How much is a 51 Nocaster worth?
The Joe Bonamassa Fender Custom Shop ’51 Nocaster “The Bludgeon” can be yours for $8500.
What year is a Nocaster?
1951
The Fender Nocaster came into being in 1951 when Fender were trying to think of a new name for the Broadcaster, after Gretsch Drums complained that it was too close to their own Broadkaster kit. Instead of haulting production, Fender trimmed the word Broadcaster from the headstock decals and sold it anyway.
What is a 51 Nocaster?
Fender Custom Shop Dealer Select Wildwood “10” Guitars ’51 Nocaster. In 1951, Leo Fender changed the world of music forever by introducing the first-ever mass-produced solidbody electric guitar. Since the guitars had no model name, musicians dubbed them “Nocasters.”
What is a Nocaster guitar?
Historically speaking, the Nocaster was simply a Telecaster with the ‘Telecaster’ part of the headstock decal snipped off in response to Gretsch’s complaints about the name since they had a drum kit called the Broadkaster.
What is a Telecaster guitar?
The archetypical Fender Telecaster is a solid-body electric guitar with a flat asymmetric single-cutaway body; the body is usually made from alder or ash. Most Telecasters have two single-coil pickups, a pickup selector switch, a single volume control and a single tone control.
What is a Telecaster?
Why is it called a Nocaster?
The term Nocaster was later coined by collectors to denote these transitional guitars that appeared without a model name on the headstock. Since they were manufactured in this form for 8–9 months in 1951, original Nocasters are highly prized by collectors.
What AMP does Bruce Springsteen use?
Bruce Springsteen has been loyal to Fender Bassman amplifiers for decades now. He uses four pre-CBS era Bassmans live, relying on the Bassman’s distinctive sound to provide much of his live guitar tone.
How many 70th anniversary broadcaster are there?
Only 250 or so Broadcasters were produced, but with its Butterscotch Blonde ash body, the black pickguard and the ‘ash tray’ bridge (this comes with the removable cover), it looks reassuringly familiar. That it needn’t have evolved any in 70 years speaks to how Leo Fender got it right at the first time of asking.