We had a special treat on Friday, December 5th, 2008 — a visit from Squier® Signature Model Artist Pete Wentz and Gretsch® Signature Model Artist Patrick Vaughn Stump of Fall Out Boy. They invaded our global headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., to visit their longtime friend and ally, Fender’s Artist Relations Manager Billy Siegle, as well as to meet and sign autographs for Fender employees and their families. Siegle presented Pete Wentz with a ‘Bronx Mowgli’ mini P Bass® guitar as a baby gift from all Fender employees worldwide; “Hands down the best gift ever!” said Wentz as he took a pic of it to e-mail off to wife Ashley. The band’s visit to Arizona was capped off with a concert at Cricket Pavilion (Glendale, Ariz.) where Pete announced from the stage in front of a sold-out crowd, “Hey everybody, there’s this awesome company here in town … Fender guitars (crowd went nuts) and they were cool enough to make this P Bass guitar for my son” as he held the ‘Bronx Mowgli’ P Bass® guitar up for all to see (crowd went even more nuts) … he then read the neck plate, which was engraved with “BRONX MOWGLI WENTZ ::: 11/20/08 @ 8:44 p.m. ::: 7 pounds, 11 ounces ::: 20.5” long”
Check out the video montage above as well as these photos (all photos by Michael Schulz)!
The Squier Pete Wentz P Bass® guitar next to the Fender® Bronx Mowgli P Bass guitar.
The rumor is true! Pete IS giving away the Squier® Pete Wentz P Bass® guitar and Fender® TB-600C bass amp used during recording sessions for Fall Out Boy’s new CD, Folie á Deux. Visit www.fender.com/petewentz/ to find out more!
I think this is easily the most creative and unique guitar giveaway promo to be thrown out there this year. Yes, you may be able to shred, but how well can you sift?
http://www.johnmayer.com/blog# The 11/27 entry explains the deal- winner gets a signed JM Fender Stratocaster from the man himself.
Don’t try to play the intro to VH’s ‘Poundcake’ with the handheld mixer though!
A peek inside Fender Guitar R&D’s model shop, where all the designs go from idea to life as physical prototypes. The place is heavy on vibe and the work they do is amazing.
It’s been a while since my last post but I have been busy cooking up a bunch of cool stuff for 2009. I have a backlog of potential entries and some other news that I may leak here.
Also, we just gave a facelift to the Fender Standard Series guitars and basses from Mexico and made them look even better. Check out this assortment of necks from the first run…
The new Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster® guitar is right around the corner and, in celebration, we’re giving away a signed example of Yngwie’s current production model Stratocaster signature guitar (introduced in 1991, and still going strong.) Don’t miss it! Just click here to get signed up …
What are you doing Friday, September 26th, 2008 at 11:00 p.m. Brazilian time? Well, if you’re online at that time you should hop over to Guitar Player Brazil’s website (which, naturally, is in Portuguese) and check out a live webcast featuring Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser — Kisser is performing Friday night in Sao Paulo in support of his new solo release. And for more on Kisser, check out our Sepultura page in our Artists area.
Big congrats to Lawrence Fontaine of Minnesota, winner of our The Rocker Stratocaster® Guitar giveaway! Send in some pics of yourself with that guit when you a chance, Lawrence!
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