Why are guitars a "she"?

[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.

[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.

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....!

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

[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....!

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]

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]

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

[Robert****]

My Suhr is called "SVEN"!

[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."

[kidsmoke*]

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

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.