No, and I'm totally baffled by this new trend of musicians giving their instruments names.
Musicians were naming their instruments before you were born. Nothing new or trendy about it.
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Do you name your basses?
- Thread starter santucci218
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Musicians were naming their instruments before you were born. Nothing new or trendy about it.
From left to right:
-Jack-O (What can I say, I like Jaco stuff.)
-Blondie (Came from my guitarist when I showed up to practice with this instead of the P-Bass: "Replacing the brunette with the blonde, huh?")
-Drifter (That's what was stamped on the case when I got it. According to my gramps, that's been there since HE got it, which was in the early '60s. So I'm not screwin' with that name.)
-Grizzly (The result of a misunderstanding. I told a fellow musician I had my sixer in the car, they misheard and thought I said I had my grizzly in the car. Name stuck.)
To quote Shrek; "Do you think maybe he's trying to compensate for something...?"From top to bottom:
Long Dong
Hugh Jorgan
Wang Hung Lo
Enormous Genitals
From top to bottom:
Long Dong
Hugh Jorgan
Wang Hung Lo
Enormous Genitals
lol
(left to right)
Bootie Call (Sometimes BC or just Bootie) (my old standby Carvin LB70 that just has years of mojo invested in her)
Boobs (Formerly Joe Nerve's SX Jazz bass with porn laminated all over it)
Dark Meat (Nirvana Black Warwick 5vr $$)
El Capitan (It's an El Capitan made in USA Epiphone/Gibson acoustic bass)
Sexy Sadie (Carvin LB75) [not pictured]
Poo Bass (MIJ Precision) [not pictured]
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Bootie Call (Sometimes BC or just Bootie) (my old standby Carvin LB70 that just has years of mojo invested in her)
Boobs (Formerly Joe Nerve's SX Jazz bass with porn laminated all over it)
Dark Meat (Nirvana Black Warwick 5vr $$)
El Capitan (It's an El Capitan made in USA Epiphone/Gibson acoustic bass)
Sexy Sadie (Carvin LB75) [not pictured]
Poo Bass (MIJ Precision) [not pictured]
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I name all my basses:
Zanzibar: Squire P-Bass
Houdini: Schecter Stilleto Studio Fretless 4
Jorge: Rickenbacker 4001 (Someone else name it and it is indented in the paint)
THUNDERBURR: Epiphone Thunderbird
Bob Hoskins: Ibanez Soundgear SR506 6 string
I like my basses names.
Zanzibar: Squire P-Bass
Houdini: Schecter Stilleto Studio Fretless 4
Jorge: Rickenbacker 4001 (Someone else name it and it is indented in the paint)
THUNDERBURR: Epiphone Thunderbird
Bob Hoskins: Ibanez Soundgear SR506 6 string
I like my basses names.
you seriously own the porn bass!?
the link for your pics didnt work..lemme see it!
To quote Shrek; "Do you think maybe he's trying to compensate for something...?"
From The Kentucky Fried Movie:
There you go. I can't post a super clear pic of it for fear of getting banned.
But I can point you to links of it if you need. PM me.
My EB-3 is "My Precious," because s/he has been with me for 35+ years, through numerous relationships and career changes, and had sat alone and untouched for too many years, patiently waiting for me to come back . . .
I haven't named my UB yet, and I've only named one of my guitars -- my Washburn dreadnought is "the Tank" because . . . well, it is.
I haven't named my UB yet, and I've only named one of my guitars -- my Washburn dreadnought is "the Tank" because . . . well, it is.
Gotcha! I've not seen that for so long I've forgotten most of it. That's great!
I guess I've figured out what to call my basses. Since I consider them "the twins", since they're both the same brand, style, and finish, (although one's fretted and one's fretless), I've decided on "Tom" and "Pat". This is in reference to a Robert Heinlein book, (my favorite author, by the way), called "Time for the Stars" where two twin brothers are recruited by an organization to be a "communication" system between a starship and Earth by means of telepathy. Really an incredible book to read and a great set of characters. If you like SF and get the chance, read the book! You'll love it!
Crap! Now I have to figure out which is which!!!!!
Crap! Now I have to figure out which is which!!!!!
RE; the pic I posted: Poor lighting and crappy phone camera downloaded to the computer caused the differences. They're actually the exact finish and tone. When I ordered the Warwick fretless they sent a fretted by mistake and I had to wait until they sent another one up. A year later, I decided that I was so pleased with the bass that I wanted a fretted to add to the compliment, so on a whim, I went into the GC that I got the fretless from and mentioned that I may be looking soon for a fretted and, Low and Behold!, they had one on the wall that had been there for too long and would drop the price for me. Turns out, it was the fretted one that had been sent there by mistake, sitting on the wall all this time waiting for me to come and rescue it! I've never regretted trading in a Rick for that bass, plus a hardshell case, new strings, setup and a strap that totally matches the one for the fretless, to make them total twins!
Long story longer; I will have to tell them apart by the frets, I guess. One will be more "worried" than the other! It's time to re-read the story to see which brother fits...
Thanks for the help.
