Serial number0163

The Broadcaster was a two-pickup solidbody guitar able to reach high stage volumes with none of the feedback problems that plagued hollowbody guitars.

Most modern Telecasters have changed very little from the Broadcaster pictured. The features special to Broadcasters and early Teles include closed-shell Kluson Deluxe tuners with no protruding shafts on the side (they were open-shell by 1952), a maple headstock plug (all were walnut by 52), back string ferrules that werent in a straight line (they were straightened by 51), a pickup Blend control (this became a Tone control by 52), and slot-head screws (which became Phillips screws by 54). A black pickguard was used until late 54, and an ash body with a see-through blonde finish remained standard through the 70s.