Naming your guitars

Sassafras

Corvaldt said:

p90fool said:

I don't care what people call their guitars, but when someone hands me a two year old run-of-the-mill polyester-covered plank which plops off the production line at the rate of 400 units a day and says "be careful with Mary, she's my baby", where exactly am I supposed to look?

Answer me that, you freaks.

You look at the guitar, you make some kind of generalised positive comment ‘the neck feels great, really playable’ then you carefully hand it back. That cheap guitar might be the most expensive thing they own, it might have been a present from a loved one, and it has most likely been true to them through some bad emotions and good, and will do so for some time to come. If anyone was to take that pride and support away from them it would be a real shame, quite cruel even, so be kind. 

I'd hand it back and move away as quickly as possible.
I never feel comfortable around absolute nutters.

thegummy

Corvaldt said:

p90fool said:

I don't care what people call their guitars, but when someone hands me a two year old run-of-the-mill polyester-covered plank which plops off the production line at the rate of 400 units a day and says "be careful with Mary, she's my baby", where exactly am I supposed to look?

Answer me that, you freaks.

You look at the guitar, you make some kind of generalised positive comment ‘the neck feels great, really playable’ then you carefully hand it back. That cheap guitar might be the most expensive thing they own, it might have been a present from a loved one, and it has most likely been true to them through some bad emotions and good, and will do so for some time to come. If anyone was to take that pride and support away from them it would be a real shame, quite cruel even, so be kind. 

Good post. That situation has nothing to do with there being a name, it's just looking down on someone when they ask you to be careful with a guitar they own because it's not as expensive as yours.

It's not as if naming a guitar makes more sense the more expensive it is.

slacker

axisus said:

KevS said:

Japanese Candy Apple Red Tele shortened to Candy..Or the Magic Tele on account of it's Tone..

I have bought a New Body for a Tele that was known as The Boat Anchor..

It will now be known as the Thinline..

A Mexican Classic Strat,,,,or it started off as that that I have had for a long time,20 Years and has been through the wars a bit..
It is Lake Placid Blue is known as Old Blue..

Les Paul Standard in Transparent Amber called Amber..

Other guitars are known by Finish then Model or just Model..
The Sunburst Classic..Old 1960 style Les Paul Classic in lightburst..

Oh but then there is Petunia the Junia (Junior) in a New Yoik Accent..

It is a sort of Leslie West reference that though and a silly rhyme..I'm Scottish not from New York by the way..
Stock Pick up,Satin Finished economy Gibson..Complete Tone Monster..
Something that was cheap but good is the Wee 70s Tribute..Les Paul 70s Tribute with changed Pickups..
I guess there is less wood there,so it's called the Wee,,never analysed that till now though..
Petunia also gets called the Wee Junior..
Most of my Electric Guitars have changed pick ups....

So most of the names are shortened ways of naming them if I have more than one Tele say.,
or affectionate names...
I do Love some of them though and if I lost those I would be devastated.. 
Sometimes you pick up a guitar and you know it is a really good one right from the start....
You spend a lot of time with your guitars,so there is that attachment..
I tend to take mine out of the cases when using them as I have a dehumidifier in the room they are in.
.I actually lost one because of humidity and nearly lost others..
I remember and get excited at what good guitars they are when they get into my hands,,I feel so lucky to own them..S
ome I am more luke warm about,,they serve a purpose....
You get Good Strats,you get decent Strats,You get OK Strats say..
You of course get Amazing ones too..My Mexican Classic ,Tone and Feel wise kills A USA Standard Strat I have..
Old Blue is in many ways now a mongrel though,,refretted with a 9.5 camber etc..
I have some guitars that play so well for me,I treasure them more than the expensive ones..
I wouldn't swap them for 4 times what they are worth,maybe not at all,,a good guitar is a good guitar..
That means more than how high it is in the line or it's financial value..
My Les Paul Standard is good,but my Les Paul Classic which was cheaper is outstanding..
Changed Pickups again on both..
So is that 70s Tribute..Those special guitars if I lost them or had to let go would devastate me..
So you get Amazing,Good,Luke Warm and then duffers of the same model,,regardless of price..
Every Guitar is different,,even ones that are only divided by one serial number..
So often the coolest looking only get as far as the luke warm category,or Lower in the case of a Gretsch I owned...
So yes,,I do love some of my guitars..
They are much more lovable than plenty of Human Beings,in fact they can act as an antidote to many Human Beings..

Some I am a bit more careful with than others,some have a fair old bit of playing wear and are even better for it..
I can understand people naming guitars I suppose if they are special ones..
I know they are just bits of wood,but the plainest bit of wood can end up being a really special guitar..
There seems to be an element of chance as to how a guitar turns out..
They are what they are..
The flashest looking can often be real duffers..

Just my experience. of course.. 

Weirdest post I've seen in in a long while..
Paragraphs are your friend..
double full stops.. Strange..
much digression..
Weird..

Nice Haiku reply 

Voxman

Many of my guitars have names. I call my Les Paul Custom, my Les Paul Custom, my SG standard is called my SG Standard, and my PRS Custom 24 is called my PRS Custom 24. I have other guitars but it takes a lot of thought to do all this guitar naming so I need to think about these.  My Epiphone Sheraton II is a real challenge, but I'm leaning towards calling it my Epiphone Sheraton II.  

Totally stumped though on my USA Fender Stratocaster Limited Edition. Open to suggestions though!  Hold it, just had a brainwave...I'm calling that one....

Daphne ... cos it's Daphne blue!  

skullfunkerry

Voxman said:

Many of my guitars have names. I call my Les Paul Custom, my Les Paul Custom, my SG standard is called my SG Standard, and my PRS Custom 24 is called my PRS Custom 24. I have other guitars but it takes a lot of thought to do all this guitar naming so I need to think about these.  My Epiphone Sheraton II is a real challenge, but I'm leaning towards calling it my Epiphone Sheraton II.  

Totally stumped though on my USA Fender Stratocaster Limited Edition. Open to suggestions though!  Hold it, just had a brainwave...I'm calling that one....

Daphne ... cos it's Daphne blue!  

I might start calling this one "Gary"...