Congratulations to Brent Solem of Minnesota for winning the Rock & Roar Mike Dirnt/Fender Giveaway. His new Squier® by Fender® Mike Dirnt Precision Bass® guitar, a Fender Rumble™ 15 Combo bass amp and Rock Band: Green Day video game are en route. Fender would also like to congratulate Ruth Fichter of Michigan for winning the Ron Emory Walk that Walk Fender Giveaway. She’ll soon be receiving her Fender ’50s Esquire® guitar, a G-DEC® 3 Fifteen amp and an autographed Walk that Walk CD.
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Ron Emory, Mike Dirnt Contest Winners
July 28 2010, 5:08pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Help Get AutoVaughn on the Radio
Not even gonna lie, I can’t say (or type) “on the radio,” without busting into that Donna Summer song “On the Radio,” which makes for an annoying Friday morning of “whoa oh oh’s,” but whatever. For our good friends AutoVaughn, I’m typing it here anyhow because I’m all for helping them get ON THE RADIO!!! And so are their good friends Cage the Elephant, who are giving two free spots on their guest list to one of the shows in which they open for Stone Temple Pilots in Aug/Sept. to the fan who gets the most friends to add this Facebook page: Play AutoVaughn on the radio, please!! I have no idea what they’ve put in place to actually measure this free giveaway of theirs, but a chance to see Cage and STP sounds pretty sweet! So start spreading the word and join this page now!
July 9 2010, 10:37am
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Kochenash Enjoying His New Prize
Young Colin Kochenash of Millstone Township, N.J., sent us this photo of him playing his new American Special Stratocaster. Kochenash was one of three winners of our American Special Prototype Giveaway contest! Congrats again Colin and anyone interested in winning free stuff should check out our Fender promos.
July 8 2010, 11:48am
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Miss May I Releases New Single
Metalcore band Miss May I has released “Relentless Chaos,” the first single from their upcoming album Monument. Listen to it here. Here’s a promo video for the new album, which if you preorder, you’ll be entered to win a Miss May I autographed Squier bass guitar.
July 7 2010, 10:20am
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
American Special Prototype Winner Shares Photos
David Warden of Louisville, Ky., one of the three winners of the American Special Prototype Giveaway contest, kindly sent us a few photos of him with his new prize. Warden used the American Special Telecaster when his band Empty Fifth competed in the Kentuckiana Blues Society blues contest at Louisville’s premier blues bar, Stevie Ray’s.
And again during a gig at Wick’s Pizza, a local pizza bar in Louisville.
June 30 2010, 5:44pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival
Eric Clapton’s 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival goes down tomorrow at Toyota Park in Chicago and it promises to be a magical affair with Clapton being joined by Albert Lee, the Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Bert Jansch, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh, Gary Clark Jr., Hubert Sumlin, James Burton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Johnny Winter, Jonny Lang, Keb’ Mo’, Pino Daniele, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sheryl Crow, Sonny Landreth, Stefan Grossman, Steve Winwood, Vince Gill and ZZ Top scheduled to appear. Fender News recently caught up with Lang, who talked about being invited to participate in Crossroads for the second time. “I don’t take any of those moments for granted,” he said. “Being asked to play at something like that is so cool. It’s also really awesome because I’m actually playing with Buddy Guy as a member of his band.” Lang, who is currently in the middle of his own summer tour, said he’d only have limited time to rehearse for the Crossroads performance with Guy, but that it would be a non-issue. “I’ve known him since I started playing, basically, and we’ve done so many shows together,” Lang said. “I know his songs and stuff and it’s just blues, you know. Any amount of rehearsing would just be undone at the outset of the show anyway because it would all change.” Read more from the Lang story here. A large Fender contingency has been on site in Chicago the last few days, and just a few minutes ago I noticed that the Fender Custom Shop posted a mobile upload on Facebook of Sheryl Crow and Doyle Bramhall. So keep an eye there and I’ll also be sure to post photos as I receive them. Lastly, we’d like to congratulate Derek Everson and Peter Vasquez for winning the Sold-Out Fender Giveaway. We wish you save travels to Chicago and hope you greatly enjoy your free tickets to the show!
June 25 2010, 6:39pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
The ShockHound Melissa Auf der Maur Bass Giveaway
Shockhound.com is hosting the Melissa Auf der Maur Bass Giveaway, which features a black Fender Standard Precision Bass autographed by the former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist. Enter to win here. Auf der Maur discusses her relationship over the years with Fender bass guitars and her new solo project in the Fender Vision video below.
June 17 2010, 10:03am
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
I just happened across this “Win a Mentoring Session with Mark Knopfler” contest that Pure Solo is running right now and thought I’d make a mention of it since it seems like an interesting challenge. The site is offering three backing tracks (“Sultans of Swing,” “Calling Elvis” and “Speedway at Nazreth”) for contestants to record lead guitar over. The grand prize winner will receive free travel to London for a one-on-one mentoring session with Knopfler. Click here for more details or to enter the contest!
June 16 2010, 6:00pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Here’s some long overdue updates on Fender contest winners. Sorry for the delay, but I’ve had a difficult time tracking down some of our winners and getting their paperwork returned. So a reminder for content registrants, please be sure to provide accurate email and phone numbers so that we can reach you! Also, it’s probably a good idea to add @fender.com to your email safe list so that our notification emails don’t land in your junk mail!! So without further ado… U.S. American Special Prototype Guitar Winners: Colin Kochenash Leon Rodriguez David Warden Band of Skulls Jazz Bass Guitar Winner: Michelle Scurlock Fender eJamming Giveaway Winner: Matthew Bennett
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June 9 2010, 12:15pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
In celebration of his new release, Revolutions: The Greatest Hits of Steve Winwood, the music legend is giving away a very special Fender Strat and three G-DEC® 3 Thirty amps. Enter the contest here, and read more about his definitive career-spanning retrospective box set here.
June 7 2010, 1:58pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Win Tickets to Crossroads & the T-Mobile® myTouch™ Fender™ Limited Edition
Tickets to Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, Saturday, June 26, at Toyota Park in Chicago, sold out in 20 minutes, while the Clapton-endorsed T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition mobile device flew off the shelves. And sure, since its an outdoor venue maybe you could still drive down and hear some music from the parking lot, but we suggest you take matters into your own hands and enter our Sold-Out Fender Giveaway for the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Crossroads Guitar Festival AND a T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition. We’re also giving away another pair of tickets to one second-place finisher so ENTER NOW!
June 1 2010, 12:31pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Win a Fender Strat Signed by Steve Miller
And just in case you don’t get images on whatever device you are checking this blog from, Touch Tunes is hosting a contest for a chance to win a Fender Stratocaster, autographed by the legendary Steve Miller. Enter here.
May 28 2010, 11:06am
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Win an Autographed Band of Skulls Jazz Bass
Your chance to win a a Fender Jazz Bass guitar, hand-painted by Band of Skulls bass player Emma Richardson and autographed by the entire band ends this weekend. So hurry and enter now if you’d like the opportunity to take this little beauty home with you.
May 27 2010, 6:10pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Shredder extraordinaire and Fender signature artist John 5 is set to unleash sixth album The Art of Malice on May 11. We’ve got a sneak preview below so check it out, and if you think you can shred like John 5, you could just win yourself a J5 Telecaster! John 5 has teamed up with thepublicrecords.com to offer the John 5 Play-Off contest, which invites fans to submit videos of themselves playing the guitar on “Lords of Salem” or “Let It All Bleed Out.” John 5 will pick the best performer on each song, and reward the two winners with a Squier by Fender J5 Telecaster guitar. Enter here!
May 7 2010, 12:34pm
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From Fender Front Row, fender.com
Enter to win a Fender® Road Worn™ ‘50s Telecaster guitar in the BigBang Fender Contest here. BigBang’s lead singer Oystein Greni talks about his love for Fender Telecaster guitars in a video on the contest site. “Tele’s have been my favorite guitars for years and years,” he says. “My dad was a musician and when I was a kid, he taught me to play the first couple of songs, and he had a Tele, but he only let me use it if I did the dishes. So it’s a fantastic guitar.”
May 5 2010, 11:12am
