"Loretta," sister to Louise and Lydia.
Naming your guitar!
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DrumBob
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I never named a guitar and think it's silly, but I would never have said that to Albert or B.B. King.
Brucebubs
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Not guitars but 3 of my cases are named Nut, Head and Mental.
LeFinPepere
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I had a Hohner L59 LP copy named "Yvette", as a tribute to Yvette Horner, the orange-haired famous French accordionist. My p-bass sports an old bicycle-nameplate that says" La Beauceronne", and my Samick sg-copy has a brass inlay on the headstock that comes from my parents oil-stove, so it's a Zaegel-Held SG . My amp cab is an Electrolux Ultrasonic (!!)The pedal-board case is a Ribet-Desjardins 1950'es turntable with a "supertone" key-chain logo. I like old labels, tags and plates, and renaming things is fun...At least for me..; makes me laugh,and doesn't hurt anyone... Gear-snobish , in a way..."Hey, what's that vintage wah- pedal you got?-Huh, it's an old Bell&Howell prototype, pretty rare..."
And, yes, the model in any of those fake-brands iinvariably " Deluxe" or "Acme".Of course, I would'nt do that on expensive gear- I don't have any!- If I were rich , I'd pyrograph "Leroy Jethro Gibson" on a '59 LP,such bad taste, just for fun... Semper hi-fi!!
And, yes, the model in any of those fake-brands iinvariably " Deluxe" or "Acme".Of course, I would'nt do that on expensive gear- I don't have any!- If I were rich , I'd pyrograph "Leroy Jethro Gibson" on a '59 LP,such bad taste, just for fun... Semper hi-fi!!
Only one of mine has a name - a partscaster I (had someone else) put together and named "Duke" after Duke Levine. The neck is solid rosewood, body is a Fender Mexican 50's style, and the pickups are Don Mare Donocasters. 
LeFinPepere
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There you go, a regular La Beauceronne bass!
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Stratboy
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Now that is a bonny Starfire!"Loretta," sister to Louise and Lydia.
Stratboy
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I have two Breedloves, an Oregon series sitka /myrtlewood dread, and an American Gold sitka / rosewood dread, love them both dearly but haven't named themI don't name them. I just call them by their model names. Or it's the Taylor, the Breedlove, or the Washburn. That's about it.
p.s. - @ruedi I love the new dog photo!!
I don't have a pic handy, but it's the same color as the front - one piece of wood. I haven't had it out in a while, and I can't remember what the truss rod situation is - I don't recall a skunk stripe.
Back in my less prosperous times (and even then I had 4 guitars) it was easy. They were the six, the 12, the classical and the electric. Now I have to get more specific, so the F50, D55, Pawless, etc. I did once have a '66 blue VW bug that somehow got hung with the name Ralph, not sure why anymore.
Nokomite
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“Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise, birds in the trees seem to Twitter Louise…”
Nokomite
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When I came home one day to find my roommate (who was gonna be moving out in a week) had rescued an abandoned kitten maybe only a couple of weeks old which of course he wasn't going to take with him, I said "Yeah thanks buddy"....but while I was sitting the couch figuring out what to do it crawled up onto the back of the couch and then onto my shoulder and just perched there, and that was that.
So in the interests of raising it right, when I'd open up a can of food for dinner, which sound it learned to recognize in about 3 days, I'd also repeat the name I'd chosen for it ("Swee'pea" after the baby in the Popeye cartoons) a few times all the way to the point of putting it on the floor.
Couple of weeks later I had the opportunity to test it: Cat was "stuck" in a tree. Kept saying its name while opening a can of food, then went back inside. Sure enough, about 5 minutes later, it came prancing into the kitchen meowing, and was rewarded with dinner.
After that it'd come when I called, most times.
My cats are always named after musicians. I had Satchmo and Otis (both RIP), now I have Leon (aka Pounce de Leon) and Django.
Guitars have no names yet.
davismanLV
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I had two as well. My Oregon Concert Rogue is sitka/myrtlewood (and it's blue!) and isn't going anywhere. I sold my all myrtlewood Concerto E, so now just the one Breedlove. They make such nice guitars!!
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"They said that Louise was not half-bad..."
It was the same color, too! Died in Jackson Hole, next to the snake river.One year older than ours!
