This thread comes up every couple of months, and someone always beats me to that joke. Oh well, back to waiting another few months. Maybe next time ...

_________________
Laughing out loud with fear and hope, I have a desperate plan ...

Betty and Veronica

'62RI Strat is "Fiesta Red"
MIM Telecaster is "Big Tex"
80 G&L F100 is "Brownie"

_________________
Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I call my Tele "Guitar"

The Strat
The Tele
The SG
The 74 Strat

Not original, but it works

_________________
"Life is like eating jalapenos. What you do today may burn your arse tomorrow"

I have two guitars right now. My Fender Highway 1 is called #1 and my Squier CV 60 is called #2. These names will change when my new #1 enters the fold.

_________________
RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

My '92 SRV is "Double Trouble" and my '78 Strat is "Voodoo Child".

_________________
Tune Low, Play Hard & Floor it!

Ok mate, I'll amend the situation now. If the thread is just a repeat then we may as well repeat the joke.

Original post now being deleted.

_________________
No no and no

I named my strat Maggie after the Doors song, Maggie McGill. I also considered Lucifer after the early Pink Floyd song Lucifer Sam, but of course it had to be a girl's name!

My 1989 Strat Plus is #1 or my bottom $@!&*. My 2001 Am Std Strat is #1.5....none of the others have names or official titles

_________________
Live guitars: 2009 LTD Truckster, 1989 Strat Plus, 2001 Am Standard Strat, 1996 MIJ Jaguar, 2007 Gibson Explorer 76 reissue, 1999 Ibanez RG7621, LTD MH-301, LTD FM400, 1999 Jackson Kelly, Mystery Les Paul, Hamer Chaparel, Fender FM 62SCE A/E Mandolin

Mine are real simple.
1. The Black Strat ( CS Gilmour NOS)
2. The Black Tele (MIA Standard)
3. The Blue One (MIJ 85 Strat) Lake Placid Blue

Well, most of my guitars aren't really named anything other than what they are...The Kramer, The Gull, The Ovation, The Memphis, etc.. However with my Strats, since I know have 5 of them...and just saying "The Strat" or even "The Brown Strat" is getting a bit confusing, I have started naming a couple of them.

My '96 is "Ol' Blue" and she's really my number one guitar. Second to her is my black '85 Squier MIJ which got dubbed "Blackie"...after all, what else does a Clapton fan name a vintage black Strat? LOL!!! My '08 Squier Standard is simply known around here as "The Pretty Strat" and the home build one is "The International Partscaster" (hmmm...maybe TIP for short?). I've been going back and forth on the new '03 MIM though. When I first brought her home I was going to name her "Stevie" in honor of Stevie Ray Vaughn since the guitar sort of had a similar look as Stevie's #1 but I have since changed the pickguards so that look really isn't there any more. I think I'm going to dub her "Mirage" in honor of our first dog who passed away 7 years ago but I'm not sure yet.

Now with that, here's a little something I've been playing around with on and off for a few months...it's not finished yet but it's based on a poem from a book by T.S. Elliot called "Old Possom's Book of Practical Cats" (for those not in to musicals, it's the book that "Cats" was based on).

Ahem.....

"The naming of Strats is a difficult matter,
it isn't just one of your holiday games.
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
when I tell you a -guitar- must have three different names!
First there's the name musicians use daily
such as "Fender" or "Gibson" or "Jackson" they say.
There's "Gretsch" and there's "Martin"
and "Ovation" and "Godin"...but all of them sensible every day names.

There's simpler brands if you desire,
such as "Epi" or "Memphis" or "Lotus" or "Squier".
and more specific names to that are often required
Such as "Tele" and "Strat" and "Les Paul" and "Firebird"...
but all of them sensible every day names.

But I tell you, a guitar needs a name that is special,
A name that's particular, and sets it aside,
Else how can she keep her fretboard perpendicular,
Or flex her tremolo, so that tone can reside?
For names of this kind, I can give you examples,
There's "Blackie" or "Brownie" or "Lucille" or "James".
There's "Lenny" and "One" (as in #1) and "Old Boy" or "Frankenstrat"
...but all of them sensible every day names.

But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never could guess;
The name that no disco band will ever discover--
But the guitar herself knows, and must never confess.
When you notice a guitar sitting alone on it's stand,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
Her strings are engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the song, of the song, of the song of her name:
Her electrical, connectible, dare I say collectible
Deep and insatiable, singular Name."


Ok...ok...I'm still working on it.

Peace,
Jim

(No wait...I think I just heard T.S. Elliot roll over in his grave! LOL!!!)

I named my first two electrics to satisfy a friend who insisted they needed names.

So the Strat is "Surfer Girl" and the Jazzmaster is "Sheena (Punk Rocker)"...but I usually just refer to them by their model name. Sometimes I call my Strat "the red one."

Oddly enough, my '72 Tele Deluxe I usually just refer to as "my guitar" because it's my number one. I've even tried to come up with a name, but nothing comes to me.

_________________
I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

I usually name my guitars after old girlfriends, but these days they are all named 'Dana' - as per my fiance Dana

I use to name my strats...

I have and/or have had:

"Woodie"- Chinese Sonora Stratocaster (It was what It was...just some wood)
"Blizzie" - Fender Stratocaster 60th Anniversary Blizzard Pearl
"Brownie" - Road Worn 60s Stratocaster sunburst
"Strippie" - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster Black w/racing stripes