Names For Guitars?

I have a name for each of my guitars. When I talk about say Maggie I'm talking about my Ibanez. Is that weird? My sisters say I Am crazy

Maggie?  Sue?  Bob?  For an Ibanez???

Maybe Lolita or Maria, but c'mon!

THIS is Maggie! She SO SO HOT!

Mostly mine is called ****ing thing.
 
Strange really because that name stems from my shortcomings rather than anything to do with the guitar.

Is Tarzan your father?

I never named mine, but I did put jewelry on one.

I was walking through a K-mart parking lot one day, and laying on the ground was a 24k Gold link bracelet.

I put it above the nut under the strings.

Looked really nice on my black Strat.

Maggie's pretty sexy, Bill.
That Raspberry Twist is pretty hot, too.
I don't name mine, but I do refer to them as "She".
My longtime favorite, a '78 Ibanez. I bought her new, love at first sight. She's been a good friend, and I can always count on her.

I must admit I'm guilty of feeding mine table scraps sometimes. I know you're not supposed to. 

craigb

sharke


I must admit I'm guilty of feeding mine table scraps sometimes. I know you're not supposed to. 

Is that how you get a fat tone out of her?

Plenty of crunch, yes. 

I have a bazz called Bapu. It has a name tag and everthing.

I identify my guitars with acknowledgement of their pickups.

I've got all kinds of pickups... and they happen to be sitting in guitars.



For example; It may look like a Gibson SG but it's also a pair of 490s.

Stuff like that.

bapu


Mike can you also identify the guitar by the pots or the wiring?

How about pick guard or tuning pegs?

Hey that's Grover hanging on the wall there:

There's a easy to hear difference in the tone circuit if you swap out a 250k pot for 500k pot... but I don't think about that stuff often... I just turn the knobs.

I'm not to worried about the capacitor either... If I had a bumblebee capacitor I'd gladly give it to you if you thought it was something special.


I think you can document the difference in the capacitor's tonal contribution but I don't think I can hear that difference.

Its the string gauge combined with the pickup magnets and the winding characteristics that make the differences I appreciate and listen for.


I had lunch, yesterday, with a guitar broker buddy that owns one of those big national scale guitar shows. We had a great time talking about our favorite pickups and the wood they were mounted to. He's owned and traded several thousand top grade guitars... we always end up talking about how they sound and if they are fun to play. Some things matter... some things don't. Having access to play on his collection and stock has provided occasional inspiration that causes me to expand my own selection and it lets me make more variety available to guests. He's 2 generations older than I so he had a great head start learning about stuff I had to learn of in a historical context. I think he has some of them bumblebee caps. :-)



best regards,
mike

I can't tell if your making fun of me or just doing a Mooch impression.




In either case... don't forget string gauge and the "fun to play" part is kinda important too.




:-)

McQ,

When in doubt, consider it a Mooch impression my friend.