (it's going to be my Gilmour Relic when I am finished)
PRS SE Singlecut (RebelYells) - "Cowboy II" (ask my GF why)
Edwards 3PU LP Custom - "Whitey" (err ... it's white)
Gibson LP Special (BKP-91/92) - "Dickerchen" (it's got a baseball bat like neck)

Amps:
No names other than "Shiva" and "Budda", as well as "Axe" for the Axe FX, just what they're called.

[Sailor Charon]

I also find that the word 'dog' is a suitable name for the dog.

hmmm... although, if your dog is female, 'bitch' isn't a good name. :) [Actually, it's worse if your dog is male, but you get the idea...]