No one has mentioned "Blackie," the famous Fender stratocaster played for years / to death by Eric Clapton. I have only named a few of my instruments, most notably the two minstrel banjos I have (reproductions, not original) which have been dubbed "Thumper" and "Big Thumper." Others are named or designated by who owned them (David's guitar -- a 1943 Martin 0-18 -- came from David, a gentleman friend of my late mother-in-law; Bobby's banjo was my late uncle's tenor, remade into a 5-string by a friend) or the maker (my Running Dog, my Gibson banjo, etc.). I guess I should get busy and invent names for all of them. Most of my fiddles will be named "squeaker" of one form or another, in that case. Bob
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