bass names

[DRut]

This may be a strange question. But I was noodling around last week and my wife refers to my bass as the other woman. Then she asked me if I named her. I think the question stemmed from what she knows about BB King and Lucille the most famous guitar ever. So I am curious do any of you all name your basses?

 

[Elusive1]

I name all of mine. I won't go through all of their names as they each have their own story/origin (detailing them all would make this post at least five times longer), just gonna share the tale of the very first one here

 

[chris_b]

I know people do it, but IMO giving basses names is weird!

 

[Watchootognbout]

Left to right:
My AIO,My EHB,My TWB fretted,My TWB fretless.

 

[bassfran]

Yes. Though my latest’s hasn’t come to me just yet.
And though Lucille is indeed quite famous I believe that Trigger may be perhaps moreso.

 

[Thumpin6string]

I call this one my fretted 6.

I call this my Franken fretless 6.

 

[Dincrest]

My swirl bass (which is my #1) is named Hepzibah, named after the Starjammers comic book character, whose moniker refers to Lady Hepzibah from the Pogo comics (because Starjammers Hepzibah's actual name is a series of scents unpronounceable by humans, so Corsair took to calling her Hepzibah).


My recently acquired blue 5-string has no name yet. It hasn't earned a moniker yet, and I don't just name things arbitrarily.

 

[lark_z]

My two babies are named "Piney Woods" and "P-Yama".

 

[JC BASS 91]

Yes....they all have female names:

These two haven't been added to the collage, yet, because there are upgrades planned, but the black one is Lenore and the red one is Scarlett.

The 6-string thingy's also....

 

[Pings Bass]

No, the only inanimate object I ever named was the band van in the 80s, a 1963 Chevy StepVan affectionately called "The Pig." The basses are just basses.

 

[skycruiser]

Let's see - a bass has a head(stock), a neck, a body, and you twiddle the knob? Hmmm...

I don't name my basses.

 

[2saddleslab]

The black one, the silver one, the blonde one, the sunburst one, the custom Cab [Cabronita], the Gretsch, & the Dean.

 

[mambo4]

"P" and "Lull"

 

[bass12]

No sexes and no names for mine.

 

[eldorado2001]

Only one, I call my #1 Pbass Big Red.

 

[Element Zero]

Mine are simple. The Dingwall. The fretless. The StingRay. The Fender. The Ibanez. The Mayones.

My old Scion xB had a name though. EVERY SINGLE ONE of my friends all knew it as The Purple Toaster.

 

[Michedelic]

This may be a strange question. But I was noodling around last week and my wife refers to my bass as the other woman. Then she asked me if I named her. I think the question stemmed from what she knows about BB King and Lucille the most famous guitar ever. So I am curious do any of you all name your basses?

This has been brought up before, and my answer is, no. It’s puerile, and the use of female names is lame, if not a little creepy. If needed, I just go with make, model, color, or string count.

 

[LowActionHero]

I never had before but I bought a motorcycle from a guy that had bought it on Valentines Day so he named it Valentine. I occasionally call it Val. Shortly after my wife asked if i named instruments so i called my G&L Gillian. It's Honeyburst but looks reddish. (I think we were doing an X Files marathon at the time)

Haven't named anything else.

 

[iqi616]

It doesn't bother me other people naming their basses as long as it's not too contrived or pretentious, but mine are known as the Kimbara, the Aria, the acoustic, the Squier, and the fretless.

 

[Gervais Cote]

Funky Lady :

Beaten Dog (built with old road/life worn parts) :