# The Greatest **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest/50022 "2001-01-14T20:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest/50022/1 "2001-01-14T20:11:11Z")
Assume for the moment you have to name the new guitar coming off the line. You are required to name it after the greatest rock guitarist of all time - for the moment we will leave out blues and jazz, etc. and stick with rock - What do you name this new line of guitars? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest/50022/2 "2001-01-14T20:22:17Z")
Something to do with Jimi Hendrix. He was the definitive master of the instrument. ---
**Author:** ![nowalls99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@nowalls99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nowalls99)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest/50022/3 "2001-01-14T23:23:26Z")
I’d name it after Duane Allman. Maybe go with something kind of cheesy, like the Model A. Maybe name it Melissa, or Jessica, kind of like BB King’s Lucille. If we were making a bass, which is my instrument, I’d name it the Claypool Classic, and make it a fat 6 string. ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest/50022/4 "2001-01-17T19:27:23Z")
I’m sorry I need more input than this, you slackers. Does it make a difference to you if it’s an electric or an acoustic? Go ahead and pick one or both…