Do your ukuleles have names?

Gillian said:

I sat down with Rick Turner to design a custom ukulele for me. I said I wanted a cutaway with the reddest wood that exists and he suggested bloodwood but never made a uke using it because it is quite brittle. Well, being the superior luthier that he is, he succeeded. His longtime friend, office manager, musician, songwriter Jayme Kelly Curtis (RIP) called me to tell me the uke was ready and then said "Wowee...just wowee!". So here are a couple of pictures of Wowee.

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kohanmike said:

I thought I posted to this thread in the past, but seems not. The names I give to my ukes are from a description or style or manufacturer; two hole, Kala, gypsy jazz, spalted, mandolele, paddle, thinline and Godin.

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Booli said:

As a general rule, I tend not to anthropomorphize inanimate objects, so no I do not name my ukes.

I call them by make and model and scale length, or if more than one by wood or other specific features, i.e., Kala KA-T tenor, or Lava concert Fluke, Koa tenor Fluke with PegHeds, etc...

I do name pets, and when I was keeping aquarium fish, I named them too...

Some folks love naming things, and I say go for it if that is what brings you joy. :rock:

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