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

[Twinfan]

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)

If it isn't nicer/better than a Shiva, then it isn't finished yet  ;)

The "Vishnu" WILL be better than a Shiva...

[Philly Q]

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...

OK, Hazel Irvine, but who's Alice?  Not Alice Beer?

[MrBump]

Can't say that I ever name anything.

In fact, my eldest son was 3 before we gave hime a name...

 :lol: :lol: What did you refer to him as?

Son?

Actually, I base most of my parenting style on Homer Simpson.

We DID name the firstborn pretty early on, although I love to refer to him as "The Boy"...

I'm starting to get in to this naming business.  In fact, I'm actually in the proces of (shock horror) BUILDING my own guitar, which I've already christened "The Pig", given that it's looking pretty damn ugly, yet kinda endearning...

 :D

[WezV]

I'm starting to get in to this naming business.  In fact, I'm actually in the proces of (shock horror) BUILDING my own guitar, which I've already christened "The Pig", given that it's looking pretty damn ugly, yet kinda endearning...

 :D

we need pictures of the pig!!!  i warn you now  - its damn addictive

[FELINEGUITARS]

Not all of my guitars but these ones were called Frankie and Blondie

[il˙ti]

See? All the cool kids name their guitars.

[MrBump]

I'm starting to get in to this naming business.  In fact, I'm actually in the proces of (shock horror) BUILDING my own guitar, which I've already christened "The Pig", given that it's looking pretty damn ugly, yet kinda endearning...

 :D

we need pictures of the pig!!!  i warn you now  - its damn addictive

Yeah, I know what you mean...  but juggling it with paying attention to wife and kids (oh, and work...) is bloody difficult.

As soon as I get something worth posting, it'll be up here.

Mark.

[AndyR]

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...

OK, Hazel Irvine, but who's Alice?  Not Alice Beer?

Dr Alice Roberts. Although I have to say I can't quite manage to watch her recent "don't die young" series - it was always on when I was trying to eat!!

[Philly Q]

Dr Alice Roberts. Although I have to say I can't quite manage to watch her recent "don't die young" series - it was always on when I was trying to eat!!

Ah, I quite like Dr Alice, but that show is indeed a tough watch!

[AndyR]

The name Alice also has a lot of other resonances for me: Lewis Carroll's Alice, a song I wrote in the early eighties, the Tom Waits song/album, I love the name, etc, etc...

But the original act of naming the Baja was because of her contributions on "Coast" - the character of the guitar in the first few days seemed to fit with her attractive "no-sh1t/flirty/down-to-earth/enthusiastic" on-screen personality. It fits even more now that it's got Blackguards, especially as it has a slightly deeper pitched tone of voice now...

[Matt77]

General Les, Spanky and the Cat.
(aka Les Paul Studio, Axis Supersport and my Feline Lion)
It's a secret though as people might think I' sad
I talk to them as well

[Roobubba]

No need to name guitars when I only play the one!

My wife and I do name our cars, though. The first car we had, which was hers before I met her, was called Bob (it was a renault clio, and at the time she bought it, vic and bob were on the adverts...).
The current car (also a clio...) is called Henry, following the same reasoning!

All our house plants get names, too, such as George, the peace lilly, and Basil II (Basil I had a long reign but eventually gave up the ghost after we had an extended holiday in Canada...).

Dear God we're sad.

:D

Roo

[Twinfan]

My car (an MG ZS) is called Ollie - the letters on the reg are EOL, so it came from that.

My mate's family's cars are called "The Dawg" (a Golf V6), Mabel (an Audi RS4) and Kylie (a Subaru Impreza WR1).  His wife names them all.

Mrs Twinfan decided to compete with her and has called her C2 VTS "Sebastian René DuPont"  :roll:

[MDV]

Some. First guitar, modded to all hell and back, was used in my early days as a test-bed for wirings, practice for guitar techy stuff (like doing a refret on, because I felt like it):

The Gimp.

Dean Z, brazilburst explorer, dean V headstock, chrome BKs:

Hetbag.

My main kick-around guitar, cos its stable, sounds decent, plays well and I dont mind it getting dinged up by drunken fools...you should know its a little green (though mainly black)

The Jolly Green Metal Machine.

My jackson DX1 with WP-ITs

Miss Piggy.

I have several others but no names have made themselves apparent

[tomjackson]

My Gordon Smith is called Dan.  This is only so I can say ‘well played Dan’ at the end of a gig and the drummer says ‘thanks, you too’.  To which I reply ‘I wasn’t talking to you Dan, I was talking to my guitar’.

My Strat is called Marjorie, for obvious reasons.