What's Your Bass/Guitar's Name?

[lowendfriend]

My only bass with a name is the Dean EAB fretless, which I call "Old Paint".

I'll have to think about naming the others. My first impressions: Warwick $$ 5 - Blackie; Lakland 55-01 fretless: Thumper.

 

[Phalex]

I usually call mine ******* **********ing piece of ****ing ****!!

 

[TheGinBass]

Just got my first bass delivered an hour ago, A squier vm jazz bass 70', ill probably call him?/her? Ginichi (Gin's first bass) XD

 

[PerlNinja]

An answer in jest: the good, the bad, and the ugly

The serious answer: none of my 3 basses have a name, although my friends refer to my satin black Cort C4H (it has a pearl inlay around the body edge) as "the black pearl". Always gets me going "arrrrr mateys"

 

[RaniBrandt]

The Rickenbacker = Bitch Rutchenbach (long story)
The cigar box bass = Groucho Barks
The P-bass = Peepeehead Wilson
The Washburn Force 8 = Washy McBurnerson
The art supply box fretless bass = Jackson Bollocks

 

[canadian_man_44]

Fender P-Bass Deluxe - Jennifer. The butterscotch blonde finish reminds me of this hot girl I hung out with a lot after high school.

 

[SolarMan]

Penelope

Gertrude

and

Esther

 

[ZanaZulu807]

The Stingrays are the Clanky Panky's.

The Jazz is the Growly Prowly.

The old, busted Gibson RD I got in a pawn shop has been dubbed Nikki (name of my ex...) cause with some of the utterly horrid sounds it produces, I just want to launch that bitch out the window into oncoming traffic...

 

[BassfulOne]

I decided to name the Kala U-Bass I just got Ashiya. I named it that because the wood it's made of is Acacia and "Ashiya" is like a shorter second half of Ac-"acia."

 

[cloverkeys]

Sir Ellingsworth upon Roworth

 

[Sam Evans]

Buffy, Faith, Willow, and Cordelia.

 

[Big_Phil]

Mine is called 'Annie' after my late Mother...as her legacy paid for it.

Phil

 

[Ace Marconi]

The old Vantage I learned on is Fretless Frankie. It has had many experiments performed on it. It has had a preamp installed, and frets removed. It has had the scale lengthened from 33" to 34", to match the other one, and has had the nut filed down, and out, to become a B tuned four string. Frankenstein indeed! I use it to see if I am getting better intonation and muscle memory. Slow process, but one day it will take it's place on stage beside:

My Fender Deluxe Active Jazz V is named "Dragon". It seems supernatural, considering the way it came to have me as an owner. Dragons are magical creatures, which can roar, growl, or purr, depending on their mood (see "How to train your Dragon"). Just seems appropriate.

It has a mysterious past. I cannot seem to trace it back past it's previous owner. It also has well restored, hidden battle damage from those times. I think it steals souls as well. It also gives me nightmares if I don't play with it every day.

It's calling me now. Gotta , uh, go....

 

[Knifedge]

I don't typically name my basses, but my two T-bird 5er's have names.... both of which refer to a woman I love dearly. That is all.

 

[mr.mow]

Well.. Ive never named a bass before..

But I did have a bass tell me its name..

It may have involved.. *cough* a substance.. *cough*

I happened to be jamming along to some of our tracks when I realized my new SG bass I was playing was.. uhh.. 'in there' in the song with me.. he spoke to me and told me his name was Siggy, he also told me that I needed to trust him and stick with him, we would go far.. he also told me my jazz was a plastic whore and that my PBass would never be mine.

Ok.. it was weird.. but I thought I'll try my Jazz..

Sure enough.. it was plastic, the tone was plastic, it felt plastic, it felt cheap and hollow.. And sure enough, My Pbass refused to speak to me.

What did I learn from this?
1. Don't accept baggies of unknown stuff from guitarists
2. No thats about it really!

Oh and if you have ever wondered what an SG bass looks like when it speaks, I did a sketch..

 

[funk generator]

I name them all some of the new owners still call the basses I sold by the names I gave them. Which I think is really cool.

 

[kombi]

Well.. Ive never named a bass before..

But I did have a bass tell me its name..

It may have involved.. *cough* a substance.. *cough*

I happened to be jamming along to some of our tracks when I realized my new SG bass I was playing was.. uhh.. 'in there' in the song with me.. he spoke to me and told me his name was Siggy, he also told me that I needed to trust him and stick with him, we would go far.. he also told me my jazz was a plastic whore and that my PBass would never be mine.

Ok.. it was weird.. but I thought I'll try my Jazz..

Sure enough.. it was plastic, the tone was plastic, it felt plastic, it felt cheap and hollow.. And sure enough, My Pbass refused to speak to me.

What did I learn from this?
1. Don't accept baggies of unknown stuff from guitarists
2. No thats about it really!

Oh and if you have ever wondered what an SG bass looks like when it speaks, I did a sketch..

That's a bit f*cked up, but a pretty cool story Is you P still mad at you?

 

[prater]

I named my first Squire Guitar "Marla" after the fight club character due to its constant malfunctions, but I still loved because it was my first instrument.

My J-Bass I call "Delilah" for no real reason other than I love the Dresden Dolls song Delilah and my girlfriend asked me what my bass's name was.

Most creative name I've seen for an instrument yet is "Faltar" which is what a friend of mine calls his Jackson guitar because he uses a furry strap that reminds him of Falkor from the Neverending story. He actually refers to it directly and talks to it, but he's a guitarist so I'm not really surprised.

 

[Engine207]

Well.. Ive never named a bass before..

But I did have a bass tell me its name..

It may have involved.. *cough* a substance.. *cough*

I happened to be jamming along to some of our tracks when I realized my new SG bass I was playing was.. uhh.. 'in there' in the song with me.. he spoke to me and told me his name was Siggy, he also told me that I needed to trust him and stick with him, we would go far.. he also told me my jazz was a plastic whore and that my PBass would never be mine.

Ok.. it was weird.. but I thought I'll try my Jazz..

Sure enough.. it was plastic, the tone was plastic, it felt plastic, it felt cheap and hollow.. And sure enough, My Pbass refused to speak to me.

What did I learn from this?
1. Don't accept baggies of unknown stuff from guitarists
2. No thats about it really!

Oh and if you have ever wondered what an SG bass looks like when it speaks, I did a sketch..

I love everything about this post.

 

[Davidfern94]

You HAVE to name your instruments you build a bond with them that way, My Squier Bass is called Mike (it's a Mike Dirnt signiture) and I also have a trumpet called Talluhla (i once was in a pit band for a bugsy malone show)