Does any body have pet names for their mandolin?

[mandodebbie]

Does any body out there actually name their mando? ( I call my $150.00 Hyburn "Buddy".) People name their cars "Betsy" and such. Why not their mandos? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[danb]

"floyd"

[Damnation Gulch]

The old Rover A was called "mule" but I didnt realize it till I sold it...LOL! The new one is yet unnamed...

Edit: One of my buddies said my new mando looks like I should be wearing a cape and standing in a castle playing it (Phantom of the Opry) so I think I'll call it Dracula http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Unseen122]

I don't really have a nickname for it my friend calls his guitar Bertha or Betsy can't remeber which (this is a Gibson Gothic SG) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif I do refer to my mandolin as my baby/child but that is pretty common.

[Rroyd]

My daughter named hers Jesseronnierickysamandy Lynn after some of her mandolin heroes, although
it used to be Jesserhondajakealynn. A Bit of a mouthful either way.

Oliver

[JGWoods]

Nigel Rigel
gw

[CapnScarlett]

Patrick

[Bobbie Dier]

Effie. It's an F style http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[John Rosett]

"what do you call that little instrument you're playing?"
"i call it bruce. it's a mandolin"
-jethro

i call my mandolin "lil' stinky- named after the music that comes out of it...
-john

[bjc]

I have a name for ALL of my axes...it started with naming my electric guitars...My Les Paul---Leslie, My Strat---Samatha...so in running with that theme my Gold Tone is Goldie---my MK---is Kelly (original I know:-)...My Trinity College Mandola is Tina and my Johnson OM is Jessica...bet you're sorry you asked....tee hee

[Scotti Adams]

..once I get my new varnished Fern BRW to join my other...they will be called Fern and Pearly....

[potatoe]

molly

[mandorado]

Blackjack, cashew, and Louise

[psann]

Scarlet Lady

[ira]

wish i had a really good pet name like bb king, sam, dawg, etc.. have for their axe's. how do you decide on something like that and really refer to your instrument with the name? i could give my axe a name, but don't think i'd really call her that.

[elenbrandt]

The bigger question is "who doesn't have a name for their mandolin"? We all seem to have this strange need to name that which we love. Having said that, I am going back to bed with "Marilyn William Monroe", "the Brunette", and "road kill"..... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[smilnJackB]

I call light colored spruce top White Dog. She's got a nice bark!
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Jack

[LeftCoastMark]

........PREACHER!.......

[Brandolin Tucker12]

Becky

[Steven Stone]

When I'm playing badly I have LOTS of names for my mando. None of which I can print in this newsgroup.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[BigJoe]

My MM is named "Brutus" because it is so loud. It stands for Brutus the Banjo Basher. He's my buddy! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif .

[rmcintos]

Ernie and Seamus.

I used to have a fiddle whose name was Bert. Bert was kind of grouchy and unforgiving. Ernie always seems more forgiving and easy going. Just like on Sesame Street.

Seamus is my celtic mando..

[Blueglass]

Old Dutch

[Nathan Sanders]

Sometimes I call her Mandy. Original huh? Sometimes Amanda Lynn. I suppose "Effie" would work (since it is an F model).

[mandomiss]

My electric mandolin is named Elwood, a friend of mine named my sweet pea "Big Jeffrey," I named my bass Brutus, and my other instruments remain nameless.

[Dan Adams]

Lumpy, Fish, Sparky, Pan, Pumkin, now all we have to do is figure which is which...

All That Glitters is not Gold! Dan

[TheNaivePicker]

Nubble Jere http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Or somtimes I Call it "My baby"...usually "My most prized posession" And especially, "My Precioussss.." #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[tombob]

havnt named my mando yet, but my bass effects r called dan (danelectro tuner), jim (dunlop wah wah), n ceb (boss chorus CEB-3):blues:

[Tom C]

<span style='color:darkblue'>I just can't bring myself to give a name to an inanimate object.</span>

Sounds like Tom needs to spend a little more time with his mandolin. I just don't feel the love. Mine is Rebecca.

[duuuude]

I ain't even got around to namin' the cat yet. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[Dolamon]

I named all of my 8 string instruments "Walter". Kind of like George Foreman naming all his kids George - even the girls.

An equal opportunity Mando owner.

"I just can't bring myself to give a name to an inanimate object."

Thank you Tom...I agree!

[Bobbie Dier]

Dale,
Do you mean you don't even name your antique cars(sorry, classic vehicles)??
I had a 56 Ford named Geraldine.

[mad dawg]

Bruce

[mandodebbie]

Gee willikers! That's more responses than I anticipated. I expected to be barred from the message board for bringing up too silly a topic for the sophisticated mandolinists to appreciate. But that's what I do best. Anyway, I found it interesting one of you keeps calling your intruments by the same name. That's why I named my mando Buddy. All of my pet turtles were named Buddy. Or Mrs. Buddy, if one was a girl. All my hamsters have been named Pookie. And so forth.

[Mandodoc]

Yep, pretty much name them all.
Weber Aspen II - "Webie"
1976 Alvarez - "Gospel"
1927 Regal Roundback - "Tater"
Banjolin - "Bando"
Rigel A Plus Deluxe - "Black Beauty"
Martin Backpacker - "Paddle"

All the guitars have names too but we won't go there right now.

jon

[mandroid]

My rescued uke banjo , formerly just a neck [w/o fretboard] and a hoop, were fitted with a spruce soundboard/head, and got the name 'Kawlija], [ after hank williams cigar store indian]
the rest of them , Grumpy, sleepy, bashful, Doc etc. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Bluegrasstjej]

I used to, but my new mandolin doesn't have a name.

[dixiecreek]

Madeline. Madeline the Mandolin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[skipper]

My drummer friend, whom I used to work with, named mine "Mandy" while we were jamming on our break one day. It's just a really cheap Rogue A Model, but I'm never getting rid of it now because a lack of my Mandy would probably ruin my life.

[babymedic]

Charlotte (weber). Guess I was in a weird mood that day . . .

[Christine W]

I waffel between LIL' PECKER AND MY PRECIOUSSS!!

[duuuude]

Somehow that picture looks just too right! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I swear I saw that guy at Strawberry last spring.

[Tom C]

That is scary. And he done took Thile's mandolin & body. Doh!

[Lee]

Whenever I yell, "where's My Mandolin", they all come running. Maybe this naming idea is a good thing.

[mcashion]

My Alvarez is Al, of course. The Gibson 1913 is Geezer and the Breedlove Cascade is Mo. He is called Mo because he is named after the bar-b-que place down the street called "Mo betta Barbeque" because he is my Mo betta mando! Geezer just named himself. My first mando, a Weber Y2K was call Skippy. I was thinking about having my Breedlove adjusted and said, "well, I can always plan Skippy the backup mando for a few days". It just came out, and that was his name. My 150 year old Salzar fiddle is named Sally Goodin. (She is a good ''un. The other fiddle has yet to tell me the name, but I think it is a boy.

[jessboo]

the A5G is the Little Angel http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif She always makes me smile

[Rich]

Mine is "Louise", which is the first song I learned to sing and play on the mando.

[jim_n_virginia]

"I just can't bring myself to give a name to an inanimate object."

I was starting to worry if I was the ONLY one who didn't name their instruments! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

I just callem by what the are like "My Flatiron" (yep I STILL have it Dale! done played a million hours on it!)

And my guitar I just call it "My Taylor"

So maybe I'll name them Flatiron and Taylor.

Not very imaginative I suppose. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[jim_n_virginia]

I'm surprised NO ONE has named their mandolin...

"Amanda Lynn" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Rroyd]

John Moore's daughter is named Amanda Lynn. If I remember correctly, she was born on Chris Thile's birthday. A big coincidence since John taught Chris how to play...

[Steve Farling]

"Mandy" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[biomando]

"Bailey" not really sure why, but it just sort of happened http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Andrew Reckhart]

I call my Stiver "The Other Woman" and "Lou-weez" ( I couldn't figure out the correct spelling so I just spelled it with phonics) after Lou Stiver. #Not too original, huh?

[Ellie]

Mine's Jessica, because I did an inlay of Jessica Rabbit on the headstock, and dyed the mando burgandy to match her dress, because the world just did not need me to build yet another brown burst mando with yet another standard issue inlay on the headstock.
I also find if I name my truck, and favorite instruments, I tend to take better care of them. It's easier for me to become attached enough to change the oil on the truck or not leave the instrument in dumb places if I start thinking of them as more than garden variety tools.

[TommyK]

Mine's Jessica, because I did an inlay of Jessica Rabbit on the headstock, and dyed the mando burgandy to match her dress, because the world just did not need me to build yet another brown burst mando with yet another standard issue inlay on the headstock.
I also find if I name my truck, and favorite instruments, I tend to take better care of them. It's easier for me to become attached enough to change the oil on the truck or not leave the instrument in dumb places if I start thinking of them as more than garden variety tools.
I started a thread on this same subject, but decided to move my comments here.

I think Ellie hit the nail right on the head!..
Naming your instrument helps a musician pull out the personality of the instrument. I also think that not only do we treat our instruments better when we name them, but they treat us better as well. I honestly believe that.

I find it interesting that a number of us musicians derive the names from the instrument itself. Either a physical attribute, how she plays or she just tells us. I also firmly believe instruments, especially wooden ones have a female spirit. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
My instruments:
The school's tuba I played through highschool: Bernice (don't know why, it just fit, I guess she told me.)
My first guitar: Epi (too easy, I hadn't learned to listen to her yet)
First guitar I bought for my kids to play with: Stella from being a Harmony Stella. (not too original either, but Stella fits on a spiritual level, some how) She is petite and needs to be held gentle like, not man handled or she clams up. She has a voice all her own and I still play her. If I don't she gets jealous and whines. (hear that? I'd better pick her up soon.)
My latest guitar: Yamaha flat-top: Genie from the fact my dad and I share a common middle name. It was a gift from him when I was down on my luck and Epi and Stella were both in need of repair. The first new wood in a long time. It was the only female variant I could think of. It didn't hurt that when I was 13 I was in LOVE with Barbara Eden.

No I haven't mandoed yet, but hope to soon. I'll let her tell me her name, I won't force it. Sounds like it could take a year for her to 'open up' (I think that's the correct usage), so I'll be patient. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

[AeroJoe]

"Dixie" and "BoBo"...

(Flatiron F5 Master) & (Weber Custom Bitterroot)

[Ken Berner]

Only one of mine is named, a '93 Flartiron A5 Artist (Steve Carlson, quilted) called "BARKY". By the way, it is good to hear from Flatiron owner AeroJoe again. Is it time to initiate a Flatiron registry?

[solerydr]

Im thinking of naming mine "remodeled bathroom", since I used budgeted home improvement money to buy it. Calling it "the Rigel", sounds pretentious.

[jasona]

Katherine. She's a soprano, who can bark when she wants! I got it when the late, great Kate Hepburn passed away, and the name seemed appropriate. I don't call her by her name with others about however, then its just "my mandolin"

[mandolooter]

Froggie

[TommyK]

"Remodeled Bathroom"http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
I hope the missus doesn't rename it, "HERS" after the divorce.

I saw a yella corvette roar past me one time. #A long haired blond at the wheel... the plates "WAS HIS" #I had to pull over and weep for the poor guy.

[duuuude]

If I were to name it, it'd probably be called "Woody".
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[Chip Booth]

"Red". And no, it's a brown burst and in no way red, I'm not exactly sure where the name comes from, it just spoke to me one day.

[Emmiemando]

Wow! SOme pretty cool names goin on there! I myself call my F-model Epiphone "Odiseous". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Jack Roberts]

Jethro:

[jasona]

I always wondered where the French kept their nukes! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[TommyK]

I didn't know Homer J. Simpson played Mando!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Pet names. What a stupid topic. Come on! The only name i guess i would think of is Mine!

[mandomac]

HECTOR!!!!! I have no idea why http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[scotsghost]

the mando hasn't told me its name yet... it's a Morgan Monroe "Phantom of the Opry" so others have called it the Phantom before, but that's not a keeper name. my upright is George.. anything bigger than i am needs its own name. (people say, "why George?" and i respond, "cause i will love him and squeeze him and call him George" in a deep dopey voice.)

[El Rey del Mando]

I have 5 mandos,only named one.My 96 Flatiron artist.I call it, El Rey.Yeah Man!

[Flowerpot]

I just found out that the model 23 Brentrup I got for Christmas had been dubbed "The Rat" by its maker. Evidently it had been taken so many places for demo, it had its share of war wounds, most of which were polished out before it left Hans' shop and found it's way under the Christmas tree in very good shape. But I can't get myself to call it the Rat -- I'm thinking of Honeypot.

My own home-built #1 is Marvin, named for Marvin the Martian who appears in the peghead inlay. Now if anything deserves to be called a rat, that one does. Looks like the scroll was carved by rat teeth.

[TeleMark]

I'm thinking of Diablo for my Breedlove Quartz KF... Serial number is 6660...

TeleMark

The Brunkallas name is Tink

[spats]

My Gibson A-50 is of course called Henry. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[AlanN]

Lloyd

[MandoJon]

I've never given a name to an instrument yet (other than rude ones when my finger sliped while bending strings on my guitar, sending the string under the nail.

Some friends of mine named my last mandolin for me. They called it... wait for it...

"Mandy Lynne"

They're great guys but maybe missed the queue for "Originality School".

... but then I chose the pseudonym "MandoJon" for this site. I guess I was with them when we should have been signing up for classes http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Steve Farling]

Looks like there's two Mandys in the house Mandojon! And I am definitely Mandy's man! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[John Craton]

I think my wife thinks of them all in the term of "mistress." http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[MandoJon]

I am definitely Mandy's man!

Gadzookes Sir, you are most incautious with your words! How dare you sully Mandy's reputation with such suggestions of wanton licentiousness, for is she not constant in her affections to me and not given to flighty waywardness? I demand satisfaction - a duel - duelling banjos (for they are instruments of death)

Alternatively we could just admit there might be two mandolins called mandy in the world http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[siliqua]

Mine are called "the A" and "the F"...

[Klaus Wutscher]

I call my A- style(s) "Mrs. Kimble" . I hope Wil doesn´t mind http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[fatt-dad]

... but then I chose the pseudonym "MandoJon" for this site.
One of my earliest exposures to the mandolin was at my step-grandmother's (the mother of my father's wife) house. Her grandfather played the mandolin (bowl back) and was religated to playing in the bathroom. So, maybe there is a hidden meaning to the pseudonym "mandojohn" - ha.

f-d

[bpool]

Buzzy-G

[mandowannabe]

My 23 A model Gibson is "Claude", named after my brother who found him for me, and My Aria Pro II is "Andy" after the guy I bought him from. Now, if I could just play them well. G.B.

[WireBoy]

Flowerpot,
#not to hijack the thread, but i've wanted to see more pics of your Marvin the martian mando ever since you teased us with a under construction peghead photo months ago. #The absolute best idea ever. and it was very well exectued! give us some more looks please.

#my mando? #its just "my mandolin". #i never have named it. #My wife however does name her guitars. #Her nylon 6 string is 'Justin' (after the Moody Blues Justin Hayward) and her Washburn 12string is 'Jeremy'. #she's not sure why.

[John Craton]

My wife however does name her guitars. #Her nylon 6 string is 'Justin'
And I guess she puts it away in her "Justin case"?

Sorry, folks ... couldn't resist.

[Evets]

"Sue" which is also my wifes name. Which helps me avoid any unintentional slip-ups at inappropriate moments.

[GMatt]

"The Man"

[GeoMandoAlex]

I call my MK Firefly Flame....

Firefly.

I know, pretty darn original. I also call my Alvarez-Yairi GY-1, Jerry (It's the Jerry Garcia model). I have a tenor banjo that was my Father's I call, Pop.

[TommyK]

"... her Washburn 12string is 'Jeremy'. #she's not sure why."
What's the mailman's name http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

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[dunbarhamlin]

My zouk is called Beast - black-stained mahogony solid-body from John Hullah, with a seriously gothic attitude.
It's twin brother (mandolin, same spec) is sometimes called Cute Thing, but I think its real name is That - folks ask, "What's that?" To which I reply #"That's a mandolin" - it just sounds like a falsetto grunge lead http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[jim_n_virginia]

Yeah I call my Flatiron "Bush" because it kicks but and takes names later! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mandophil(e)]

My Gilchrist is "the Senator". Don't ask why--it was part of a dream I had shortly after getting it.

[Daniel Nestlerode]

Wow. #Many interesting responses.

I haven't named my mandolin. #I don't know if I will. #these things happen accidentally or not at all. #My SCGC guitar is called "Red" or "Ol' Red" (despite the fact that it's only 4 and a half) or "Big Red." #And I'm not the one who uses the names. #My buddy, Ken, who plays Red as much as I do calls it by name way more than I do.

FWIW, I call his Gilchrist Model 5 "Gill," and he's got a recent Martin D-41 or -42 named "Tammy Faye" because it's just got so much ornamentation on it. #Another friend of his even put false eyelashes on the headstock.

My Weber mandola gets called "Dola" a lot. #Not sure if that's a name though.

I guess I could call my mandolin "Rose" because the name doesn't make a difference in how it sounds; as Shakespeare wrote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." #You know, the more I think about it the better I like that. #It's a name which declares names are mere labels. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

Well, there it is. My mando has a name now!#http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif #

Daniel

[Bill Van Liere]

I named my Brentrup A model "chewy" after my Retriever used it for a chew toy.

[Lee]

Only one of them has a name. But I'm never sure which one it is. When I say, "Hmmm", it responds.

[mando_pete]

"I named my Brentrup A model "chewy" after my Retriever used it for a chew toy. "

I'm really trying to think of something funny to say here, but can't. I love dogs, but, that is just "WRONG". Now if a cat had used it for a scratching post, I'd be all over it.

[Gibsonman]

I have two Gibsons one is Mandy, the other Mindy. My wife just looks at me. I bet I know what she is thinking.

[krishna]

I called my Grand Artist "BABY" for the three years leading up to it being in my hot little hands.Then when I got it, it became 'my nice mando'...Kerryps I don't know why that happened either.....

[Tom Gibson]

This thread may already have run its course, but I'm new here, so . . . .

My Mid-Mo was always "Moe," but no way am I naming my Eastman "Larry" or "Curly."

I also quickly dispensed with Linda (Eastman (McCartney)) since I wasn't really a big fan anyway and figured my wife wouldn't like it much.

I think I'm settling on Dutchess, in honor of a legendary family dog. In fact, following on some of what I've seen in this thread, I may have an inlay put in to go with the name. Think I'll see if the really "sticks" first, though.

Hutto #39 = "Old Ugly"
F-4 = "Grandpa"

[Jim Rose]

"Billy Boy" Inherited a Wm. Stahl bowl back from my Grandfather also named William.

My new MK " Chief Highknocker" got its' name after a historic figure in my home town.

[Kirby161]

My Weber Custom Gallatin is "Shep", I think after a character in "Babe"

[mandolooter]

Clark F5 - Blondie
06 Gibson A - Bubble Butt
my Givens A6 - Da give

[fatt-dad]

My wife calls them all, "Annoying" - ha.

f-d

[Ken Berner]

I have only named one of my mandolins, a '93 Flatiron A5 Artist. While researching my MacQueen (linked with Clan Chattan) ancestors, I found a lass named "Chattie", which seemed a very appropriate name for this particular instrument.

[Miles Town Mando]

I have never thought about naming my mandolin until this thread. I think I'll name it POC. It's a Morgan Monroe. Next week I'll be buying a Collings MT Ivoroid. I'll have to name it Maytag because like the guy with the bathroom remodel it was either a Collings mandolin or a Maytag fridge.:O

[an uncalloused fingertip]

Unless you crafted the instrument with your own hands you should be satisfied with the manufacturer's title/serial number. If you have nicknames for your instruments, you probably have more instruments than you need.

Gene

[Got8Strings]

I have a gorgeous red Washburn guitar named "Fergie" (for Fire Engine Red Guitar) - it practically named itself. But no inspiration for the mandos yet.

[Doug Edwards]

A lot of the Silver Angels have names written inside them. Mine is named Serenella. There is also a paragraph written on the top between the tone bars, but I can't see well enough to read it. Especially mirror script by way of an inspection mirror.

[Big Joe]

Mine are named "Firewood", "Brutus", and "Blondie".

[Keith Miller]

[My wife calls them all, "Annoying" - ha] F.D
very polite !! couldn't print what my wife calls them it's a family show after all http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Keith

[junksuph]

Alot of the mandolins that I have built were done to honor family or friends for whatever reason. They all get serial numbers, but they also get names. Those built to be sold, simply get serial numbers. Ironically, my favorite player is number one, named for my mother, Vernadeen, who used to travel with her sister to play and sing gospel music. She's 84 and still going strong. The mandolin is very rustic and antique looking. It's nickname is "Old Battle Axe". All in good fun, of course.

[ira]

i tried to artificially give my axe a name- sunny, as the theme of inlays, tailpiece, etc.. is all the sun! but, it felt fake and forced. periodically have refered to her as "sweetness" (generally after some particulalarly sweet tremolo), but generally just refer to her as "my axe"- hey just noticed that this was what i sued in the first sentence of this post. so i guess that is as close to a nickname as i get!
i:blues:

[mythicfish]

I bought my Rigel from a guy who called it "Barlon" ..... Barlon Mando

Curt

[Carter]

I named my Mid Mo M-4 Mike...after the man who "brought it to life"...Mike Dulak http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[tremolo jones]

Our Michael Kelly Firefly is known as "Smoky." #Our HD-28V is called "Buzz," a name that has more to do with our playing prowess than the instrument. #Our new Lebeda doesn't have name, yet - Me 'n Mrs. Jones are open to suggestions.

[glauber]

And does anyone have mandolin names for their pets?
Gibson! Sit! Stay! Good boy! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Ira Chavis]

Mine have to do with ages of the mando's...There's Mr. Gibson (my 2004 A-9), Grandpa Gibson (My 1920 A-3), and Sweet Pea (My weber sweet pea, it already has a nickname by default).

ira

[Mark Walker]

As an addendum to Doug Edwards' post from earlier: #Nearly all of Ken Ratcliff's custom Silver Angel mandolins have been named by him. #I sell Silver Angel Tee-Shirts and hats (with Ken's blessings and support), and ask each buyer what the names on their mandolins are. #Some of the names found on Silver Angel Mandolins include:

Gabriella
Oliva (my own)
Serenella (Doug Edwards)
Carolina #(Dano's)
Lida
Cynthia Jane
Abril Angelina (Laura Ratcliff #33 - Angelfire's)
Yana
Selene
Carmelita
Maya
Tamara

Many of these owners have also sent me photos of their Angels. #I'm thinking of starting a website just for those! #

Cheers! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[sgarrity]

I don't seem to keep mine long enough to name them. Maybe I'll try naming the next one and see if I can hang on to it a little longer! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[david blair]

Meet "Cindy Lew", a Lewis mando that reminded me of that dirty blonde Cindy Crawford look with a cute dimple. She sleeps in a pink Calton.

Interesting that a friend who writes songs that our band sometimes does had a random reference to the name Cindy Lou.
The stars must be aligning?

[knightn]

Thumper

[mad dawg]

Mr. Hanky

[GTison]

"Winky" because it winked at me in the store.

[fiddler]

My Rigel has its own name, but I can't spell or pronounce it. It sounds like a deep wooden wind chime. Sometimes I hear it when I pick a low note...then I know she's ready to play.

[RI-Grass]

Jolene
Abiline
Evangaline
and
Josephine the Banjo Killer

[Dennis Russell]

I call my first mandolin ,, old spotted leopard or dirty dog, because it was manufacture sort of crudely, and the stains didnt work too well , sort of spotted and ran, from a distance it looks like a spotted leopard, but otherwise pretty crude like a worn out dog, but it sounds pretty good, Dennis in Yuma Arizona

[Markelberry]

Gibby

OK....Are you ready for this one?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
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"The Bark Side" # # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[arbarnhart]

Check out the peghead and you will understand why it's named...
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"Little Richard"

[sixstrng]

I have a Lebeda F5+ fern. #Since it is Czech built, her name is Sasha (a stretch to Russia but close enuf). #My new Weber mandocello is tentatively named Gwen. #My old Mid-mo doesn't have a name and is probably quite jealous, also suffering from "carved-top envy". #She still sings perty tho...

[sixstrng]

And does anyone have mandolin names for their pets?
Gibson! Sit! Stay! Good boy! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
My 1 year old Boxer is actually named "Gryphon" after the store where I met and bought my Lebeda, "Sasha". (see above post)

[sixstrng]

Unless you crafted the instrument with your own hands you should be satisfied with the manufacturer's title/serial number. If you have nicknames for your instruments, you probably have more instruments than you need.

Gene
A) "More instruments than you need"?!?!?!?!? Danger...cannot compute...cannot compute...

Now, "more than my house can hold"...that I get.

B) As a proper homage, my mid-mo is now officially named "Gene"

[Jakester]

my little wooden box

[celtic_knut]

Unless you crafted the instrument with your own hands you should be satisfied with the manufacturer's title/serial number. If you have nicknames for your instruments, you probably have more instruments than you need.

Gene
Sorry Gene, but I just don't follow your logic there -- unless of course you are just...