Do you name your guitars?

[Huggy Love]

I tried it once, but the darned thing never came when I called out it's name, always had to go over and yank it out of the case myself, so I gave up.

 

[László]

I tried it once, but the darned thing never came when I called out it's name, always had to go over and yank it out of the case myself, so I gave up.

Instruments are a lot like cats. It's rare that they deign to cooperate. Musicians throughout history have known this. It's why they had to invent 'practicing'.

On the other hand, I'm deathly allergic to cats.

I haven't mentioned this before, but I'm also allergic to practicing,

Yes, it's true! I have to get all hopped up on Claritin merely to survive a practice session.

You know how some folks say, "Play the snot out of that thing," when you get a new guitar? Well, it's not the guitar's snot, it's my snot. At least when I practice. But do not worry, people, because the Claritin ensures that I don't cover the guitars with sneeze-snot when I play.

Otherwise I'd have to wear a surgical mask, or better yet, make a Guitar Sneeze Guard, like you find at restaurants with buffets. Pretty sure I could make one with a harmonica holder and some plexiglass, but wouldn't that be a fine kettle of fish to have to deal with just to play?

I agree, it would not.

It's bad enough I'm old enough to need a drool cup to protect the guitars. Makes my adult diaper feel itchy just thinking about this whole allergy thing. A sneeze guard would be a bridge too far.

A man has to draw the line somewhere, and I'm drawing it at Wearable Sneeze Guard.

 

[ViperDoc]

Nope. My family used to name our vehicles, and they've stuck through time, but I've never named a guitar. Nothing wrong with it if you do.

 

[DISTORT6]

I gave my McCarty Singlecut the nom de plume 'The Hammer Of The Gods', but only for this forum - just as a fun thing, here at Studio Craptastic it's just 'The McCarty Singlecut'.

Nonetheless, after 32 years of working by myself as a composer in a studio in a basement, I've gone mad as a hatter. This is probably not news to you.

So what if I sometimes talk to my gear? Yes, of course I know the gear is inanimate; I do it anyway. I converse with it telepathically.

Oh, I'm not a believer in telephathy. But there's really not much point in having a discussion with the gear out loud, is there? The gear can't hear me. Might as well converse with it telepathically.

This is called anthropomorphism. It's also called "Laz is a little off-kilter isn't he?"

Even though the gear doesn't have feelings, I like to think the gear has feelings. I like to think if I'm nice to the gear, the gear will be nice to me.

So there are times I'll walk into the studio, turn on the lights and think something like, "Morning everyone, it's time to play!" I might think to the guitars I'm not playing that day, "Don't worry, I'll be back for you soon enough."

It doesn't matter if all this telepathy I engage in can't possibly work. I guess I think of this nonsense the way I think about talent:

I like to think I have some.

Doesn't matter if I do or not as long as the work product makes other people think it.

And therein lies the mystery of how I compose. I think I'm a composer, I act like a composer, I work like a composer, I write music like a composer. So I'm a composer. Talent doesn't really play a role, it's just a placeholder substitute for all the hard work one does.

#WIZARD…Never Forget

 

[László]

#WIZARD…Never Forget

Obviously, I already forgot.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I do.

But their names are too vulgar to mention here.

 

[d4rkst4r]

They are as follows:

Why the hell did I buy this? #1
Why the hell did I buy this? #2
Why the hell did I buy this? #3
Why the hell did I buy this? #4
Why the hell did I buy this? #5
Why the hell did I buy this? #6
Why the hell did I buy this? #7

Amps, pedals, and everything in between similarly named albeit they have more colorful middle names....

 

[ViperDoc]

I do.

But their names are too vulgar to mention here.

At least one of them has a nice WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAMMY BAR.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Nope, I can never think of anything worthwhile.

Yes, I name all of mine! There's "Custom 24" and "NF3" and "Axis" and "JP12BFR" and of course, "Good Ole Custom 22." They all answer when I call so they must know their names

What, no “Julie” or “Sophia”??

 

[Prina]

It's bad enough I'm old enough to need a drool cup to protect the guitars.

There's a raised/uneven nitro spot on my old LP and have wondered if that was from drool.

 

[Runcible Gates]

#WIZARD…Never Forget

Well, I can't remember anything even on my best day.

 

[DISTORT6]

Obviously, I already forgot.

Well, I can't remember anything even on my best day.

THE STORY OF THE WIZARD
All is revealed…

 

[WingerRules]

What, no “Julie” or “Sophia”??

Are you crazy? I’d be de-nutified!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Are you crazy? I’d be de-nutified!

What do you even need them for? You don’t even rock a real Speedo.

 

[revtime]

I only call them by what they are.
The ugly one.
The pretty one.
The beat up tele.
The wolfgang.
The ash tele.
Etc.
I do have one beat up mjt strat that had "ghost" written in the trem cavity.
So thats its name, Ghost.

 

[WingerRules]

What do you even need them for? You don’t even rock a real Speedo.

Symmetry

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Symmetry

You put beans on one leg and the Frank on the other?

 

[WingerRules]

You put beans on one leg and the Frank on the other?

ewe! of course not. Balance is key

 

[Alnus Rubra]

ewe! of course not. Balance is key

No need to be sheep-ish