Why are guitars a "she"?

[Robert]

Seems like everyone refers to guitars as female. You know, "she's a beauty", or, "how much did she cost you", or perhaps "how do you like her"...

Now why is this? I don't ever see anyone come to the forum and start a thread saying, "hey guys, I'm Bill and here's my guitar named Bob. Isn't he a beauty?"

Well?

:french

[mainestratman]

My first strat was "Freddy"...

But this may be related to how guys always name things as females (and females name their stuff as males).

Unless you're Russian.. from what I understand, they refer to their ships as "him", unlike the US and UK.

[Plank_Spanker]

Mine are "it". I've never named a guitar.

[Tig]

I believe the shape tells it all.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/1814176615_d61ee87751.jpg
http://www.appletreeblog.com/wp-content/2008/04/salma-hayek-booze.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/2216636037_816d52a1ea.jpg

[kidsmoke]

I Think Tig is onto something.


would you refer to this as a she?

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/atwangcaster.jpg

[mainestratman]

Yeah.. I TOTALLY want a WANGCASTER... just to shake up the locals a bit.. LOL

[Tig]

would you refer to this as a she?

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/atwangcaster.jpg

LMAO! :rotflmao: I can see the jokes forming...
"I played with my Wangmaster in front of an audience for 2 hours and got paid for it."

[kidsmoke]

one question would be..do you get any hum with that guitar?

[kidsmoke]

just looking at the tuners smarts a bit....

[sumitomo]

I Think Tig is onto something.


would you refer to this as a she?

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/atwangcaster.jpg

I'd like to see Krashpad whip out a solo to the congregation on that puppy!:happy Sumi:D

[sumitomo]

one question would be..do you get any hum with that guitar?

No ya silly it has the trojan wiring kit! Sumi:D

[just strum]

Mine are "it". I've never named a guitar.

+1

[Tig]

just looking at the tuners smarts a bit....

How 'bout, I only play a baritone, if ya' know what I mean!
(wink-wink, nudge, nudge, say no more)

[sunvalleylaw]

Mine are "it". I've never named a guitar.

+1

[MAXIFUNK]

I Think Tig is onto something.


would you refer to this as a she?

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/atwangcaster.jpg


LOL The internet is so dangerous in the hands of the right person LOL

Great pic! Tig

[rylanmartin]

Apparently a bass guitar is a male:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iG11s-dok

[sumitomo]

I showed this guitar to my wife and she was laughing,saying how do they come up with those ideas,is it a good guitar?I said heck ya,so she say's you should get one.Go Figure?I wonder if they make an un-circumsized version? Sumi:D

[FrankenFretter]

I refer to mine in the feminine gender, but I don't have names for them. I think we call them she because they're pretty, sexy, and we like to put our hands all over them.

Remember when we were young men and we would sneak off to "read" Playboy in the bathroom? Now it's Vintage Guitar, Guitar World, or the latest guitar porn catalog...

[6string]

Is the case made by Trojan?

[Commodore 64]

I refuse to anthropomorphize a guitar, a boat, a car or anything else that isn't a human.

[mainestratman]

@Franken.. "Guitar porn".. LOVE it.

@C64.. do you pets? Do you name them? ;-)

[Commodore 64]

@Franken.. "Guitar porn".. LOVE it.

@C64.. do you pets? Do you name them? ;-)

You know, I almost put a caveat in there about pets. I routinely ask my husky, Ned, why he can't act like a normal human being.

[mainestratman]

LOL I was just teasing you anyways, but I think you knew that. :-)

"Ned" is a great name for a husky, BTW.

[Tig]

I refer to mine in the feminine gender, but I don't have names for them.

+1
No names for mine, but if applying gender, I could never use male. :eek:

[Bloozcat]

It's a term of endearment. It's a thing of beauty. And what do we (as males) most relate to as objects of beauty? Well, I think that except for maybe, Tio we'd say women. :poke

We're "arteests" right. Who the heck wants to wax poetically about their guitar, "Harold", "Morgan, or "Bud", when you could have instead a Desiree, Monique, or Michelle. Viva le Femme, Eh?

[Spudman]

Sometimes in other languages, like German for instance, nouns are given gender and are referred to with words like der (masculine) die (feminine) das (nuter). I wouldn't be surprised if that is where it originated. I have never referred to my instruments with gender except to describe a Strat as a bit** to play.

[MAXIFUNK]

Bloozcat:It's a term of endearment. It's a thing of beauty. And what do we (as males) most relate to as objects of beauty? Well, I think that except for maybe, MAXIFUNK we'd say women.




WTH LOL Do not know where that came from Bloozcat but ummm
Strictly Hetro here my friend from 1st kiss in 1st grade to now!
There goes your chance to get a tour of the Playboy Mansion! LOL

MY commit about Tig's pic was because I thought it was funny nothing more nothing less no reading in between the lines.

[marnold]

I don't think I've ever referred to an instrument as anything but "it" or "my guitar." Maybe "the Floyd" or something when I had more than one guitar and needed to differentiate.

[Bloozcat]

Bloozcat:It's a term of endearment. It's a thing of beauty. And what do we (as males) most relate to as objects of beauty? Well, I think that except for maybe, MAXIFUNK we'd say women.




WTH LOL Do not know where that came from Bloozcat but ummm
Strictly Hetro here my friend from 1st kiss in 1st grade to now!
There goes your chance to get a tour of the Playboy Mansion! LOL

MY commit about Tig's pic was because I thought it was funny nothing more nothing less no reading in between the lines.

So sorry, MAXIFUNK....! :o

It was Tio who first posted that pic...I corrected it now...

[sumitomo]

They could use this guitar with Smiling Bob in one of those extends commercials.Sumi:D

[FrankenFretter]

Sometimes in other languages, like German for instance, nouns are given gender and are referred to with words like der (masculine) die (feminine) das (nuter). I wouldn't be surprised if that is where it originated. I have never referred to my instruments with gender except to describe a Strat as a bit** to play.

Having taken two years of German in high school, that was the first thing I thought of. You might be on to something. But what do we refer to as "he"? Not my car, too tempermental. I can't think of anything I call "him". Not even my brother, God bless her.

[MAXIFUNK]

So sorry, MAXIFUNK....! :o

It was Tio who first posted that pic...I corrected it now...


It's all in good fun I was just joking around!

[Brian Krashpad]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/bluegrasssboy/fholetatoo1.jpg

I've named the electrics, but not the acoustics:

Sonia '60 Duo-Sonic
Brownie Tex-Mex Tele Special
Blondie '52 RI Telecaster
Seven Squier MIJ P-Bass
Ruby DeArmond Jet Star
Blue Ovation Breadwinner
Chrissie Hamer USA Special
Cherie Les Paul Studio DC
Nell Fender Standard Jazz Bass MIM
Joan Gretsch Electromatic Special Jet
Violet ‘parts” Telecaster w/Seymour Duncan mini-hum in neck
Raquel Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe
Valerie Agile P-90 Valkyrie II
Theresa 1980 Peavey T-60
Cassie Les Paul Classic
Rickie Rickenbacker 620
Candy Peavey USA Predator Strat
Stormy Schecter Tempest Special
Corrine Brownsville Choirboy
Goldie Epiphone Ltd. Ed. WildKat
Dani Danelectro Hodad
Farrah Peavey USA Fury I Bass (’84-‘86)
Daisy Daisy Rock Retro-H 12-string
Birdie Epiphone Thunderbird bass
Natalie Peavey '78/'79 T-40 Bass

[sumitomo]

[QUOTE=Brian Krashpad]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/bluegrasssboy/fholetatoo1.jpg

That's odd I thought the F holes were in the front? Sumi:D

[Robert]

My Suhr is called "SVEN"! :D

[poodlesrule]

[IMG]
I've named the electrics, but not the acoustics:

Sonia '60 Duo-Sonic
Brownie Tex-Mex Tele Special
Blondie '52 RI Telecaster
Seven Squier MIJ P-Bass
Ruby DeArmond Jet Star
Blue Ovation Breadwinner
etc
etc
etc


If you get an Hagstrom in the future, Elin would be fitting...

[Brian Krashpad]

If you get an Hagstrom in the future, Elin would be fitting...

Or I could call her "Clubber."

:AOK

[kidsmoke]

Well, I think that except for maybe, Tio we'd say women. :poke :what

I suppose I opened myself up for that one. My point of course, in my original post, was that I couldn't imagine anyone referring to THAT particular instrument as a she, as I DO WITH MY GUITARS. As you'll see in my other threads. I don't name them, but they are feminine, for some odd reason. Robert's got me pondering that now.

Anything that we gush over, dote on, adore...etc, takes on a feminine identity when it's inanimate. hmmm, I'm sure Freud would've loved this.

[Brian Krashpad]

:what

I suppose I opened myself up for that one. My point of course, in my original post, was that I couldn't imagine anyone referring to THAT particular instrument as a she, as I DO WITH MY GUITARS. As you'll see in my other threads. I don't name them, but they are feminine, for some odd reason. Robert's got me pondering that now.

Anything that we gush over, dote on, adore...etc, takes on a feminine identity when it's inanimate. hmmm, I'm sure Freud would've loved this.

It's not just the affection/desire.

It's the curves.

Not sure what that says about the big-haired guys who like pointy guitars.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[ZMAN]

[QUOTE=Brian Krashpad]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f64/bluegrasssboy/fholetatoo1.jpg

That's odd I thought the F holes were in the front? Sumi:D

Nah Sumi: I have seen them before with 2 F holes in the back.
OOPS!

[marnold]

Not sure what that says about the big-haired guys who like pointy guitars.
I'm trying to decide whether I should be offended or not.

[Brian Krashpad]

I'm trying to decide whether I should be offended or not.
'Your hair's not that big!

Currently.

[Monkus]

this is why i adore this forum...

[sumitomo]

[QUOTE=sumitomo]

Nah Sumi: I have seen them before with 2 F holes in the back.
OOPS!

Have you been hanging out with Tot again.:poke LOL!!! Sumi:D

[Tig]

I ran across an example that I see every time I visit Blockbuster, but have never rented.

http://likeawhisper.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/guitarmovieposter.jpg

[ZMAN]

[QUOTE=ZMAN]

Have you been hanging out with Tot again.:poke LOL!!! Sumi:D

No Sumi, when you get a staight line like that you gotta take it! LOL.

[msteeln]

I can just see the owner putting it partially in it's soft case, repeatedly...

The term 'she' comes from the old sailing days. Their ships were their old lady.
I named my awesome Magnatone M-10A amp, Luke, after my late friend (who sold guitars/amps) turned me on to the seller. $50! http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/M10A.html Yes, the logo on the handle lights up!