Goodbye, Fender Highway 1...

[subversion]

If you are keen in acquiring the current Fender Highway 1 (Strat) manifestation, be quick. in any case, say good bye to it already...

BUT say hello to the new manifestation 8)

 

[ItAcHi]

hmmm..wats the diff of both besides the headstock is diff?

 

[relinquish69]

the 70's design seems cool. is made of basswood or alder? when is it coming out?

 

[jeremyrozario]

noooooooooooo............ i seriously dislike the look of the 70s headstock....


its sooooo, soooooo soooooo biggggggggggggggg

 

[Guest]

New pickups apparently.

 

[imsuchajoker]

New pickups apparently.

What pickups?

 

[Guest]

The Highway One series is upgraded for '06! Super-size frets, '70s styling, new alnico pickups and new colors take this amazing guitar to the next level.

The new pickups on the Highway One Stratocaster guitar produce a more round tone that can sound glassy and great with high gain.

The new pickups on the Highway One Telecaster guitar produce a more round sound with that great Fender sparkle; it also has great high-gain sounds.

Alnico 3's.

 

[subversion]

i was informed that the new, revised look will also feature a 3-bolt joint system, typical of a 70s model.

Fender has received requests for more 70s style headstock (the only model featuring this headstock in the H1 series is the HSS version) & it seems that the Jap 70s type Strats have been out-selling the other incarnations. there isn't about to be a Jap import in the american market, so here's the answer...

body/ neck wood remain unchanged. maple/ rosewood fingerboard still offered.

 

[shreddedsweeper]

any other changes to highwa1 hss? since its alreayd a huge headstock . . . new pickups

 

[subversion]

revised specs as discussed above...

 

[neuro182]

The new pieces are Greasebucket finished as well if I am not wrong.

 

[subversion]

he he... Greasebucket isn't a finish- it's the electronics circuitry...

 

[MrE]

hahaha... Greasebucket finish! :lol:

but seriously, those new pickups sound interesting to me. supposed to have less of the extreme highs - so they should sound less brittle when distorted, but yet they supposedly retain the glassy strat clean tone.

the Greasebucket circuitry enables the bridge treble to be rolled back without added bass (in other words, less of the highs but no extra mud)

 

[trianglebiscuit]

is that the new upgraded highway 1 series? i think they have jumbo shit frets

 

[AzNjT]

they all look the same to me...

 

[tany]

when's this offered? so what's the new name called?

 

[nysk]

it s still a highway one strat jus that its been perma modified...

 

[subversion]

it'll be available after Summer NAMM...

 

[Guest]

noooooooooooo............ i seriously dislike the look of the 70s headstock....


its sooooo, soooooo soooooo biggggggggggggggg

i like big headstocks

 

[subversion]

i used to hate those CBS-era headstocks as well. but i'm with playability + tone more than looks these days...