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Post subject: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:08 pm
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Ten years ago, today - at right about this time (just after 4:00 pm local AZ time) - we hit the button to go ahead and activate these forums.

Our very first post came in shortly thereafter, from a particularly friendly and animated fellow we haven't seen in these parts for quite some time now:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=63&p=66#p66

Needless to say, tons of great memories here through the years -- and great friendships forged, too. On a personal note, during the timeframe we've been live here I've watched a daughter (who was just over a month old at time of launch) grow up and become the thriving 10 year old she is today. Have gone through a few bands, have had some pretty amazing stuff happen work-wise, and have had the luxury of some great gear passing through my hands over these years.

What about you? What have these forums meant for you through the years? Have any interesting or unique stories to share (either of interactions here online on the forums themselves, or via friendships forged offline)?

And finally: naturally, no anniversary of this kind is properly celebrated without a giveaway of some kind, right? Have something cooking currently - more details on that forthcoming. :D

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:35 pm
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Was there some sort of message board on the original Fender website before 2007? It could be my memory being fuzzy, but I could have sworn I saw something like that before 2007, when I use to go to the site a few years earlier than that.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:36 pm
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That is awesome, Brad! I visited for years before making my first post, and I don't post often, but you have been a terrific help to me and so many others over the years.

I had no idea you were here from the very outset. Congratulations, and congrats on those life accomplishments. I've got three kids ages 9–15, so I can relate. And I bought and sold a few Strats and Teles over the past decade. I'm still looking for that perfect color in nitro (I wish those special edition 50s and 60s ones you had from a few years ago were in lacquer, like Rangoon Red and Cerulean Blue! ;-)

Appreciate all your great answers and for passing along our input to the development team!

You da man!


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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:15 pm
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Brad Traweek - Fender wrote:
Ten years ago, today - at right about this time (just after 4:00 pm local AZ time) - we hit the button to go ahead and activate these forums.

Our very first post came in shortly thereafter, from a particularly friendly and animated fellow we haven't seen in these parts for quite some time now:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=63&p=66#p66

Needless to say, tons of great memories here through the years -- and great friendships forged, too. On a personal note, during the timeframe we've been live here I've watched a daughter (who was just over a month old at time of launch) grow up and become the thriving 10 year old she is today. Have gone through a few bands, have had some pretty amazing stuff happen work-wise, and have had the luxury of some great gear passing through my hands over these years.

What about you? What have these forums meant for you through the years? Have any interesting or unique stories to share (either of interactions here online on the forums themselves, or via friendships forged offline)?

And finally: naturally, no anniversary of this kind is properly celebrated without a giveaway of some kind, right? Have something cooking currently - more details on that forthcoming. :D


Brad, thank you for posting and for the link (fun read). You and your Forums are the best. Congratulations, for ten years of great Fender information. Looking foreword to the next ten. :D

Many good friends made here Brad including you. That is what about me and 14K + posts :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:35 am
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Of course being from Rhode Island, I would be excluded from said giveaway, right ?


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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:19 am
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The forums has been a great resource with plenty of helpful, smart, generous, caring
Fender friends. I've had the pleasure of meeting a few in person and even jamming
with one or two through the years.

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Fender Forums!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:53 am
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Miami Mike wrote:
The forums has been a great resource with plenty of helpful, smart, generous, caring
Fender friends. .....

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Fender Forums!


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What he said. :-)

A massive resource which has greatly fuelled my interest in Fender products. I came to this forum following a browser link on Champion 600 and haven't looked back (neither has my Credit Card).

I bought a Strat 20+ years ago and hadn't bought another guitar since. I then found this forum a year or so back and have 5 more guitars, 4 of them Fender. The 5th (the non Fender) guitar is a re-buy of my first electric guitar which I bought 40 years ago and subsequently sold to buy an Aria - when I should have bought a new 25th Anniversary Strat which was the other choice at the time. We all make mistakes.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who share their great knowledge and enthusiasm on this forum. I have learn't more than I could have imagined. And the wealth of information has encouraged me to look further into the history of the Strat and other Fender guitars giving me great pleasure as a result. There is nothing like being a Fender bore to stop people talking to you at parties. :-)

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:51 am
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@ Brad: A decade in one corporation is breathing in rarified air these days.
Kudos congrats etc. Tell your cool little girl that nice fingernails
are only nice, far less important, than being able to pick, strum, shred, and compose.
Once she turns turns 39, she'll want to be the gal on stage, or listed in the credits,
or quietly crafting a masterpiece, on her Mustang 12, and autographed Strat,
after her own kids are peacefully sleeping.

Decade #2.... _INCOMING_!!!


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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:45 am
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I want to thank Fender for providing a platform for expression to a solitary tech in the high desert.
My wife is patient but gives little feedback.
Sharing with like minded folks each morning pumps me up for my bench work and motivates me to share the experiences musicians provide me.
But my technical explorations would go nowhere without this platform. Instead, I can not only speak to my peers, but speak through the years.
I am retiring from repair this year and won't have the wellspring of old amps coming my way to share anymore.
I still plan to be active with amps in some way and still participate in this forum until they upgrade to direct visual implantation into my belljar.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:23 pm
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Wow congratulations to the Forums and to you too Brad! Ten years... my goodness. Some things change, like guitars, amps, gear, etc., and others don't. Gee, from your picture, you don't look one day older. :lol:
What better way to celebrate than a giveaway! You know, living here in AZ, I could save you a lot of shipping costs. I could even pick it up to save you more and get to meet you to boot. :D
Seriously though, my time here has been great. I've met a lot of nice people, made some new friends and learned a whole heck of a lot from this great bunch of musicians. Thanks for your hard work here and congratulations on your advancements at Fender. You do a great job!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:06 pm
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Brad, thanks for all you've done here to make these Forums unique and successful in your quest to help and entertain the tribe.

These Forums are full of useful information, and they help to enforce the GAS of wanting, owning, and playing Fender. The Lounge is also a place to kick back, chew the fat, and have some laughs amongst other things.

I didn't get here in 2007; but, I managed to join within the first year of the Forums albeit March 2008. :D
The first electric guitar I ever played was a Fender (in 1964) and, thanks to the help here, I bought my first electric and amp - a Fender Strat and a newly introduced Mustang. I then discovered that helping others out here was a good rewarding path for me to follow. Of course, that's one of the cool things about these Forums. Everyone (whatever the experience and skill) is welcome and encouraged to participate equally. At the same time, being able to draw knowledge from those who have a better understanding or experience is a fantastic benefit which we all can appreciate.

That was just the beginning because the gang also helped me and others through some tough times, and friendships continue. There is so much to like about these Fender Forums, and it's great to see new, current, past. old and young members the world over grace these pages. The Forums are all grown up now, and they're a household name around here. :wink:
Happy 10th Anniversary Forums.
Great to have you all here gang. It wouldn't be the same without you. Regretfully, others have come and gone and they are sorely missed; that said here's my glass with a toast: "To the next ten years, and the next, and the next . . . "

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Take care of that beautiful daughter of yours, Brad. You're both lucky. :D

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:20 pm
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WOW!!! 10 Years!! Congrats to you Brad on keeping us in line for that long!!

I have met many cool people in those 10 years here.

Here's to 10 more!!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
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Happy 10th year forum ann Brad! 8)

This month is my 7th ann here.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:37 am
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Fender Forum I congratulate you on your 10th jubilee !
Thank you very much for your help and support. Image

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Post subject: Re: Fender Forums 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:50 am
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10 years, its been a gas. I have been inactive for a bit , but am glad to see the forums prospering. Congrats Brad and Fender. P.S. some of the forum longtimers may remember me as gratz, had a hard time re-establishing my old accoumt so I re- registered. Glad to be back.


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