{"id":383,"date":"2006-09-20T00:18:38","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T06:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:39:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:39:43","slug":"gift-from-fender-talk-forum-members-signature-guitar-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/gift-from-fender-talk-forum-members-signature-guitar-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift from Fender Talk forum members – Signature Guitar Neck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dsc01048.jpg\"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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Coolest thing of all, I knew NOTHING about all of this until earlier this year, a complete surprise.<\/p>\n

THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!
\nConrad
\nTHE FENDERTALK NECK FRONT<\/p>\n

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FT NECK BACK<\/p>\n

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CLOSEUP OF HEADSTOCK BACK
\nReads: FenderTalk Custom DonutCaster
\n(At FenderTalk we LOVE to talk about Krispy Kreme Donuts)
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Lucky13 Signature – Reads “LOVE ME”<\/p>\n

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Gotti the Cat Signature with Cat Drawing<\/p>\n

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Closeup of Back reads:
\nFender MeatoCaster
\nwith enhanced seasonings
\nGrade A Safest Beef
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THE FENDERTALK NECK IN JANUARY 2004<\/p>\n

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Here are the member signatures and locations on the neck:<\/p>\n

Voodoo Funk – New York
\nLouisWu – Tucson, Arizona
\nACFixer – Victorville, California
\nStratFreak – West Virginia
\nTrouble – North Carolina
\nDangerine – New York
\nCarlos – Marion, Illinois
\nColin – Tulsa, Oklahoma
\nSAGuitar – Oregon
\nMcGillman – Nevada
\nTim B. – Naples, New York
\nMidiman
\nGotti the Cat – So Cali
\nHerb – Kansas
\nVoodoo
\nCAFeathers
\nLucky13 – Reno, Nevada
\nLast name unreadable
\nDecember 2003 – The Original Montoya Neck Thread
\nJanuary 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
\n January 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
\nFebruary 2004 Montoya Neck Thread <\/p>\n

June 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
\n July 2004 Montoya Neck Thread
\nMay 2005 Montoya Neck Thread<\/p>\n

September 2006 FT Neck Thread <\/p>\n

Montoya Neck in January 2004, at that time signed by:<\/p>\n

LouisWu (Ray) – Tucson, Arizona
\nACfixer (Lance) – Route 66 (Victorville), California
\nCarlos (Keith) – Marion, Illinois
\nSAguitar (Stan) – Oregon
\nHerb – Kansas City <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dangerine49 (Fender-Talk Member) Holding the Montoya Neck<\/p>\n

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