{"id":1829,"date":"2014-08-23T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2016-10-24T00:20:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T00:20:01","slug":"naming-your-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/naming-your-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming your guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I have a tendency to name all of my guitars. After spending so much time with them it just doesn&#8217;t feel right not to call them by a first name. I do it so much that now Evita will refer to my guitars by their names rather than by any other factor. I know of some famous guitarists that named their guitars. B.B. King comes to mind. All of his guitars are name Lucille I believe. Personally I prefer to take into account where the guitar came from and the character of its looks and sounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div id=\"attachment_557\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P-I-Scales-on-the-Classical-Guitar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557\" class=\"wp-image-557 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P-I-Scales-on-the-Classical-Guitar-300x170.png\" alt=\"Naming your guitar\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P-I-Scales-on-the-Classical-Guitar-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P-I-Scales-on-the-Classical-Guitar.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, here are my instruments:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Valentina<\/strong><\/em> (an Italian classical guitar from Napoli &#8211; incidentally she is for sale right now\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Laura<\/strong><\/em> (my Australian lattice braced Sheridan guitar &#8211; this is the one you have seen in the videos)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Amelia<\/strong><\/em> (my beat up classical that I had as a student)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Missy<\/strong><\/em> (the latest member of the family, a chocolate brown mahogany steel string)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Little B<\/strong><\/em> (my mandolin)<\/p>\n<p>And, well actually I do have an electric without a name. She was from my teenage years when I had long hair and dreams of playing too fast. I will have to think about that one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What are some of your guitar&#8217;s names? Tell us in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>-Simon<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I have a tendency to name all of my guitars. After spending so much time with them it just doesn&#8217;t feel right not to call them by a first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naming your guitar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A guitar is not just a guitar... it is a living object of beauty! 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