[quote name='synaesthesia' post='165532' date='Mar 28 2008, 08:17 PM']Funny or not this was indeed the logic used, and it was actually how Leo Fender & friends thought of their first elite lines till about '65 when Fender became CBS property.
The Precision bass was a the first wide production solidbody fretted bass, and unlike doghouse basses - they allowed the player to play with 'precision'.
The solidbody electric guitar for radio & later TV - the Broadcaster and the Telecaster.
The jazz bass and the jazz master were intended for the solidbody electric guitar and bass break into jazz market.
The solidbody guitar to make music to the heavens - i.e. the Stratosphere & space aliens - the Stratocaster
The lesser line were named after animals, mustangs, jaguars, broncos...
The Fender Coronado broke this chain of logic.[/quote]
I thought the name Broadcaster was changed to Telecaster as Gretsch had copyright on the name Broadkaster for their range of drums, and weren't happy about Fender's use of the same name, albeit spelled differently (read properly), and not because it was intended for the TV, as it's essentially the same guitar. The Gibson colour 'TV yellow' however was named as it was intended to show up better on the TV and make it stand out more. It's the colout they use on LP Juniors.