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Naming your guitar

I've given mine a name

27% (6)

I haven't

54% (12)

I haven't decided yet

18% (4)

Total Votes : 22

(last vote on : Apr. 25 2014 15:49:28)

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edguerin

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Naming your guitar

So who's given their guitar a name?

Care to share the story if you have?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 2:55:20

Ron.M

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

I think naming is a bad idea Ed,
It's like giving your farm animals or kids names...

Makes it more difficult to get rid of them later.

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 5:25:31

henrym3483

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Ron.M)

nah, its a tool, if you give it a name that gives it emotional content, the tool is there for me to express myself not the other way around.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 6:03:02

Exitao

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

Wrong pronoun.

If I'm thinking in Spanish, I call it Linda, but I don't mean it as a name. When I think in English, I want to call it "my precious."

Ron:
That's funny. I was thinking that if I had kids, I'd probably name them after farm animals or musical instruments (depending on their looks and/or behaviours).

Henry:
There's an old Salsa (IRC) where the guy sings about a girl that "ella tiene cuerpo como guitarra, y yo la quiero tocar."

You never think about your guitar like a girl?
(I wish I had a girl as shiny and smooth, with half as many curves, je je je...)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 7:57:53

edguerin

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Ron.M)

quote:

It's like giving your farm animals or kids names...

Farm animals I agree: you eat them.
Kids you can't get rid of anyway...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 7:59:16

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

Well, you can do like you do with boats, giving the guitar a name and a number, like Seagull III, then its easyer to sell them.

When I have a peghead with me, I call it Pegsy. It could be Peggy but thats to much Rock n Roll for me.
In this case, right now I´m playing Pegsy III

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 8:41:35

Exitao

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson

Well, you can do like you do with boats, giving the guitar a name and a number, like Seagull III, then its easyer to sell them.

But isn't the bottle of champagne going to hurt the finish?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 9:46:58

XXX

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

Guitar

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 9:50:31

Exitao

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to XXX)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Deniz

Guitar

But can you talk to it with a name like that? It would sound a little harsh.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 10:24:27

XXX

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Exitao)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Exitao

quote:

ORIGINAL: Deniz

Guitar

But can you talk to it with a name like that? It would sound a little harsh.

She said its ok, so ..
the only obligation i have is to undress her every 1 or 2 months...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 10:38:47

andresito

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Exitao)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson
Well, you can do like you do with boats, giving the guitar a name and a number, like Seagull III, then its easyer to sell them.

Hey Anders, didn't you have a hot pink Strat called 'Sexy'?? Or was it 'Sexy III'?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 16:30:04

HemeolaMan

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

I prefer to think of a guitar as something i keep for a while and take care of.

Ultimately they will probably live longer lol

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 17:24:18

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to edguerin)

quote:

Hey Anders, didn't you have a hot pink Strat called 'Sexy'?? Or was it 'Sexy III'?

No, I sold it because I wanted one of these cardboard guitars like the one you have.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 12 2009 23:31:16

edguerin

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Exitao)

quote:

Wrong pronoun

or wrong punctuation, as in

Naming, you #@!§ guitar!
Or just a typo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2009 6:04:50

edguerin

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Exitao)

quote:

But isn't the bottle of champagne going to hurt the finish

No. Rather than smashing it (which never seems to work anyway) you should drink it.
Bring out a toast to the guitar

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2009 11:42:41

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Naming your guitar (in reply to edguerin)

Thats the way to do things. But I prefer a good redwine or a cool Piesporter.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 13 2009 13:11:17

andresito

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RE: Naming you guitar (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson

quote:

Hey Anders, didn't you have a hot pink Strat called 'Sexy'?? Or was it 'Sexy III'?

No, I sold it because I wanted one of these cardboard guitars like the one you have.

Well, my one is cardboard, but the original Picasso is sheet metal and wire. I prefer paper cuts to sheet metal cuts

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 14 2009 13:25:04

alaskaal

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RE: Naming your guitar (in reply to edguerin)

My wife sent out birth announcements when I finally got "Little Lester." Although we included a photo of the guitar, some folks actually thought that we had added another son to the family.

Al

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 14 2009 14:44:54