Fender
Jun 30, 2020
3 minutes
TESTED BY ART THOMPSON
1950 was a revolutionary and innovative guitar that featured a solid ash body, a fast-playing bolt-on maple neck and a pair of single-coil pickups, all cleverly incorporated into a sleek package designed to be easy to mass produce. The only problem was the name: Gretsch already had a drum kit called the Broadkaster. Fender summarily deleted “Broadcaster” from the headstock decal, and after a short period of selling the guitar with just Fender on the headstock
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