Phil X Playing from the Knob 1998 Custom Shop Fender Broadcaster

This amazing guitar was built during late 1998 and through 1999 completed in December 1999 as a Fender Custom Shop prototype by Fred Stuart. This instrument, which weighs just 6. 80 lbs. , is accurately based on an original 1950 Broadcaster. The neck, the body and the final assembly, including the wiring were solely by Fred Stuart. This is the actual prototype that was shown at NAMM (Winter 2000). This is just one of six Broadcaster s built at the Fender Custom Shop. A few years ago we sold a very similar g