How do you tell the gender of a guitar?

01-02-2002, 10:45 PM

I say name it whatever you want. I personally don't have a guitar cuz I don't know anyone who's willing to teach me to play. But if I did...I'd name it.... Hezikia.
~Rachel~

**thesteve** · 01-03-2002, 12:34 PM

naming guitars...you just go on a feeling...usually is a guitar has silky overtones and is used for softer sounds it gets a feminine name, whereas if it is a major rock axe is gets a guy name. it's all according to what you feel about your guitar though.

is it a best friend or a lover? (that sounds perverse I know), but I know a lot of guitarists think this way if they want to name their guitar.

Cheat Me · 01-03-2002, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by guitarchiky
Pokey had a new idea for naming guitars.....she said her guitar is named Zebra! naming it after animals...i guess that means that guitars are like genderless animals...

lol, my case 's name is Zebra, but my guitar's name is Hubert. And my amp's name is Squirrel b/c it is..........I cant think of the word...when you never know what's gonna happen next...I'll think of it later. But anyway, it's like a squirrel b/c you never know what will happer next!

Phil · 01-03-2002, 02:49 PM

I wanted to give my guitar its own name, but it came named when I bought it from the store. It says "Taylor" on the top of the fret board, so I guess that's what it wants to be called.

Cheat Me · 01-03-2002, 02:58 PM

LOL! um Phil? that's the KIND of guitar.........I'm not saying it didn't want to be named Taylor, I just wanted to inform you that, that was the make of the guitar

goofball

guitarchiky · 01-03-2002, 08:47 PM

I'm working on a name still...maybe naming my guitar isn't that important...or maybe i'll do the "Artist formerly known as Prince" thing...anybody think that's a good idea? what should my symbol be??

**thesteve** · 01-03-2002, 09:13 PM

er...ok...um...i like my guitar.

littlebluefrog · 01-04-2002, 11:07 AM

me...being a girl... gave my guitar a guy's name (joe) but my cousin...a guy... gave his guitar a girl's name (suzy).

frog

Tracy · 01-04-2002, 12:27 PM

Well, you see, there comes a time in a young guitar's life where he or she begins changing...

I named my guitar Gita-San, which, if my English-Japanese dictionary is right, is Japanese for Mr. Guitar.

Caedmonite · 01-04-2002, 12:41 PM

I didn't care what gender my was when I named my electric Balck Beauty

guitarchiky · 01-04-2002, 06:55 PM

Tracy, how do you know it's not some Japanese cuss word??

And when what happens in a guitars life when it begins "the change"?? If I look for certain symptoms will I know what gender my guitar is??

sUPerJeSUsfReAk · 01-04-2002, 07:05 PM

oohkay , never thot about naming my guitar...now i want to. some1 give me a name here!

Pete_H · 01-04-2002, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sUPerJeSUsfReAk
oohkay , never thot about naming my guitar...now i want to. some1 give me a name here!

Hazel

guitarchiky · 01-04-2002, 10:20 PM

I've heard names like Maggie, Lucille, Jenny...should certain names be for certain types of guitars?? Should there be different names for either acoustic or electric?

I don't know what to do! I hope you think of a name SuperJesusFreak! Love your name by the way.

jesusfreak_ae12 · 01-04-2002, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by guitarchiky
A while back I was thinking of a name for my guitar. But in order to name him/her/it, I need to know his/her/its gender! How do you tell? do you look inside the hole? I don't want to embarrass him/her/it; I just want to know. Any suggestions on the name thing?

look inside the hole...

:immature giggles:

look inside the hole...