This 1986 G&L Broadcaster in Black is a rare piece of guitar history. G&L, founded by Leo Fender himself, briefly used the "Broadcaster" name for this Telecaster-style model before Fender's legal team stepped in, since Fender still held rights to that name from the original 1950 Gretsch trademark dispute, forcing G&L to rename the model ASAT shortly after. That makes any Broadcaster-badged G&L a short-production-window rarity, built during the narrow year or two before the name change took effect. Under the hood, it delivers Leo Fender's own refinements on the classic single-cutaway formula, including his Magnetic Field Design pickups and Saddle-Lock bridge, giving it more output and sustain than a vintage Tele while keeping that same snappy twang. For collectors and players alike, this is a genuinely rare, historically significant guitar from Leo's final chapter, not just another Tele-style build.
