Naming your bass

[Element Zero]

The Fodera is usually called “The Fodera”. Then there’s “the Stingray” and then there’s “the Fender” and last “the Ibanez”. That’s about as original as we get.

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

Yep.
Black Precicion
Road Worn Precision
MIJ 75 RI Jazz
Ovation Viper Bass


They were all named when I received them.

 

[Hypocrite]

"The Yamaha"
"The LTD"
"The Other LTD"

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Did you give your bass a name? I’ve never named an instrument before but my new Eko 995 has become Betty and I don’t know why.

Sparkle (silver flake L2500)
Fa (Warwick Dolphin)
Goldie (Gold Glitter precision with flower pickguard)
Marilyn (build in progress- Jazz bass with Holly Top)
Ginger (Curly/Flame Redwood Jazz )
Tangerine Dream (Tangerine glitter Billy Bo)
Blueberries n Cream (flame maple PJ, with cream EMG's)
Double Chocolate (P)uddin (dual P dark brown Mahogany Goya)
The Raspberry (Raspberry pink J)


most get nicknames like pets.
Eventually some will morph into model names as by builds progress / replicate

 

[misterCRUSH]

The bass I learned on is named Bosco:

The bass that became my number one is named Skaoi (Norwegian goddess of winter):

My goof around bass is a black Dean acoustic fretless (sorry no picture). It is named Ripple.

 

[31HZ]

I don't set out to give things names, but sometimes it kinda happens all on its own.

Like my mid-90s Carvin LB70 that somehow got named "The Pillow" because of its round, deep, and comfortably "cushy" tone.

You can't just walk away from a name like that, huh?

 

[Pings Bass]

Nope. My son's 6th grade band teacher made the kids name their horns, and she was also a holy terror. My son quit band after one term. Related? Perhaps.

 

[Claymore]

My only bass that has a name is this one, affectionately known as "The Pig" because the sound reminds me of a snorting wild boar rooting through the ground looking for truffles or something. I know that's weird but honestly, that's the least weird thing I've seen in 2020.

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

No, but all my basses have a name for me - The Amateur.

 

[pcake]

I named my cat. Same thing.

that actually made me LOL

"The Yamaha"
"The LTD"
"The Other LTD"

how did you decide which is "the other ltd" and which is "the ltd"?

 

[Son of Wobble]

MIM P Bass - Dasher
US J Bass - Dancer
Ric 4003 - Prancer
G&L - Vixen
DD RAMONE P Bass - Comet
Music Man - Donner
Epi EB-0 - Blitzen
Glarry P Bass - Rudolph

Still looking for my Cupid

 

[mongo2]

My basses never introduced themselves so I have no idea what their names are.

 

[Diminishedfilth]

Never named a Bass before, but I did have an amp head that I frequently titled, using a particular description of a singular item of excrement.

 

[Honkey tonk]

Trudy (bass)
(amp) Jemima

 

[jbhaugh]

Never understood why people name inanimate objects.

 

[bassbrad]

Some of my basses have names but not all of them.
Taz is my main squeeze
Goldie is one of my number two basses
My piccolo basses CC, Tygr, and Tweety.

 

[Killing Floor]

My main fretless P is "red bass" with no capital letters. My blue one is "my blue one". Only a mother or a luthier could tell them apart. I have a black P bass coming after the holidays, it's going to be called "that black P".

 

[Hypocrite]

that actually made me LOL



how did you decide which is "the other ltd" and which is "the ltd"?

Depends which one is closest

 

[JuanB]

Sheila, for some reason. The first bass I bought that I knew I wouldn't sell. A friend of mine named it.

 

[Hummergeist]

It's never even occurred to me to name an instrument!