A very Happy New Year to everyone -- hope everyone's having a great day and that everyone's successfully recovering from last night's festivities.

Just wanted to quickly thank everyone for helping make our recent transition to this new forum software almost completely painless! There are absolutely some weaknesses in profile editing that we'll be refining in the weeks and months ahead -- understood. But I have to say, I've naturally been doing this sort of thing for a while now and I've truthfully never seen a major transition of this nature handled so completely cordially, respectfully, and with consistent positivity than it has been by this group. I think that really speaks to the quality of the individuals hanging out here. I'm hearing more and more frequently of folks starting to forge actual real-world strong friendships here and that really makes me happy to hear -- now that we have more features like PM and avatars and whatnot enabled I'm hoping this will become the case even more so as we move forward.

On a personal note, I have to admit that I'm honestly thrilled to say goodbye to 2010 -- it's been an extremely rough year on a personal basis for myself but also for a number of folks that are near and dear to me. I'm already finding myself with genuine newfound enthusiasm for the new year and what it'll bring. Got things started right last night with some great music -- Ed Kowalczyk ("Live" frontman) was here in Phoenix and the performance was simply fantastic, although it was an outdoor concert in frigid weather -- I'm still shivering just thinking about it.

Best wishes for a great 2011 to you and yours, and I look forward to your continued participation here!

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[quote="Brad Traweek - Fender"]A very Happy New Year to everyone -- hope everyone's having a great day and that everyone's successfully recovering from last night's festivities.
So.... your saying it's morning time "hic"

All the best for 2011 to you Brad and all the others behind the scenes

Thanks Brad.......Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

Brad, if there's a more understanding webmaster for a guitar forum such as this I haven't met him (or her) yet.

You put the "G" in gentleman, sir!

(hand salute)

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Perfectly put!

Very best wishes for a better - in fact a great coming year!

And thank you - C

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thank you brad for keeping the spammers away and keeping this place "clean" you've done a good job

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riley

Thanks Brad for all you do and happy new years to ya!

I'll second that from a mate I have personally had the pleasure of raising a glass with, and we had to seize the opportunity of a chanced journey across the pond just to make it happen. Thanks for bringing such an extremely talented, varied and gifted company together under one roof.

Doc

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"Another day in paradise!"

All the best for 2011 to you too Brad and to all the fine folks who work at Fender.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Definitely a great group of people here! They are probably here because of the great job that you guys/gals do with this forum, it is awesome. So, many thanks to you Brad and your group.

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Por favor, disculpe mi español, no se llega a la práctica con mucha frecuencia.

Brad Happy New Year.

I gotta agree with you. 2010 was a horrible year for me too. Pretty much what the Queen termed 1992, a annus horribilis, during her christmas speech that year...

Which did make me giggle for all the most infantile of reasons.

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No no and no

2010 was rough, so I am positivly lookin' forward to 2011 as a much better year. Happy new year to all!

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Just get that bass thumpin' and get this music pumpin'

Happy New Year Brad, wishing you and yours and your team a great 2011! When you wrote "thank you" to us Forum members it made me smile because the not so secret rumor around here is we like hanging out with you Bro, so, you're welcome and thank you for having this very cool Forum. You are the best moderator that this group of guitar playing cyber-surfers could have ever hoped for!

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

[quote="nikininja"]Brad Happy New Year.I gotta agree with you. 2010 was a horrible year for me too. Pretty much what the Queen termed 1992, a annus horribilis, during her christmas speech that year...
Sure that's spelled with two n's mate:?: Best stow the light saber, whip out the "Preparation H" and a soft cushion for the throne

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"Another day in paradise!"

Happy New Year to you and yours Brad. I wish you the best for many years to come. And thanks again for the French forum.
Claude.