A question for the guitarists

[ericcoleman]

I am sitting here at a very cool cafe in Des Moines waiting for the other folks for the old time jam. I stopped at a friends and couldnt stay because I wanted my guitar to have a chance to warm up a bit, since he's been in the trunk all morning.

So there is the question. I call him a He. Both of my guitars I refer to as He.

Do your guitars have a gender, do they have a name?

Just curious.

I refer to the Martin as Martin. He's a regular guy, a working guy. He's got a manly sort of voice and attitude.

I refer to the Takamine as Prince Tisanne (and a winky button to anyone who can come up with the logic that led me to that name). He's showier, more flamboyant..

Comments

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

My guitars don't have genders or names, except for Kallisti, which is a she.

An old bandmate once told me that naming your guitar is like naming your dick. :P

[ericcoleman]

I have never named my own dick, but it has been named by others. Everything else is on a need to know basis, and well ...

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

My mother told me not to trust a guy who didn't name it. That guy isn't properly acknowledging that it has it's own personality and goals.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

I don't need the name to acknowledge its independence. I just remember a quote from the movie "Used Cars"... "Don't let the little head do the thinking for the big head".