Joe Bonamassa 1950 Fender Broadcaster

Joe Bonamassa and Norm sit down and talk about this RARE 1950 Fender Broadcaster here at #NormansRareGuitars! What do you think? #TeleTuesday

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[patrickobrien.]

Great to see Norm looking so well. Joe is a gentleman and a fabulous guitarist.

[PJCobi]

Joe is so cool and down to earth! Just a regular guy with tremendous talent! 🔥🎸🔥

[hkguitar]

Leo's amazing contribution to electric guitars can not be overstated (IMO).

[allanmakela]

Guitar lovers, in their blood always, god bless Leo, for these timeless instruments

[andyroid]

*_Joe B. is THE MAN. Norm, thanks for posting!_*

[georgemoore]

That guitar looks almost new for one that was built in 1950. It’s good to know that such an important piece of guitar history is going to someone who has an amazing store of knowledge and will treat the guitar with the respect it deserves. Looking forward to hearing this great guitarist perform with that rare instrument.

[smokepeddler]

The ashtray was meant to shield the bridge pup. They were originally soldered with a piece of wire to ground.
Players removed them right away to hand mute. Then in the later in 50's they stopped soldering the ashtrays to ground .
Lived in Fullerton and the museum has a Fender display with the first teles that show this.

[bruceselenka]

I had heard that the solder drop on the "ashtray" is where a wire was attached to dip the piece when chrome plating. The wire was removed after the chrome plating process was finished. They must have used a different plating process later on.

[djwarren]

Two legends with a legendary guitar. Excellent!

[claudehopper]

I accidentally bumped into Joe B. at a Vintage guitar show . I appologized and immediately reckonized him . He was very courtious, friendly and seemed like a normal guitar nut like the others at the show . I later watched him at the Dana Pt blues festival and he displayed his monster versatility at playing blues, rock, ballads, etc He's a real master of the instrument . I sure could use one of those old tele just sitting in his closet .

[Jordan_Thomas]

Joe, Norm and a Broadcaster. How can you not click on that??

[dsbonneville]

i find it funny everybody rants bout the solderpoint on the "ashtray", its physics guys, they had to have a electrical connection point (back then, and now) to have a electrical connection for the chromeing process back then... nowadays, you can (or are able) to smooth out those points...

[nicholasbartonlaw]

What a great guy to get that gem of a guitar! It can't be overstated how important it was for guys like Norm to acquire and preserve these guitars that are part of the heritage of rock and roll. So much of rock and roll came from guys visiting these stores and dreaming.

[joybuzzer]

I got to play a real vintage 1950 Broadcaster once, as well as a Nocaster and a 52 Tele. They were all really good, but they sure made me appreciate Custom Shop guitars more.

[mickeyh]

It’s not hard to not like Joe..for me the way he shows respect to Norman increases his stocks every time..we’re all aware it’s a two way street..& both have done favours for one another over the years..but there’s still that bond that binds them!
He’s always been well mannered far more than some music legends I’ve seen on here…but Joes a grounded guy & obviously his Parents did there job..kudos to them..🇦🇺

[spencerdawson]

Bonamassa has definitely grown on me and that’s a fantastic sounding early Fender.

[ledhendrix]

Good to see Norm looking really well ,

[newsredux]

Having seen Joe open for B.B. when he was twelve, and having seen Stevie too, I realized then that the Joe's and the Jimi's and the Stevie's are just from someplace else in the galaxy.

[kennygardner]

Leo got it right the FIRST time! The Blackgaurd sound is the BEST! I had the pleasure of playing a friends ‘50 Broadcaster in the early ‘80’s and the flatpole Tele pickup is the best.

[Cancer]

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