Mandolin names

[Kirby161]

I, and a few of my friends sat around for a while a few weeks back and decided to give our instruments names.

I named mine "Celeriolus" which is latin meaning "He who is little and swift."
The fiddler named her weapon "Prince Johnathan the 32nd"
And my good friend the guitarist named his "Cicero" after the roman politician.

Any of you have names for your mando or other instruments?

[onlyagibsonisgoodenuff]

My lady's name is "Fern".

[jasona]

My Ratcliff is named "Katherine" for the late great Katherine Hepburn. Its a soprano with husky undertones and she can bark when she wants http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[BigJoe]

My one mandolin is named "firewood". 2 Reasons. First, if I don't play well, they can say "that mandolin is sure good firewood!" The other, the flame on the back is really wild.

My other manodlin is called "Brutus" akd Brutus the Banjo Basher http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif .

[psann]

The Scarlet Lady

[recklessmando]

Mine is reckless (hence the screen name), #2 to be exact. #1 is long gone, #2 is a keeper A that i'll never part with and reckless #3 is an F5 about to be conceived by Don Paine. Hopefully the gestation period is only a few months and the young'un will be delivered by fall.

[Christine W]

little pecker
(get your mind outta the gutter) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[ira]

sunshine daydream (for obvious reasons-see link)
http://www.kennaquhair.com/sn174/

[Bowzette]

"Joy" my mother's name. Also an appropriate name for a mandolin. She passed away in September. I used some money from her estate to have Hans Brentrup build me a mandolin. The tail piece reads: "JOY
by
Hans"

[duuuude]

P.O.S. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[Blind_Cowboy]

Mine is named "Ping tauang Che"

Unfortunately, we don't speak the same language. I am desperately trying to learn some chinese so that I can tell it what to do. I think that it senses my thirst for control, so it constantly fights back and refuses to speak any english. I'm pretty sure it has formed an alliance with my violin, "Coung Lin Le". They work together to make my life miserable.

[sunburst]

My name is John Hamlett. The name of my "main axe" is...Ophelia.

[Gallamine]

First off, something that beautiful and curvy has to be female, so I named her "Miriel". It's Elvish for "Jewel Like"
-Gallamine

[Michael H Geimer]

The Ladies:
Martin 000-15s = (Plain) Jane ... lub dub, lud dub, lub dub
Piano = Alice ... after my Grandma who always wanted to play, but never learned. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

The Gents:
Larrivee D-03 = Larry
Mid-mo M-11 = Mo
Weber Bitteroot w/ Maple Back and Nekkid Neck = Curly Joe http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

... if I ever get myself an archtop, she'll get named Maybelle.

[Bob Kellett]

My Brentrup 23V is named "Amanda Lynn"

[Tom C]

Come to think of it? Where's Heather been (nik-chick)? She has a name for everything including her picks. I see she has not been on for a long time.

[toddjoles]

I've named mine Lucy because when my wife gets home there is always alot of "splainin" to do as to why I wasn't able to get at the Honey Do list.

It always amazes me how fast a morning can go by when your pickin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Christine W]

Tom C., "Come to think of it? Where's Heather been (nik-chick)? She has a name for everything including her picks. I see she has not been on for a long time. "

You mean lil creekster,Heather (just making sure) She went to merlefest and I guess she was so bedazzled by all the music #that she needs time to recover. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Michael H Geimer]

I think Tom C means our 'other' Heather ... Nik-Chick.

I seem to recall she named her 'structurally-challenged' mando "Dobie-Lazarus" ... though I have no idea what model she's pickin' on these days, or what's it might be named, or where she might be.

Pretty cool that 'Creekster got to hit Merlefest, though.

Christine W,
Your recent work inpired me to re-mask and re-strip the back of my Weber. The graphics-professional in me really needed to see some cleaner lines and edges ... and now I've got 'em! Thanks for the inspiration to improve.

- Benig

[mandofiddle]

I named mine Woody. Cuz it has a deep woody tone. Now excuse me while I go play with my W..... Hey, it could be worse. I could have named it the same as Christine W. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Christine W]

Benignus, No problem I like encouraging people to be obsessive. Thats funny mine is taped up again and I'm working on some cleaner lines as well.
OH, and the other Heather is a NIkki not a Heather.

Mandofiddle, http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mandomac]

I named my f-9 "AmandaLynn"

[Mando a Mando]

Snuffy the Banjo Slayer

W Willis

[Michael H Geimer]

" ... is a NIkki not a Heather. "

So she'll tell you. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Russ(String-Alley)]

It's funny, I so far have only named one of them, It was the first thing I said when opened the case for the first time. A Weber Haylite in translucent gloss black ( the "metalgrass" mando ) It reminds me of the little scotty dog, "blackie" so thats what I call her.

cheers

[Toast]

My '93 F5L is called "Toast".

[mad dawg]

I named my Freshwater 10-string "Puck".

(I'm keeping "J.Lo" in reserve in case I ever buy a round-back.)

[Bandersnatch Reverb]

Hmmm. Well I do have a Telecaster thinline that I call (in my mind at least) Mel, reminds me of a gal I once knew. Its got a AAAA birdseye neck/fingerboard and wild african walnut top. But thats the only one I've named.

I would have named the mandolin George Foreman, but there's already quite a few of those out and about. Nobody would understand it, except me, if I called it Xeala, Crimson Queen of the Glistening Shaved Mussel. SkooterPie came to mind, but the wife would get jealous. I guess I'll call it "Strumbo", since I'm mainly playin chords. No wait, make it Strum-Bo. Hyphenated names are always so classy.

[TheNaivePicker]

My Weber Faded Leather Bitteroots name is Nubble Jere http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Jedi Bri]

I affectionately call it "My precioussss." My girlfriend calls it "the hooker."

[jeffshuniak]

mandolins are kinda like hookers. you can buy them, leave them, stuff them in your trunk, beat them, toss them in a river..

I've never named my instruments...and here I am thinking I am creative.. I feel ashamed.

[jim simpson]

jeffshuniak,
You're scaring me!

[lil_ruby_ren]

Mine is named Willy!!!!!!!!!!! Short for Willy the Washburn mando!!!!!!!!

[jcs271]

I call mine "Bill". After Bill (Monroe) the father and Bill (Collings) the maker!

[MandoCowboy]

My "A" is named Polly, my "F" is named Maggie, and my tenor b&%jo is named Bessie.

[Red haired boy]

Why did you name your instrument?
I ask because I just got fininshed writing a paper (I am a grad student almost done with my MA in folklore) on beliefs musical about musical instruments and may do more with this topic in the future.
thanks,
Stuart

[mad dawg]

Stuart: where are you studying? (My sister is a Professor of folklore at Clarion U. in PA.)

[WV Mike]

This thread is interesting and timely for me.

I bought an old homemade fiddle for $50 in bad condition in an antique shop in Phoebus, VA on a business trip a couple of months ago. #It had what looked like the remnants of Hurricane Isabella in/on the case. #Hence, I decided to name it Isabelle, which also reminds me of a grandmother-like now passed close family friend. #It's the first instrument I've ever named. #By the way, after repairs, it's a pretty nice fiddle now in the right hands.

Then, I bought the 1916 Gibson A mando a few weeks ago. #Well, it's the same age as my only living grandmother. Hence, I named it Virginia after her.

I haven't named my other mando (MK Firefly Custom), my mountain dulcimer, my old 70's Kramer electric bass guitar, or my old 70's Kramer electric guitar.

Maybe I'll get some ideas for them from this thread.

Mike

[FishwaterInc]

I named mine Mickey...so that his full name would be Mickey Mandolin http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif - Maybe I'm the only one amused by that? My next mando is going to be named Leo, then it'll be Leo the Mando http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[elenbrandt]

My Brentrup blonde is called "Marilyn William Monroe", the Hans' brunette is called "Master" (and I wear the "Slave" t-shirt)..

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[Staramouche]

My first mando is Yarrow 'cuz she is high mountain medicine for the soul. I just got my other one, a Framus, and I haven't found her name yet. It's curious how a player's gender can morph their instrument!

I reckon if I spend all day yearning and jump at any chance for a "quickie", it's gotta be a She!

~~~~~~~~~~Joe

[Blind_Cowboy]

mandolins are kinda like hookers. you can buy them, leave them, stuff them in your trunk, beat them, toss them in a river..

I've never named my instruments...and here I am thinking I am creative.. I feel ashamed.
Curious. Have you ever spent some time near the Green River? Just wondering if the got the right guy...

[rdsphoto]

The F is Blade the A is Bertha

[mandroid]

Rescued Uke-Banjo, with spruce 'head'
[currently nylon strung FCGD]
It says May Belle on the decal, but I call it "Cow-lija" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
[borrowing from hank williams#1]

[Red haired boy]

Mad Dawg and others,
I am at Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green. An area rich in mando music history and brilliant players.
One interesting local nugget is that the last documented show of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys with Flatt and Scruggs as members took place here.

Stuart

[AKUS fan]

My instrument names:

Mandolin= Sierra (after Sierra Hull; Sierra will sign it on June 10th!)

Fiddle= Alison (after Alison Krauss)

Dobro= Jerry (after Jerry Douglas)

Banjo= 5-String Pile Driver (that's what Alison Krauss called a banjo once)

Flute= Mirage (the brand name)

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[mandowilli]

My girlfriend named my old F-2 "that hussy", because every time she calls on the phone or shows up at my place she finds her in my arms.

willi

[Harrmob]

I don't have a name for any of mine, but I know they are not ladies, because even when I am alone pickin I throw an occasional cus word out. Maybe I should make them all ladies and stop cursing...

Hoss is the greatest name ever for a mando, but "he" is famous.

[Mandolin-AL]

I call mine JINGS!!!!! cause thats what everybody sais when I start playing..................Jings wheres that racket commin from hahaha

Keep pickin

Mandolin-AL http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Kirby161]

i was playing "diadem" on a weber gallatin the other day. It sounded so good that i had to pull a jimi hendrix and play it w/ my knees on the ground. If i buy her i will name her layla.
(got me on my knees layla)

[damandaplaya]

Diadem- great song and fun to play. That B part can get tricky.

[mandorado]

My Pomeroy, #21 is called "Blackjack"
My Weber Bitterroot, I call "Cashew", and after adding the Brekke trad bridge its a "Roasted Cachew". Call it "Cash" for short.
And my Flatiron is called " A Flatiron" because heck ... it's hard to do better than that. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
The old Gibson is "Lucille", after my grandmother.

[futrconslr]

my first mando was called Bessie after someones girlfriend. I recently acquired a new one that has not been named yet. I'm taking suggestions