Calling guitars "she"

rob · Post by **rob** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 7:47 pm

I was thinking of calling my 4001 my wife at one point, but I can't make the darn thing cook or use a broom!!!

howdyjeff · Post by **howdyjeff** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:10 pm

"I was thinking of calling my 4001 my wife at one point, but I can't make the darn thing cook or use a broom!!!"

LOL

I can't get my wife to do either!

Maybe I should start calling my wife 4001. She might make a good bass.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:48 am

Haha!
Actually, 5 years ago I dated a girl (she was 33) who could pull the most amazing pyrotechnics on fretless bass. She had this really cool-looking black fretless Yamaha bass and her playing was something else. And yes, she loved Rickenbacker basses. Never could find a fretless one locally, though.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:57 am

LOL Robert and Jeff, you're braver men than I am. I can just see it now..."Forum, honey? What RIC Forum?"

howdyjeff · Post by **howdyjeff** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:50 am

Good point, Lindsay! LOL

Rickcrazy,
She sounds like she was a keeper.

I'm teaching guitar to my wife now. I can't wait until we can jam.

big_g · Post by **big_g** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:10 am

I'm a bass player and I've married the perfect compliment, my wife is a drummer. We met at an open mike funk, soul and blues jam back in the mid 80's. We have played in bands together and in separate bands; I can say in all honesty, that she is one of the best I've ever had the pleasure to work with.
She doesn't use fancy pyrotechnics, just the most rock solid time of any of the drummers I've ever worked with. She is also very proficient in Afro-Cuban hand drumming; congas, timbales, bells, djembes, ashikos and Shekeres.

P.S. My connection to music is spiritual; my instruments are my tools for my expression. Like any craftsman I use my tools well, and properly. I care for my tools and keep them in top condition. I don't treat them like they have personalities. I do feel like they are conduits for the spirituality to come through me and my soul and out into the listener.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:15 am

My first and only child, a girl, is 11 months old. She has huge hands. I have bass lessons in mind for her. She also has big feet. Big feet run in our family.

howdyjeff · Post by **howdyjeff** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:23 am

Big_g,

That sounds like the perfect setup! A do it yourself rhythm section.

I really like the idea of looking at instruments as tools of a craftsman, and of them being a conduit to something deeper. I know that's their function to me also.

One thing that I really like about playing my Rickenbackers, is that they feel like an extension of me. This is because I played the same 360 for many years as I was learning guitar. Back then, I played in bands that would practice for 6-7 hours at a time, 3-4 times a week. The neck of that guitar is like a pair of old slippers for me.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:07 am

I'm a girl, so the idea of calling any of my guitars "she" is not appealing to me.... The only guitar I have that has a gender is my midnight blue 330 with black trim, which I call my "Bad Boy Ricky." It has a lot of bite-you-back attitude, and reminds me of my 4-year-old son at his worst....It can make some really mean, angry growling sounds! And yet, like my son, it can also be really sweet and responsive.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:47 pm

Not a big "she" or "axe" kinda guy. My bandmates refer to the Blackstar as the "the bass" though.

corey · Post by **corey** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:55 am

I call my 360MG "Blondie", my 360/12FG "Scully" and my 381v69JG "India" - after India.Arie.

It's not a possession thing, I just like giving beautiful things girl names.