A Certificate of Authenticity was issued with each instrument stating it had been personally inspected and signed by Leo Fender. This model came standard with an ebony or maple fingerboard with dot inlays, and a case upgraded with gold piping. Of the Broadcasters that were produced, 43 of these instruments have double locking Kahler vibratos. Two of the instruments are left handed. These instruments returned as an embellishment to Leo Fender's original Telecaster design. In 1948, Leo Fender designed a guitar, named it the Broadcaster, and put it into production. After shipping a number of instruments, he was notified that another company had the rights to the name. Fender then changed the Broadcaster to the Telecaster, and the rest is solid body guitar history.
While Leo Fender was on a month long vacation in Egypt with wife Phyllis, Dale Hyatt came up with the idea to reinstate the Broadcaster name to boost sales, and registered the Broadcaster name on behalf of Leo Fender. Hyatt wanted the G&L Broadcaster to be more or less a limited edition and had no intention of using the name for more than approximately one year. Gretsch, which registered the name Broadkaster many years prior to this (but let the trademark expire) contacted Dale Hyatt about the name. No legal action was required and a gentleman's agreement was reached between Fender and Gretsch. No G&L Broadcasters were sold on the retail market after May of 1986 per the agreement.
G&L produced this instrument for one year, with all instruments being signed and dated by Leo in the neck pocket of the body. Broadcasters carry their own unique serial number prefix (BC). The total number produced was 869. Of these, 308 have maple fingerboards. In April/May 1986, the Broadcaster was renamed the ASAT.

This is G&L's first custom guitar made by the new (1998) Custom Creations Department. The back of the headstock on most, but not all, are authenticated and signed by John McLaren.

The "Buck Owens" ASATs were built to be presented to Mr. Buck Owens commemorating his comeback tour at the Crazy Horse saloon. Leo Fender personally presented at least one guitar to Mr. Owens at the event with Dale Hyatt and George Fullerton attending just 3 weeks prior to Mr. Fenders passing in March of 1991.

The G&L Asat Classic Leo Fender Commemorative was designed to pay tribute to Leo Fender for his life time of achievement and influence on the music industry. The Commemorative is basically a deluxe version of the ASAT Classic with more binding, gold hardware, Leo Fender's signature with his birth/death dates, and a black stemmed white rose on the upper bout. All versions shipped with gold Maxima strings. It was originally scheduled for a production run of 1,000 guitars, but was shortened to 250 guitars, although the neck plates still read XXX out of 1,000. Six of these guitars were constructed of Australian lacewood/mahogany bodies. These six Lacewood guitars were built for some of Mr. Fender's lifelong friends and some of the big names at G&L including co-founders George Fullerton, Dale Hyatt, and plant manager Lloyd Chewning. At a later date one additional guitar was produced and presented to Mrs. Phyllis Fender. Clarence Leonidas Fender passed away on March 21st, 1991.