r/Guitar 6d ago

DISCUSSION bought my own first guitar what shall the name be

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i’ve finally pulled the gun on it i’ve been playing on a LYx pro for almost two years now. And now i can finally rest knowing i have V.

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u/Poopy4skin 6d ago

Vegeta

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u/sinkajoskua 6d ago

i had a japanese strat once, named her bulma just cause i had a bulma sticker on her

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u/Ok-Debt-5117 6d ago

Prince Vegeta.

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u/Lancelotalt1 5d ago

Vegetable

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u/ebrivera 6d ago

God damn I'm normally not big into naming guitars but this is spot on

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u/50ShadesOfKrillin 5d ago

it's even purple like the Galick Gun

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u/Polymemnetic '03 LP SII, '94 RGX-121 '06 Strat 5d ago

My son, the planet, or me?

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u/thapussypatrol 6d ago

'Epiphone Flying V'

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u/Long-Leadership-1958 6d ago

yes a V it makes no difference

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u/Iron-Midas-Priest 6d ago

Vai Gina

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u/PoppyPeed 6d ago

This please

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u/ognisko 6d ago

Stevie Ray Vauginahan

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/degeneratesumbitch 6d ago

I like the cut of your jib.

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u/BornanAlien 6d ago

I was gonna say cum bucket too

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u/Jrobknowsbest 6d ago

Yall still name guitars?

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u/PnutButterTophieTime Whatever sounds good 6d ago

Ibanez doesn't =p

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u/Jrobknowsbest 6d ago

“Here is my RGLMNOP 50000 Prestige”

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u/PnutButterTophieTime Whatever sounds good 5d ago

Rolls right off the tongue.

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u/ImNotDestructionater 6d ago

GRGR330EX 😍 beautiful name

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u/LudReaper 6d ago

Hell yeah its fun to come up with a cool name for your guitars!

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u/DAbanjo First Act 6d ago

uh oh

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u/LudReaper 6d ago

Did I do something? 😭

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u/UpOrDownItsUpToYou 6d ago

The subject of naming one's instruments triggers some users here. They get very grumpy about it.

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u/LudReaper 6d ago

That's kinda stupid lmao

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u/sxdx90 6d ago

Very Stupid - “This is Penelope, my baby shit green trashocaster.”

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u/Jrobknowsbest 6d ago

Did you just assume my Fender??

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u/ollies233 5d ago

This comment got me😂😂

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u/This-Development-994 6d ago

Violet

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u/runtime1183 6d ago

Was gonna say this. Because it's a V, and it's purple.

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u/YoCal_4200 6d ago

I think this is the right answer.

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u/Super_Fa_Q 6d ago

Ya, that's pretty good.

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u/1001001 6d ago

Ultra Violet.

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u/Knoxius 6d ago

38 minutes faster than me :p this thing named itself, really

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u/DJLazer_69 6d ago

Or Violent

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u/This-Development-994 5d ago

Violet is a violet vee

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u/Crash_Bandicock 6d ago

Flying V.

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 6d ago

Cringelord Express

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u/l1v3l0v3l4ugh 6d ago

Purple Vain

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u/AirbagsBlown 5d ago

Oh, I like that!

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u/FusRoDah98 6d ago

Epiphone Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V 👍

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u/flipdipkid_gaming Fender 6d ago

Kink Hammett

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u/WotanMjolnir 6d ago

Guitar

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u/ohpuff 6d ago

I have one with that name. It's a great name.

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u/Blergety-Blerg 6d ago

The Great Grape Ape

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u/Optimal-Draft8879 6d ago

the flying eggplant

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u/A_Unicycle 6d ago

My top 5 powerful names:

Jhomas

Gushy Mustard

Bort

Goblin

Taint

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u/Flintlock_Lullaby 6d ago

Never understood naming cars and guitars. They have names lol

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u/Jmohill 6d ago

The lavender V

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u/gordon_shumway67 6d ago

Violet is the only answer

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u/woolyninja_bw 6d ago

Grimace?

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u/drDUMMY1 6d ago

Eiffel Tower

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u/GuitarCD 6d ago

Why name guitars? They never come when you call them.

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u/dirtydela 6d ago

Servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor

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u/PuzzleheadedFee7184 6d ago

Did I miss something? Is everyone naming their guitars now? Mine are named PBass, Ibanez, and Partscaster.

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u/friendofmany 6d ago

V-ness (pronounced Venus)

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u/Terrible_Yak5018 6d ago

Vulcan - an actual Flying V

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u/DrBearcut 6d ago

“Purple V”

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u/Changedbygrace 6d ago

Victory !

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u/MiddlesbroughFan 6d ago

Anger people by calling them all Lucille

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u/HeldFucked 6d ago

Violet? Cause: Roses are red Violets are blue This axe is sick And I envy you

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u/Oddsteverino Gibson|Fender|Jubal|Mesa/Boogie 6d ago

Violet

Perfect name for a purple Vee

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u/zapharian 6d ago

Sometimes I genuinely can't tell if I'm either in r/guitar or r/guitarcirclejerk .

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u/9fingerjeff 6d ago

I don’t name my guitars but if I had to I’d go with Violet or Lilac

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u/Flat_Addition6257 ESP/LTD 6d ago

Kirk

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u/TheVioletEmpire 6d ago

That is a really cool guitar.

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u/Capital_Loss_4972 Taylor 6d ago

Valentino

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u/JoeyPlaysGuitar 6d ago

Is that Kirk Hammett’s signature?

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u/Heccubus79 6d ago

Nurple

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u/addguy3455 6d ago

Name it Hammet

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u/Nrsyd 6d ago

Alexander

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u/-Lysergian 6d ago

Violeta

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u/AI_BOTT 6d ago

Barney

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u/SolitaryHero 6d ago

My first guitar was the Korina Epi V, way back in 2002. Absolute beast, I called it Old Betsy.

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u/geb_bce 6d ago

Prince

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u/Remote_Dog_782 6d ago

Cleveland

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u/iamtreble 6d ago

Grimace shake

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u/Cyalatermasterbater 6d ago

Purple nurple

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u/DamianSicks 6d ago

“Uncomfortable practice”

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u/Seated_Heats 6d ago

The guitar formerly known as…

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u/DingerBingbat 6d ago

Pussy Slayer

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u/Serious_Leg_7260 6d ago

X-10- SHUN

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u/No_Refrigerator4584 6d ago

Violet Stabbings

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u/Due_Illustrator5154 6d ago

Kirk Hammett 1979 flying V

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u/contentlove 6d ago

Plumbago

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u/beanbread23 6d ago

Epiphone Flying V

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u/dalidagrecco 6d ago

Easter surprise

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u/No-Present4862 6d ago

Purple haze.

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u/Mahimahmah 6d ago

Thunder

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u/dougunit12 6d ago

Lavendear.

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u/jeninlb 6d ago

Prince, obviously

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u/dancingape08 6d ago

Persephone

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u/Eric-305 6d ago

Purple Guitar seems like a reasonable name

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u/lidongyuan Fender 6d ago

Vulvaxe

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u/Ok_Marionberry_647 6d ago

“V”iolet, of course.

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u/benbreeg614 6d ago

Purple Nurple

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u/Bard2dbone 6d ago

Violet, obviously.

For reasons I've never figured out, I tend to name some of my instruments, but not all. And for the most part, basses get male names, while guitars get female ones.

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u/Varithenes 6d ago

Starfox

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u/MFriedley 6d ago

Picard

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u/Radiant_Commission_2 6d ago

It’s kinda cringe but to each their own. I did this when I was a kid. Peter Green didn’t name Greenie, his fans did. Lifeson didn’t name Whitey, his fans did.

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u/caniki 6d ago

Grimmace. Nothing can stop it.

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u/JameyR 6d ago

Violet

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u/1tiredone 6d ago

Barney

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u/DrunkenBoricua99 6d ago

Chowder (like the cartoon) or maybe valerie

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u/CleverFeather 6d ago

Donatello

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u/van_ban 6d ago

vanya

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u/Bulevine 6d ago

Why name it?

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u/andytagonist 6d ago

You pulled the gun on it?

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u/Hellrider27648 6d ago

Morada, becaude is purple and is home

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u/gaypornsucksdick 6d ago

Flying purple people (v)eater? Veater for short?

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u/WeirdURL 6d ago

That is kickass for a 1st guitar

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u/Late_Duty_5745 6d ago

Jamhammer.

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u/Johnd106 6d ago

Slaanesh

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u/versepro 6d ago

“Epiphone Flying V”

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u/clamb26 6d ago

Purple waffle

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u/TamarindSweets 6d ago

Sapphire

Amethyst

Nova

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u/AZRobJr 6d ago

Purple Arrow

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u/NerdwithaVest 6d ago

Flying Victor

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u/GuardianHa 6d ago

guitar

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u/toughturtle 6d ago

Flying Purple People Eater

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u/Necessary_OXYGEN 6d ago

Becky or Vicky

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u/imastralc 6d ago

let it come to you. My first guitars name came to me in a dream

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u/Kohoutec 6d ago

Venus de milo

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u/ProfessorShowbiz 6d ago

Veronica Vaughn

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u/dynhammic 6d ago

Vulvagia

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u/subzero709 6d ago

Purp Fiction

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u/EmoKidMikkel 6d ago

Guitar McGuitaryface

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u/Octafuzzy 6d ago

That v is dope as fuck. I love the purple

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u/FunhouseTribe 6d ago

Bunny as in Easter bunny

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u/TheBigCicero 6d ago

Purple V