I run a network of free discussion forums on a variety of areas including music, theology, politics, sports and niche groups. The first of all my forums was Fender-Talk.com – A forum for guitar players that love Fender guitars. A little ironic because at the time I was playing keyboards for Freddy Fender.
They tolerate me on this forum, because I don’t play guitar. Actually, many of the forums I run it’s true that I am not a member of the group that’s represented by the forum. I started this forum with a friend of mine from the Roy Rogers Jr. band, and he loves Fender guitars.
All my forums are free, and it’s taken a considerable amount of money to keep them going – but I really believe in them, and the discussions between members have helped countless people in so many ways.
But THIS post is about the MONTOYA NECK! In December 2003, nearly THREE YEARS AGO – members at Fender-Talk.com started mailing a Montoya guitar neck to each other. They each signed the neck and sent it on to the next member.
Now there’s 19 signatures on the neck, so if everyone had sent it UPS and got it right to the next person, this process should have taken about three months. But these are guitar players we’re talking about – so it took them THREE YEARS to do this. The forums went through a tumultous time in between there, and were even down for a couple months. But they persevered, as guitar players always do, and just today I received the Official Montoya Neck in the mail. AWESOME!
I own a brand new Fender American-made Strat that was signed by Freddy Fender and has only been played by him, but this headstock is much more valuable to me. It marks three years of transition and persistence, and a great memory of a fantastic group of people – the members at Fender-Talk.com
Coolest thing of all, I knew NOTHING about all of this until earlier this year, a complete surprise.
THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!
Conrad
THE FENDERTALK NECK FRONT
FT NECK BACK
CLOSEUP OF HEADSTOCK BACK
Reads: FenderTalk Custom DonutCaster
(At FenderTalk we LOVE to talk about Krispy Kreme Donuts)
Lucky13 Signature – Reads “LOVE ME”
Gotti the Cat Signature with Cat Drawing
Closeup of Back reads:
Fender MeatoCaster
with enhanced seasonings
Grade A Safest Beef
THE FENDERTALK NECK IN JANUARY 2004
Here are the member signatures and locations on the neck:
Voodoo Funk – New York
LouisWu – Tucson, Arizona
ACFixer – Victorville, California
StratFreak – West Virginia
Trouble – North Carolina
Dangerine – New York
Carlos – Marion, Illinois
Colin – Tulsa, Oklahoma
SAGuitar – Oregon
McGillman – Nevada
Tim B. – Naples, New York
Midiman
Gotti the Cat – So Cali
Herb – Kansas
Voodoo
CAFeathers
Lucky13 – Reno, Nevada
Last name unreadable
December 2003 – The Original Montoya Neck Thread
January 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
January 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
February 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
June 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
July 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
May 2005 Montoya Neck Thread
September 2006 FT Neck Thread
Montoya Neck in January 2004, at that time signed by:
LouisWu (Ray) – Tucson, Arizona
ACfixer (Lance) – Route 66 (Victorville), California
Carlos (Keith) – Marion, Illinois
SAguitar (Stan) – Oregon
Herb – Kansas City
Dangerine49 (Fender-Talk Member) Holding the Montoya Neck
Where is fender talk now???????