Miscellaneous Do you name your instruments?

[Lizengar]

Some people name their instruments. I actually do have names for my guitars but I haven't quite decide on one for my saxophone yet.

So y'all, does your instrument have a name?

 

[kevgermany]

Not for me, just the maker's name.

 

[Jeanette]

Nope, I have a friend that names hers cars. Only inanimte object I have ever named have been our boats. 🙂

Jx

 

[Jonesy]

Well, my Martin is "Marty", the Conn 10M is "Connie", the B&S Sonora is "Snorer", the B&W is "Bowie", but I haven't got a name for the Hanson yet, except maybe "Pretty, Pretty".

 

[Lizengar]

I was thinking of naming my saxophone Julia...but I am contemplating.

 

[TimboSax]

Nope. My guitars are "the strat", "the les paul"; "the tele", etc. The saxes are the big one and the little one. I also call our dog "dog" most of the time. Must ask son no. 1 why that might be...

 

[Jay]

Well, my Martin is "Marty", the Conn 10M is "Connie", the B&S Sonora is "Snorer", the B&W is "Bowie", but I haven't got a name for the Hanson yet, except maybe "Pretty, Pretty".

Handsome Hanson 😀

 

[Targa]

Trimmy probably calls his Hanson Cab.

 

[Lizengar]

Nope. My guitars are "the strat", "the les paul"; "the tele", etc. The saxes are the big one and the little one. I also call our dog "dog" most of the time. Must ask son no. 1 why that might be...

Big one for tenor and little for soprano? Middle one for alto?

 

[TimboSax]

Just tenor and alto, managed to resist sop so far 😉

 

[Jeanette]

Just tenor and alto, managed to resist sop so far 😉

You can try mine in May 🙂

See if we can tempt you

Jx

 

[TimboSax]

You can try mine in May 🙂

See if we can tempt you

Jx

Get thee behind me etc.

 

[AndyWhiteford]

my instruments are named after the sound they make, so I have "Squeak" , "Honk", "Warble" and "Toot".

 

[jonf]

Nope. They're just for playing, they don't have names. Besides, there're so many of them, if they did have names I'd struggle to remember them all.

 

[BigMartin]

Not for me. They're tools, not friends. I try to take care of them and learn their idiosyncrasies, but we don't have a personal relationship.

 

[trimmy]

Trimmy probably calls his Hanson Cab.

Hannah

 

[MD0483]

Only when they play the wrong notes!

 

[saxplorer]

My first 3 saxes had/have names .... BW Alto was Rita, BW Tenor had to be Rosa, and the Sop became Tina ...

 

[jbtsax]

My names are: "Alto", "Soprano", and "Tenor" Seriously, I have only had one saxophone over the years that I have given a name to. I used the best parts from 2 old damaged Conn tenors that I picked up in pawnshops and assembled a "butt ugly" working tenor that I affectionately named "Frankentenor" which I played on lots of gigs.

Long story short, I got a new Yamaha tenor and decided to sell "Frankentenor" on SOTW. I sold it to a guy named Jason Dumars (now Jace Dumars) who said it was the best tenor he had ever played at the time. It wasn't too long afterward that in a thread entitled "Most Beautiful Saxophone" I saw this picture he entered.

 

[Lizengar]

My names are: "Alto", "Soprano", and "Tenor"

I thought your name was JBTSax?