Fender Custom Shop 70th Anniversary Broadcaster TCP - Faded Nocaster Blonde

Fender Custom Shop 70th Anniversary Broadcaster TCP - Faded Nocaster Blonde

In the fall of 1950, the world of guitar and popular music changed forever with the introduction of the Broadcaster®, Fender’s first solid body electric guitar with a truss rod and two pickups. A few short months later, a telegram from Gretsch, owner of the BroadKaster trademark, ended Fender’s use of the name. For a short time, the word "Broadcaster" was simply clipped off the headstock decal - these guitars are known as "Nocasters." Thereafter, this revolutionary guitar was dubbed the Telecaster. Original Broadcaster models, of which only 250 are thought to have been produced, have become highly collectible.

• Body: Ash
• Body Finish: NOS Time Capsule Flashcoat Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome-Style
• Fingerboard: 1-Piece Maple
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Neck Finish: NOS Time Capsule Flashcoat Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Medium Tint
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Body Shape: 51 Nocaster
• Neck Material: 1-Piece Maple, Rift Sawn
• Neck Shape: 1950 Blackguard
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"- 9,5" compound
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Vintage/ 47095
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.630” (41.4 mm)
• Bridge Pickup: HandWound '50-'51 Blackguard
• Neck Pickup: Hand Wound'50-'51 Blackguard
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Wiring: 51 Mod Nocaster, Fat 50 Wiring Kit included
• Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Barrel Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Case/Gig Bag: Vintage Tweed Case