The Fender Broadcaster was an early solid-body electric guitar introduced by Fender in 1950. It was developed by Leo Fender as a durable, mass-producible alternative to hollow-body electric guitars, with a simple bolt-on neck, ash body, and two single-coil pickups.
The model was originally named the Broadcaster, but Fender was forced to stop using the name after Gretsch objected because of its similarly named Broadkaster drum line. For a short period in 1951, Fender sold the guitar without a model name on the headstock, and these examples later became known as “Nocasters.” Later that year, the guitar was renamed the Telecaster, becoming one of Fender’s most important and longest-running models.
