Do you name your basses?

[gottawalk]

the one without frets is tom....

Okay...and your conclusion is from...? Just want to get it right.

 

[bassaficionado6]

I have a balck/blue Spector that my keyboardist suggested Papa Smurf. Has a nice ring I think.

 

[gottawalk]

Okay, after a little research, the fretted bass will be "Tom". (Sorry, santucci218)
To quote part of a description of the plot,

Tom Bartlett, one of the telepathic twins, signs on as crew. Also on the journey is his uncle Steve, a military man. The trip is fraught with problems as trivial as an annoying roommate, and as serious as mutiny.

I would say that he would be "fretting" over a lot more than his brother that gets to stay on Earth and raise a family and kick back on an enormous salary from the company that hired them! So, Pat is the "frettless", and Tom is the "fretting" bass. "And that's the way it is..."
Thanks for the inspiration to finally get names on these two babies.

 

[santucci218]

i always imagined the name tom to be simple and casual. frets are shiny, so i went against casual...carry the 2....that leaves 5....fretless = tom...

 

[gottawalk]

i always imagined the name tom to be simple and casual. frets are shiny, so i went against casual...carry the 2....that leaves 5....fretless = tom...

Well, sorry; I was never very good at math.

 

[santucci218]

Well, sorry; I was never very good at math.

we aren't all gifted.

 

[gottawalk]

we aren't all gifted.

Music, actually was a gift to me; math was a struggle! (Side note; You should probably get some sleep...a few minutes, anyway! Looks like my Mother-in-Law is going to be up all night, so I have an excuse!)

 

[santucci218]

Mother in law is going to be up all night? ide be passed out drunk then. =]

 

[gottawalk]

Mother in law is going to be up all night? ide be passed out drunk then. =]

6 beers later and I'm still typing. Thinking about taking her to her room and seeing if she'll stay in bed. Chances are she'll get back up and head out into the family room again. Senior dementia...

I know; too much information.

 

[f'nar f'nar]

From top to bottom:

Long Dong
Hugh Jorgan
Wang Hung Lo
Enormous Genitals

Stop taking credit for quotes off Kentucky Fried Movie!!!

 

[Fontaine]

"The Bass of Death"

 

[Asa Samuel]

No.

 

[Depth_Charge]

"This one"
"That one" and
"The other one"

 

[Relic]

"This one"
"That one" and
"The other one"

I have:
the heavy one, the black one, the hollow one, and the home-made one.

BTW, how have you been my friend?

 

[karamusic]

Yes when I try out some new solos I often call it 'bitch'

k

 

[chimpbass]

Old $***ty Gibson Ripper: The Ripper
Lakland 55-02: Lady McStank

 

[gottawalk]

Old $***ty Gibson Ripper: The Ripper
Lakland 55-02: Lady McStank

A Ripper... hmmm.... the name "Jack" comes to mind.....

 

[chimpbass]

A Ripper... hmmm.... the name "Jack" comes to mind.....

Heh. That would be a sweet name. Unfortunately, that bass doesn't rate enough playing time to have such a cool name...Needs electronic work. Badly.

 

[Atoz]

Old $***ty Gibson Ripper: The Ripper
Lakland 55-02: Lady McStank

Personally, I'd name the Ripper "The General" in honor of my favorite movie Dr. Strangelove, but that's just me.

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

This thread illustrates a few important things

1) If you're gonna name it, name it well.

Bass of Doom, Funk Machine, Lucille, Simone, Ricardo

2) Good stories make for good names

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.)

3) If one and two fail, naming your instrument borders on douchebaggery.