1950 Fender Broadcaster ID 40

The world’s first series-produced solid-body guitar.

Two hundred pieces are said to have been made at the end of 1950 / beginning of 1951, but nobody knows for sure. Then Fender was not allowed to continue using the name, because the Gretsch company had a drum set on the market called Broadkaster. After a transitional period in which the name was simply cut off the decals, the guitar was then called Telecaster from September 1951 and is still built in various versions today.