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April 7th, 2006
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How many of you name your guitars?
I am really curious as to how many others here name their guitars, and if they do, what names they chose.
I named my Gibson Les Paul Deluxe goldtop " Larkie" because it's sings like a bird, and also because I used "Lark Street music" to do the setup on it, and they did a great job.
I named my Clapton strat " Alberta" because it's white like the snows up in Alberta (Canada) and also because of the blues song by the same name on Clapton's Unplugged album. To be truthful, this name occured to me in a dream the night after I got it, so I'm not going to question that! And my wife has started calling it by the nickname " Birdie" (off the suffix "berta"). I like that, so we usually call it Birdie. 
And I didn't name my Yahama FG-180 acoustic during most of the years I had it (I got it over 30 years ago) but my nickname at the time (Jamie) is on a label on the case it's in, so I've taken to calling it " Jamie" - my alter-ego for many, many years!
Anyone else??? 
Jim
James V. Signorile, ASCAP
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Nope. I don't name my guitars. I don't name body parts either.
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Only My new LP type
Because the color of the guitar is exactly the same as my girlfriends eyes-I call it shawna--(her name)-we make a joke over me "playing" on her.
Of All the Things I've Lost it's My Mind I Miss the Most
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Mine already has a name Seagull
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April 8th, 2006
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i just refer to it as my ibanez
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I refer to mine as the yamaha and the nylon 
"happiness is... a new guitar"
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ive not got round to naming them, but when i have a bad day and cant get my fingers working properly then the guitars get called all sorts of wonderful names
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I like to name mine some relative name i.e.
Woody, a Samick 335 named because it is taken back to bare wood and oiled.
Sam, a Samick dreadnought so named because of lightnin' Hopkins,fave muso.
Effie,a J&D an archtop acoustic because it has F holes.
The Baby,a Stagg Les Paul named because it took 9 months to get from factory.
Snotty, a Stagg Snotocaster so named because I use it in a Snotty Punk Blues outfit I'm in called" Scary Clown".
The Cricket Bat,a travel guitar because it looks a bit like a cricket bat.
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April 8th, 2006
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It never really occured to me to name the guitars. I just say my electric or acoustic for whichever I may choose to play at the time.
Neil
"Good Music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty" Thomas Beecham
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I know there are famous guitar names out there -
Blackie and Brownie for Clapton
Tiger and Wolf for Garcia
Number 1 and Lenny for SRV.
Any other famous one come to mind?
Jim
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BB king - Lucille
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
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Originally Posted by joe_strummer
ive not got round to naming them, but when i have a bad day and cant get my fingers working properly then the guitars get called all sorts of wonderful names |
HA HA HA HA....!!!!   
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
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Originally Posted by nocat
BB king - Lucille
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That's an obvious one I missed... 
George Harrison named one of his guitars also - but I can't remember the name or what model it was.
Jim
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Originally Posted by joe_strummer
ive not got round to naming them, but when i have a bad day and cant get my fingers working properly then the guitars get called all sorts of wonderful names |
 I LIKE IT!!!!!!!
I can't really name my guitars!  You see i am in an all girls school and if someone says "hey do you want to come into town after school?" at the moment i'd reply no i can't i'm goint home to play my guitar however you can imagine their reactions if say i name it a female name and i said no i can't i'm going home to play /on/with sally! and if i named it a guys name it would be just as bad!  Last year i was extremly sick and missed loads of school and it was bad enough when i went back to hear people asking about the baby iwas supposed to have had during my absense!!! It's a mad school with mad people but i love it anyway!
Keep the names coming i'm intregued!!!!
tink!!!
No matter what life dishes out just try to make the most of what you're given. things will taste better then!
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April 9th, 2006
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Originally Posted by nocat
BB king - Lucille
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Hope this has a happy ending.
http://network.bestfriends.org/losan...news/1406.html
Bo Diddley - Big G
SRV - No.1, or First Wife. ( He is said to have slept with it cradled in his arms)
Willie Nelson - Trigger (named after Roy Roger's horse. He was a big fan of The Singing Cowboy.
Les Paul - The Log
Geoff
I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
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