FENDER HIGHWAY ONE STRATOCASTER SATIN SERIES AND A

Fender Highway One Stratocaster Satin Series And A

Replaces Highway One Stratocaster - First Series FENDER SAYS. Fixed between American standard series and a standard set of MIM, Fender in the United States, which is a unique guitar that value with the name 'Fender', that makes this particular Stratocaster it certainly is.Highway One Stratocaster - Second Series (7/2006-9/2011). Fender Highway One Stratocaster is a quality guitar done in the United States who wont your bankruptcy.

The first version of the Highway 1 was launched in 2002, but doesnt appear in Fenders Frontline of that year. Of Frets: 22 Jumbo Frets Pickups: 1 Atomic Humbucking.I bought it at Brook Mays Music in Duncanville, Texas as they were going out of business in 2007 with hardshell case for $400.The Fender Highway One Stratocaster HSS Electric Guitar gives you some serious bang for the buck The new Highway One strat still has the classic alder body with great tone and now gives you a nitrocellulose lacquer finish in hot new colors that allows the body woods natural tone shine through and new pickups.Fender Highway 1 and American Special Stratocasters. Tone 1.Neck: Maple, Modern C Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish) Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 Radius No. This Fender Strat guitar features three classic single-coil pickups, a synchronized tremolo and a rosewood or maple fingerboard. It came with a white/black/white three-ply pickguard with all white appointments.The Left Handed Highway One Stratocaster guitar features the unique Highway One finish a high-resonance, low-gloss, satin-lacquer topcoat that lets the tone ring out and sustain for days. Mine is a 2005 wine red translucent nitrocellulose finish.

It's just the perfect neck. It has a very spartan, utilitarian sort of beauty.This is an American-made Stratocaster with a PRE-CBS HEADSTOCK!!! I can't stand those 'big peghead' abominations.To me, the neck is the centerpiece of the guitar. The nice, darker wine red with the wood grain still promisingly visible erased any feeling of wanting that old Mexy back.The translucent nitrocellulose on these early Highway 1s is very nice looking, and does seem to be improving with age. I had previously owned a 1994 made in Mexico Fender 'Squire Series' strat which was fiesta red. This was replaced in 2006/7 by version 2.When I saw it on the wall, I wanted it. The price at the time was &163 600.

They succeeded.With new pickups, this becomes a professional-grade instrument. I like how they used two American Series string trees on this one even an American Standard that you go out and buy new today (2011) only has one.The low price point, the 'Made in USA' aspect, the very exacting construction, even for an American Fender, the increasingly rare trans nitro treatment, and the name 'Highway 1' all suggest to me that Fender wanted this to be a guitar that young players got their hands on, fell in love with, and never really put down. It's clearly built to stand the test of time. They cost me $120, so the total cost of my guitar with true vintage reproduction pickups is $520.With those Seymour vintage replicas soldered in there, what you have with a pre-2006 Highway 1 strat is a BETTER 'Made in USA' strat than the American Standard.The construction is very solid on the guitar, especially in the neck pocket.

It reads Fender Stratocaster, Made in U.S.A. The tuners and bridge are chrome and have that vintage look to them and the headstock is a beauty. I went with rosewood this time but it fels comfortable. I can see the wood and from what I've heard the satin laquer finish will improve looks wise and sound wise at the guitar ages. I traded it plus $300.00 Canadian for a Cocoa Highway 1 Stratocaster.They list for $856.99 Canadian and I had orginally paid $ 549.00 for the Mexiacan so I consider it a great deal.I love the finish. I had a black 2002 Mexican Stratocaster with maple neck.

Nothing major but my MIM Stratocaster was cleaner upon shipping.It seems wel built enough. I sounds beauty with just the righ amount ovf overdrive in position # 2.Well the finish is not as durable as the poly-finished MIM ones (but it to my eyes looks better).There were a few issues with the left over residue where the neck is bolted on. I little stronger pickups system than the MIM Strat I had before. It has that classic Strat tone.