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GUEST: I acquired this through 
my son. My son is deceased, 
he passed away in 1999.

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APPRAISER: Sorry to hear that.

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GUEST: Thank you. Um, he had a 
love for music and a love for 
guitars. And this is something

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that he basically left behind 
for me. I don't know what he 
paid for it. A friend of his

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told me it was in the $2,000 
range. It might have been at 
a guitar show or it could have

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been some other way, but 
that's all I really know.

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APPRAISER: And do you 
play this now, yourself?

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GUEST: I do, kind of a 
self-taught singer-songwriter 
type, and all I know, 
really, are chords.

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The way I started is because I 
had a dream about him, I woke 
up, wrote down some notes,

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created a song, and the 
rest is history. From 
that day forward, I've 
been playing guitar

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as much as I can, so...

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm. It's a Fender 
Broadcaster neck, but I took 
the body apart. I took the

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pickguard off to see... There 
were, a couple of things about 
it concern me, as far as being

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a Broadcaster. One, the 
finish doesn't quite match the 
neck on the, from the body.

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GUEST: Exactly.

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APPRAISER: The neck is, in 
my estimation, is an original 
Broadcaster neck. It's not

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dated, but it's probably 
from around 1950 or '51.

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GUEST: Okay, wow.

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APPRAISER: The body, however, 
while it is a Fender body, 
this, I believe, is a reissue

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from their vintage reissue 
series, probably made in 
the, around the 1980s.

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GUEST: Oh, okay, hmm.

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APPRAISER: And the 
pickguard also could 
have, could be original to 
that 1980s Fender-bodied

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guitar. But everything else on 
the guitar-- the neck plate, 
the pickups, the wiring is

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the original cloth wiring, the 
control plate-- all the, all 
the parts on this guitar, the

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tuners included, are original 
to the original Broadcaster.

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GUEST: Broadcaster, wow, okay.

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APPRAISER: So, it's a 
perfectly, I'm sure, 
functional fine-playing guitar.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: And probably sounds, 
sounds great. But, value-wise, 
this guitar, with the changed

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body, is worth approximately 
$8,000 to $10,000 at retail.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: If this thing was 
original right now, it would 
probably be worth about $40,000

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at retail.

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GUEST: I'm going to keep it and 
continue playing it, continue to 
love it and enjoy it. To honor

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my son, Jason.