What's Your Bass/Guitar's Name?

[bolophonic]

Naming inanimate objects = embarrassing.

 

[Hounddog409]

I’ve never felt the need to give my basses, cars, or anything I own a name, other than a pet. I think most people do, however,

So, just wondering, what’re your basses’ names (& model?) and why?

Nope

 

[Dust2Dust]

I'm rather embarrassed to say I do... shameful, I know.

Man, please!

At least you're mature about it. My main J bass is Daphne Blue so I call it "Daphne".
All the rest have names like "Lucifer", "Hell's Doorbell", "Satan's Shadow" etc . . .

 

[Durham52]

It's hard enough to train basses. If we have to teach them to listen to their name there won't be much time left to play them.

Very true, plus these days assuming gender is a bit fraught, so I wouldn't want to upset any of them by giving an inappropriate name.

 

[Topkat13]

DingWall SJ 4.

 

[gcbake]

The Mule!

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

Nope, never gave any instrument a name. I am not wired that way. Never named my motorcycles or cars but I do refer to my wife's rifle as Henry.

 

[Bighouse]

I mean Jaco had "The Bass of Doom". That's a name- or at least a title, right? Maybe those who are opposed to giving names to your basses might consider giving them a title instead? I can see myself doing that. "Moneypit" comes to mind.

 

[swink]

Very true, plus these days assuming gender is a bit fraught, so I wouldn't want to upset any of them by giving an inappropriate name.

try French or German or Dutch or... everything has a gender in those languages ... at least for now...

 

[Bighouse]

My 100 year old 4/4 German flatback upright bass does indeed have a name. It named itself though. Behind the fingerboard, a previous owner who used it with the 70s punk rock band Angry Samoans wrote his name. I have and always will refer to it as Homer. It's also the bass the Three Stooges used in Disorder in the Court.

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Now how did you end up with Todd Homer's upright bass???

 

[Akiyama]

LoL cute names

Paintings are usually named by their creators not their buyers, boutique luthiers name their one of a kind models and series too. Fans name the artists instrument too when It becomes legendary like Jaco's. Mines aren't named yet, I think I'll name all my 3 basses after hearing you out :>

Are you saying there needs to be a requirement to create an instrument to be able to name it? Or am I misunderstanding you?

I have no problem if people name or not name their instrument.

 

[Bighouse]

Are you saying there needs to be a requirement to create an instrument to be able to name it? Or am I misunderstanding you?

I have no problem if people name or not name their instrument.

I think a name can be a descriptor or title as well. Like Jaco's "Bass of Doom". So maybe those who are VERY adamant about not naming inanimate objects with human names would feel better about giving them titles or descriptors instead. We do it with books, poems, art, songs, sculptures...

 

[J-Mags]

Mine are named "The Fernandes" and "The Mustang."

 

[sethlow3]

Naming inanimate objects = embarrassing.

Assuming one cares what other people think, sure.

 

[bigthemat]

All the Stradivarius instruments have names, those are kinda ok violins

 

[Thebiggestjerk]

Yes. I call my Red P-Bass, Red P-Bass.

 

[swarfrat]

At a philosophical level, I think naming things in an inherent desire to classify and differentiate. Enough so that Adam named all the animals before even figuring out that something was missing.

Linnaeus was even more presumptuous, given he wasn't the first one and was attempting to replace the names given by his predecessors.

Even those who mock the practice appear to have names for those who do, as we've seen in this thread already

 

[lomo]

Yes, I often name my basses.

Trans orange Lakland 54-JJ = Clementine
Modified trans red Fender '98 J5 with a single volume knob (pups hardwired in series/tone maxed)=One-Eyed Jack
Alien Audio Constellation 5=Marvin the Martian
Keisel headless travel bass=The Hobbit
Maruszczyk Jaguar P5=yet to be named (maybe never will?)
Miami Blue Fender P5=yet to be named (am considering Gator)

 

[Bassman822]

Yes
Early 82 G&L L2K = Leo
Fretless PJ with rosewood NECK= Rosie
SB Jazz= Sunny
Black Jazz= Blackie
Natural 74 PBass= Red
SB PBass= James
SB PBass Lyte= Bernard
No name SB PBass= Manny

 

[GregT]

Now how did you end up with Todd Homer's upright bass???

A lady came into where I used to work and said someone told her I bought violins. I told her I didn't but asked her what she had and she told me it was an upright bass and she had to sell it because she was moving. Being a bass player, I bought it. A few years later, the fingerboard was coming off so I took it off to reglue it. I saw the name and researched it. Todd himself verified it for me when I emailed him. He said he wrote his name on it when he had it replaced. So I have the double bass used by Angry Samoans in the 70s. Not sure how it ended up in Missouri.

Todd also mentioned it was an old Hollywood movie prop before he owned it. Although it has been refinished years ago, it has very distinguishing woodgrain, and I have seen it in a couple black and white movies. Although it has never been absolutely verified, I believe it was in Disorder in the Court, an old Western, and quite possibly one of the two basses used in the original Jerry Lewis movie The Nutty Professor. I record with it and to me, it is just Homer.