Are guitars like dogs?

[CA-35]

I name my guitars. I notice others do as well. I usually consider mine female and use the first letter of the type. I notice others use male names.
But I often wonder; When you part with that instrument should the name stay the same? When you adopt a dog from the pound you dont change its name do ya? I didn't.

I recently sold my D-4 (Dionna). We'll she still be Dionna to the new owner? I didn't tell him she had a name. Should I put a note in the case with her?

My D-50 is on the way......I'm thinking Dharma!

Have fun!

 

[taabru45]

I name my guitars. I notice others do as well. I usually consider mine female and use the first letter of the type. I notice others use male names.
But I often wonder; When you part with that instrument should the name stay the same? When you adopt a dog from the pound you dont change its name do ya? I didn't.

I recently sold my D-4 (Dionna). We'll she still be Dionna to the new owner? I didn't tell him she had a name. Should I put a note in the case with her?

My D-50 is on the way......I'm thinking Dharma!

Have fun!

Is that Dharmas' Karma? Steffan

 

[CA-35]

No I just like the girl who played her in the show "Dharma and Greg." Can't think of her name right now but she's adorable. It's Jenna Elfman.

 

[Walter Broes]

Nope, my guitars don't smell, don't leave hair and drool all over the place, and are perfectly quiet when I want them to.

 

[F30]

Call 'er what you like...
But I'd like some pics of your D50

 

[CA-35]

Soon as she arrives.

 

[littlesongs]

Nope, my guitars don't smell, don't leave hair and drool all over the place, and are perfectly quiet when I want them to.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

The pickups have a good strong bite, but they don't draw any blood or devour the couch.

 

[Frosty]

I name my guitars. .I'm thinking Dharma!

Speaking of dogs and the Dharma... Billy Collins offers this:

The way the dog trots out the front door
every morning
without a hat or an umbrella,
without any money
or the keys to her doghouse
never fails to fill the saucer of my heart
with milky admiration.

Who provides a finer example
of a life without encumbrance—
Thoreau in his curtainless hut
with a single plate, a single spoon?
Gandhi with his staff and his holy diapers?

Off she goes into the material world
with nothing but her brown coat
and her modest blue collar,
following only her wet nose,
the twin portals of her steady breathing,
followed only by the plume of her tail.

If only she did not shove the cat aside
every morning
and eat all his food
what a model of self-containment she
would be,
what a paragon of earthly detachment.
If only she were not so eager
for a rub behind the ears,
so acrobatic in her welcomes,
if only I were not her god.

 

[dapmdave]

Nope. Never caught any of my guitars drinking out of the toilet.

But they do bark and bite from time to time.

Dave

 

[fronobulax]

Nope, my guitars don't smell, don't leave hair and drool all over the place, and are perfectly quiet when I want them to.

Not to mention, that no one is going to tell you that you are starting to look like your guitar.

 

[CA-35]

Re;

Not to mention, that no one is going to tell you that you are starting to look like your guitar.

Great line Frono.
I'm sure for some that could be a good thing!

 

[zulu]

This thread gives new meaning to the term 'Guitars For Vets'.