I’ve never shared this before, but I’ve always given names to my instruments. It all started out when my Dad gave me a ’79 Yamaha FG-335 dreadnought for my birthday. It had such a deep, rich tone, and I played the hell out of it. I still have it, in fact, but I need to take it to a luthier to have some repairs done (somehow the neck came off the body). That guitar I named “Betsy.”
Next up is my Ovation Elite acoustic/electric named “Sunset” for its sunburst finish that reminded me of a sunset.
“Rusty” is my beloved ’60 Dot Re-issue Gibson ES-335:
And last, but not least is “Pearl,” my sexy, sweet 60th Diamond Anniversary Strat:
I’d love to hear what you’ve named your guitars, or if you do at all.
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Man, I love your ES, very sweet. I sold the last semi-archtop I had, a Heritage. Miss that tone.
I don’t name my guitars at all, never have, wonder what that says about me?? I do love them!
ig
Rusty is my “trusty” fallback, do-everything guitar. What a great tone – smooth as silk with deep, subtle overtones.
You had a Heritage? That’s more original than any late-model Gibson. I just played a 535 a couple of weeks ago! Man that was very sweet. Why in the world did you sell it?
You know, you see something you like better and there’s no cash around, so, you trade/sell. That’s all I got to say about that…
IG
Yeah, I know… 🙂
I’ve actually considered it myself. Almost traded Rusty for a Les Paul Double Cutaway last year, but then realized that about half of my songs would sound wrong if I used another guitar.
I decided to wait it out until I had the money to buy the LP.
Let’s see Betsy. I have an old fg325, great guitar. But, let’s see Betsy.
Unfortunately, Betsy is a little worse for wear right now. I’m taking her into the luthier to have the neck re-seated, the frets and saddle replaced, and I’m going to install new machine heads. Once the work’s done I’ll put up a real picture of her. For right now, I put up a picture of an FG 335 that I found online.
It’s funny because I’ll be spending more on that work than what my dad paid for the guitar back then. But I will say this: I never got a “better” guitar like a Martin because Betsy sounded so incredible. She has a deep, deep tone that’s not boomy, and she plays so sweet – narrow fretboard and C-shaped neck, just the way I like it.
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