We had a special treat on Friday, December 5th, 2008 — a visit from Squier® Signature Model Artist Pete Wentz and Gretsch® Signature Model Artist Patrick Vaughn Stump of Fall Out Boy. They invaded our global headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., to visit their longtime friend and ally, Fender’s Artist Relations Manager Billy Siegle, as well as to meet and sign autographs for Fender employees and their families. Siegle presented Pete Wentz with a ‘Bronx Mowgli’ mini P Bass® guitar as a baby gift from all Fender employees worldwide; “Hands down the best gift ever!” said Wentz as he took a pic of it to e-mail off to wife Ashley. The band’s visit to Arizona was capped off with a concert at Cricket Pavilion (Glendale, Ariz.) where Pete announced from the stage in front of a sold-out crowd, “Hey everybody, there’s this awesome company here in town … Fender guitars (crowd went nuts) and they were cool enough to make this P Bass guitar for my son” as he held the ‘Bronx Mowgli’ P Bass® guitar up for all to see (crowd went even more nuts) … he then read the neck plate, which was engraved with “BRONX MOWGLI WENTZ ::: 11/20/08 @ 8:44 p.m. ::: 7 pounds, 11 ounces ::: 20.5” long”
Check out the video montage above as well as these photos (all photos by Michael Schulz)!
The Squier Pete Wentz P Bass® guitar next to the Fender® Bronx Mowgli P Bass guitar.
