Do you name your basses?

[RodRy]

This is Dot, I've just decided — short for Dorothy …

… in truth, this is Dot's identical twin, Ruby ​

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I remember Dot! She was on Animaniacs!

 

[MCDufour]

His name is Murdoc, because I've always been a Gorillaz fan

I quite like Murdoc as well.

 

[pcake]

i don't name my basses - it's easy to differentiate them by calling them the green mikro, the woody bass (that's what my husband calls my mahogany oil finish GSR100EX), the mustang, the black micro, the traveler and so on. it doesn't take any longer to use those brief descriptions than to call them by names.

Left to right. “Grandpa” “papa Smurf” and “old school”
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Grandpa is a metalocalypse reference. There was an episode where they referred to acoustic guitars as “grandpas” guitars.

as soon as i read that, i could hear skwisgaar (taller than a tree) in my head saying "grandpas guitars"

 

[Ooba Tooba]

Captain Kirk

 

[Membo]

I call them bad words when I mess up, but otherwise no names.

 

[Bobhmcs]

My Epi EB-3, "Electric Lady".

HENRY
A play on names and you have to be old enough to get it.
Bob

 

[Bobhmcs]

Well after all has been said and done I have done a quick revert. I had one precision to rewire, another to install Hb7's, and a third to try out some Vintage Lace Sensor.
Now they are known as
"Why you son of a ,,,,"
This @#$% Ridiculous
Who puts #3 screws in a machine head
And finally
You are lucky you are my favorite.
Oh and Abby Normal as my granddaughter was visiting.
Bob

 

[searayus1]

Only this one. She was custom made for me. I call her "Thunderella"....

 

[scottsigler]

Seems like, especially if you have more than one say, Fender P-bass, you'd consider naming them to keep them straight.

Or is that just weird?

And if you do name them, I'd love to hear what names you've given them.

I name mine. It's quite fun. All lefties.
* Vader (stealth Bongo HS 5)
* Baby (Warwick Streamer LX 5)
* Swamp Thing (Warwick $$ 5)
* Raider (Rick 4003/s5 90s, black with chrome hardware and a custom-made chrome truss rod cover)
* White Chocolate (Sandberg California TM-5, cream)
* The Punnisher (MusicMan Sterling 5, black)

As-yet unnamed
* Bongo HH 5 stealth

 

[chris_b]

If you look at my sig you'll see I have a bass called Roger, one called Mike and one called Leo.

 

[robmclucky]

Well, they ain't gonna name themselves.

 

[Bobo]

Well, they ain't gonna name themselves.

I have to come up with a new name for my new upright. I’m leaning toward “Junior” or “JR”...

 

[Bard2dbone]

This is Dot, I've just decided — short for Dorothy …

… in truth, this is Dot's identical twin, Ruby


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I remember Dot! She was on Animaniacs!
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I did the same thing. My Epiphone Dot is named 'Dorothy' because Dot is usually short for Dorothy. And she is one of two red instruments I own. So the other, my Spector NS2a, is 'Ruby'. My daughter says the Spector's last name is 'Slippers'.

 

[Bobo]

My first guitar, a Zimgar, in 1966. Here’s my dad playing it.

 

[Bobo]

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My first guitar, a Zimgar, in 1966. Here’s my dad playing it.

dad played violin when he was a kid, but getting him to play for us was like trying to pass a kidney stone.

 

[teembass]

No, can't say that I do.
I just call them what they are . . . the EB-3, jazz bass, Beatle bass, acoustic bass etc.

 

[bass4worship]

No way, it's just wood!

 

[Bobo]

No way, it's just wood!

ouch! you guys are so harsh! actually, the only basses i’ve named are my ampeg scroll top (Peg) and my upright (Kay)....the fenders are just “P-bass”.

 

[Tom Bomb]

I still have one axe left to christen. All the others, bar the drums etc. — my next challenge, are pretty much on the census already. I was contemplating Blackie — a little lame, maybe. And not so novel, an homage — but it is the spitting image of this one.

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However …

solely on the strength of this,

I'm gonna go with Annie (maniac). Lives in the lounge room. Couch surfer extraordinaire. Will not budge. Not that I mind, mind you. On the contrary

 

[Volker Kirstein]

The updated list, in alphabetical order:

Betty - BEAD Sting Ray clone (Harley Benton)
Frankenbass - Fretless J (Harley Benton)
Hello Kitty - Squier Bronco Badtz Maru Edition
Ivy - Regular J
Jenny - Hot rodded short scale P, my go-to girl! (Harley Benton)
Katherine - Vintage P (Harley Benton)
Monica - Regular P
Stick - Sawn off Yamaha RBX250 (I didn't saw it!)
Svetlana - Parts Bass "Soviet" P w/inverse lefty short scale neck
Tinkerbell - Fame M-03 mini-bass
Veronica - Regular PJ
Yellowjacket - 24 fret short scale