1950 Fender Broadcaster Guitar - Seattle, WA
N 47° 37.298 W 122° 20.912
10T E 548950 N 5274453
Located within the Museum of Pop Culture is a gallery containing rare guitars belonging to some of the best musicians in the U.S. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMWGR4
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
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Over 50 guitars are located in the Guitar Gallery: The Quest for Volume within the Museum of Pop Culture. One of them is a 1950 Fender Broadcaster guitar. A nearby placard reads:
This modest-looking number was the "Model T" of electric guitars
Released in 1950, Leo Fender's Broadcaster was the first two-pickup electric guitar designed to be mass produced. Features like a replaceable bolt-on neck helped keep the price low: an affordable $189.50. New components, like the micro-adjustable bridge,
gave the Broacaster a great sound. Not much to look at, this guitar was sheer engineering genius and proved Leo Fender to be the Henry Ford of guitars.