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tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Thu May 28, 2026 3:29 pm

BB King, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards did (and countless others I forget now)

I don't though I do think about it every ten years or so.
I should they all spend time in my lap and I think of them as having distinct personalities which form the decisions I make on what style of music to play on them.

EyeCloud · Post by **EyeCloud** » Thu May 28, 2026 3:59 pm

I wouldn't want to hear what Eric Clapton calls his based on his history of finding names for things...

Cuauhtli · Post by **Cuauhtli** » Thu May 28, 2026 4:05 pm

Mostly just call them pieces of shit when they don't do what I want them to.

VladK · Post by **VladK** » Thu May 28, 2026 4:08 pm

Yes, all my guitars have unique name assigned to it: Fender, Ibanez, Guild, Olinda, and Stenzel. Pretty straightforward approach IMHO, LOL

mystran · Post by **mystran** » Thu May 28, 2026 8:08 pm

I voted "no" ... but actually now that I think about, perhaps naming them would be fun.

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Thu May 28, 2026 9:36 pm

Never named them, tho I did paint a dragon on one once.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Thu May 28, 2026 10:48 pm

EyeCloud wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 3:59 pm I wouldn't want to hear what Eric Clapton calls his based on his history of finding names for things...

He named his Black which was cobbled together with different parts from different strats over different years "Blackie" as it was black. He had another stratocaster named Brownie. He named his Red Les Paul Red.

All guitars have an innate personality. That's part of the reason why we buy them they have a "character" in the tone that speaks to us. Then there is us. We sit with it in our lap or stand with it hanging over us touching our bodies and we try to pour our soul into them. Shouldn't that be enough to name the instrument we devote so much time and energy into?

The naming principle is what hangs me up. My number one right now is the "Sage" colored telecaster. It's a faded metallic blue. My number two is my D'angelico Tammany with Sapele back and sides. My number three is a harvest green Stratocaster which reminds me of fresh parsely. And I still own the pine body telecaster which I rarely play. Parsley, Sage, Sapele and Pine (Simon and Garfunkel reference) I'm not going to name my other guitars after spices. If I ever get a date I'm not going to introduce her to them as "The Spice Girls" And I don't want her to look under my bed and find my "Jazz Boxes" Things could get weird.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Fri May 29, 2026 5:34 am

I never really thought of a good reason to name them. I don’t have that many, and they’re all different colors, so when I refer to them to my family, they’re “the white/red/black/acoustic/sitar one.” To my guitarist friends, they’re the Steinberger/Steinberger bass/G&L/Seagull/Coral Sitar. I only name things that cry for food.

Magic Russ · Post by **Magic Russ** » Fri May 29, 2026 3:29 pm

I don't have names for my guitars beyond "the Fender" or "the Nighthawk" or "that blue thing".

My bass amp, on the other hand is known as "The Monolith" because the cabinet gives me flashbacks to "2001".

Hewitt Huntwork · Post by **Hewitt Huntwork** » Fri May 29, 2026 4:48 pm

It's complicated. They all have names, given to them by my partner. She claims she doesn't name them, but rather that the names "come to her" which I guess is different somehow.

Old Man Shoe
Purple Justice
Wander Hearth
DeVito
Buckle
Tinkerbell
Sequin
Tuxedo

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri May 29, 2026 9:38 pm

Hewitt Huntwork wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 4:48 pm It's complicated. They all have names, given to them by my partner. She claims she doesn't name them, but rather that the names "come to her" which I guess is different somehow.

Old Man Shoe
Purple Justice
Wander Hearth
DeVito
Buckle
Tinkerbell
Sequin
Tuxedo

purple justice, jams by day, fights crime after dark...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri May 29, 2026 9:43 pm

im glad im not the only yes vote, although my partner isn't involved in the naming here.
i name them after classic horror actors, so i have boris, bela, claude, and lon.
i don't name the acoustics.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Sat May 30, 2026 2:28 am

I never did up until very recently but there were very natural names for my latest three so they kind of stuck.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sat May 30, 2026 4:46 pm

Magic Russ wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 3:29 pm I don't have names for my guitars beyond "the Fender" or "the Nighthawk" or "that blue thing".

My bass amp, on the other hand is known as "The Monolith" because the cabinet gives me flashbacks to "2001".

So one guitar you name by brand another you name by model. And your amp gets a sci-fi reference.
Fair enough.

I wouldn't have any consistency with my guitar naming either. Some times I think of bad names like Florence Beatrice, Russell, Claude, etc But I like the guitars too much.

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Sat May 30, 2026 4:58 pm

I guess I don't project a personality or anything onto my guitars, to me they are just objects.
I appreciate their quality / sound stuff. A guitar doesn't speak to me in any such way, nor does any other instrument or item.

I don't have pets either, nor any interest in having them. It's not that I don't like them,
I can not give them the attention or dedication they require, I am just aware of it.

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