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Have you named your bass?
- Thread starter Mr. Sound
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My motorcycles have names. My basses are my basses.
Perhaps it says something about my skills in the two areas that I have an emotional attachment to the bikes but the instruments are just tools.
Perhaps it says something about my skills in the two areas that I have an emotional attachment to the bikes but the instruments are just tools.
Bianca, Nella, Daphne, and Blakout....Why? Because my bandmates have NO IDEA what I'm talking about when I say "My Ibanez SRX3EX-QM1 with the Bartolini NTMB-3 preamp"
I don't think it's stupid, I just haven't cared about the concept enough to do it. To me, basses are tools; albeit tools that have something of a persona, for sure. The basses are already named by the manufacturer. I'm not sure why a name from me would change anything about how they are set up or sound, which is all that matters to me.
I don't care about the concept too much either. Normally these threads are met with a certain level of disdain, though. Personally, I think it's cool that B.B. King called his guitar Lucille.
It's funny. After some serious thought, every bass I own has the same 2 names.
Their names? "This One" and, "That One". And, I guess if I were to have 3 basses at one time with me, I'd name the third one, "The Other One".
Their names? "This One" and, "That One". And, I guess if I were to have 3 basses at one time with me, I'd name the third one, "The Other One".
Call me crazy, but every one of my basses has a name given to them by yours truely. The two I have found myself playing lately:
Roxanne : fiesta red road worn jazz. Reminds me of my favorite song by the police. No matter how used and abused she is, there is no way I could love her anymore.
Desiree : honey blonde 50s classic. Reminds me of the woman I'm in love with, who also happens to also be a honey blonde beauty.
Roxanne : fiesta red road worn jazz. Reminds me of my favorite song by the police. No matter how used and abused she is, there is no way I could love her anymore.
Desiree : honey blonde 50s classic. Reminds me of the woman I'm in love with, who also happens to also be a honey blonde beauty.
Yes thank you so true a bass is like a guitar with balls.
Anyway I don't name my basses the same way I name my kids but more like you would name a work of art(I build guitars)
"Loki" for the god of mischief and "86" for well . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
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I don't understand why people equate naming bases with being emotionally attached to them. It's just a goof, folks - I don't really think they're people ...
In any case, it was my wife's idea - she thought it would be fun, and it's easier to communicate with her about my basses that way. If I say "Buffy," she'll know which one I mean more easily than if I say "the Univox."
In any case, it was my wife's idea - she thought it would be fun, and it's easier to communicate with her about my basses that way. If I say "Buffy," she'll know which one I mean more easily than if I say "the Univox."
I think this has been done. Just sayin'.
I'll play anyway. Rhea and Brie are my two Epi Embassy Special IVs. I contemplated selling one to get a fiver last month but as much as I want a fiver I can't bring myself to sell either. Decision still in progress
probably has been done, I'm just too lazy to look for the thread!
I have my Ibanez p copy, I call her ol' reliable. last march, my high school winter percussion group went to Dayton, Ohio for the WGI World Championship Competition. The night before we competed, we were having practice in the gym at a ymca that was putting us up for the weekend. Sure enough, I broke a string, with no spares in my case. This led to a general consensus by everyone but me that her new name is "Un-reliable."
I sometimes refer to my Kramer 450B as "Lucifers Hammer", mostly because that's what if feels like to have hanging off my shoulder after a while. And, my Gretsch Broadkaster often gets referred to as "F#&@ing thing" under my breath. But naming them? No, I don't. Like cats, they won't come when called, so why bother? 
My ancient Aria that I've had since Christ was just a Corporal, and my first bass is just that, "First Base". My US Jazz Bass is "Number One". My MIM Squier Jazz is "Excaliber". My Bronco is "Lil Red Bass" and my Washburn/Ovation hybrid bass, made out of parts is "Ovaburn". I know, kinda silly. But they're my basses, and they all get names lol
Aimee, Christina and Jessica. I give my basses female names even though they have a very masculine sound because there just damn sexy to me, curvy body's and angelic voices.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
I could never understand why there were so many vampires in Sunnydale? My Hofner I either call her Michelle or Penny.
