A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, BROADCASTER

Details

FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, 1950
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, BROADCASTER
The peghead with decal logo Fender BROADCASTER, the bridge plate stamped FENDER PAT. PEND. 0040, with original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed FENDER BROADCASTER #0040 '50 and SERIAL NO. DG1011; accompanied by a facsimile copy of the UK customs receipt, dated 9th March 1980
Length of back 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)

Literature

Bacon, T. and Day, P. The Ultimate Guitar Book, London, 1991, illus. pp. 62-63.

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Lot Essay

Purchased in late 1979 by David Gilmour’s longtime guitar technician Phil Taylor from Frank Lucido’s California Guitar, Ventura, California, during the final recording and mixing sessions for Pink Floyd’s 1979 album The Wall in Los Angeles, the guitar was subsequently sold to David Gilmour in 1983 and kept for studio use.

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