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Fender Highway 1 U.S. Special Stratocaster (Rosewood, With Gig Bag)

Alder body. Transparent satin lacquer finish. Vintage-style chrome hardware.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          0 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
 
 

"Highway One Blondie with the Maple neck is just what the doctor ordered. Finish is very nice and creamy ... with the wood grain"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from sympatico.ca
Submitted: 3/11/2005
Style of Music: bluesman
Musical Experience: Active musician
Location: Toronto Canada

 

 
Feature:
Compact ... like a small blonde woman.. has everything and very comfortable. You can dance with this axe. It dances back too.

Quality:
Well made and resonant. Pickups don't miss a whisper. Five position switch takes you from Texas to New York to LA to London.

Value:
Good value. I got the axe at a sale. What a miracle too. Praise God.

Desirability:
Very sexy instrument in blonde with the maple neck. Lust is actually a good description... but of course one should not lust, so a better word is 'desire'. Guitar seems to beckon you to play it. As long as I know it isn't a demon .... I'm ready to play.

Sound:
Beautiful and sweet sound. Simply strat. I played 'Machine Gun' on it and it performed perfectly ... and for the record ... I DON'T WORK FOR FENDER ... this guitar was a surprise ... it's so simple but once it starts cookin' ... look out.

Support:
Fender is tops. Can you imagine the music scene without them? Look how the Beatles even changed over to Fenders and Gibsons eventually. Fender is a - Great company as long as they don't spread themselves too thin. Verstile instruments and talented luthiers working with them.

Overall:
Won't need another product yet. Reliable axe. I would give this Highway One a shot ... you won't be disappointed when you plug in.

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"Get this"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from taftschool.org
Submitted: 3/7/2004
Style of Music: Jazz, Blues, Lite Rock
Location: Connecticut

 

 
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Feature:
For an American-made strat, the price seems a bit low-end, but if you play with it, you'll understand it's not low-end at all. Also, the paint looks cool, but chips off easily. You can see this as good b/c it'll look vintage in a few years, but also bad.. well.. cuz it chips easily

Quality:
Finish is excellent, you can see the pattern of the wood through the piant. As i've said, the cool paint chips off easily

Value:
For an American made, damn. this is definitely worth the value

Desirability:
Def. worth it

Sound:
Classic Strat Sound. A bit twangy for certain things.

Support:
Havne't had to deal with them yet

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Fender Highway 1 U.S. Special Stratocaster (Rosewood, With Gig Bag)Customer Review

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from boomtaprecords.com
Submitted: 3/31/2005
Style of Music: Rock, Contemporary
Musical Experience: Worship Leader, Recording Engineer
Location: Castle Rock Colorado

 

 
Quality:
The maple neck on mine has the nicest grain I have ever seen. I was told that the hardware on this guitar is sub-par to the other strats, but I actually really like the hardware that is on the guitar. It is vintage stuff.

Value:
I paid $400 for mine because of some blems and dings. I would have paid twice that for this guitar now that I own it. None of my other guitars come out of thier cases. I play 5 times a week.

Sound:
Great tones, clean as can be. There is almost no noise at all. I can get tons of sounds from this guitar just with the flip of the pickup selector. It's tone is the envy of all the others I play with.

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"great value for money!"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 4/1/2005
Style of Music: blues
Musical Experience: hobbyist/active musician
Location: Netherlands

 

 
Feature:
Materials are ok, but I had to replace some small parts because it was using too many G-strings. It's better now. I wish it came with a hard case instead of the gig bag, but it's all about the price. I read some complains about the finish. Yes, it is damaged rather quickly; but it gives -as I see it- a warmer sound and a great 'worn-out' look...

Quality:
It's ok. Only the g-string connection needed to be replaced. I think now it will go on for ages.

Value:
I think it's good value for money. And I think I go and try his big brother, the original USA strat, to see if I can hear the difference.

Desirability:
I think it's great! It was my first Fender. After buying it I layed it down on the carpet at home and was just looking at it for some time. Waaw, can you imagine, this is me, and this coconut baby is mine!

Sound:
Sound without effect modules is good, you can hear it's good without amp. Polytone100 does a good job with it in greater halls, Fender Frontman25 does it even better, though in smaller halls. I like to play it with Korg1500, adjusted blues selection and some distortion on the Frontman25.

Support:
No need to phone them, my dealer is ok.

Overall:
I think I'm gonna play this for a long time; and I see if I can get a Gibson-type beside it, to be more flexible in the music I wanna play: old swampy John Mayall blues and stuff like that.

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"The Real Thang!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from kingslocal.k12.oh.us
Submitted: 12/3/2004
Style of Music: all over the place-if its music I at least appreciate it
Musical Experience: 35year hobbyist-occasional playout
Location: morrow, ohio usa

 

 
Feature:
Uncluded setup guide,wrenches, and stealer also included tweed case for $40

Quality:
pickups seem thin.Bridge is cheap need to replace

Value:
you can't get more for your money if Fender is your thang!

Desirability:
picked rose wood neck with cream body. I'm almost always a sunburst sucker but this was appealing

Sound:
a bit thin but use your good tube amp to make it pleasing

Support:
They repaired an amp I had for 4 years under warranty-no questions asked

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"my almost perfect guitar"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 12/11/2002
Style of Music: christian rock/worship and blues
Location: austin, tx

 

 
i got this guitar a few days ago and i think it rocks. there are only two things i don't like about it. one, for what i do i need a more versatile guitar sound and the vintige pickups on the guitar are a little two twangy for what i do. but don't get me wrong i love the blues and playing it but like i said for what i do a wider variety of sound is needed. the guitar sounds great on its own though for what it was built for. the second thing i didn't like about it was the factory setup of the backplate. I was starting to change out the strings and had trouble getting the string itself out. It turns out that the holes in the back of that plate don't quite align correctly with the strings. I took off the faceplate and tried again. The strings were litterally stuck inside the bridge, I suppose it was some kinda glue or something, it was quite irritating. but altogether the guitar is frigin awesome. i love the color and the transparent finish. and it was a great deal. all in all i love the guitar, i plan on having it for a very long time.
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" With a little work its a great guitar."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          1 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from cs.com
Submitted: 11/13/2004
Style of Music: Blues, classic rock
Musical Experience: hobbyist
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

 

 
Feature:
Gig bag is nice.

Quality:
The neck didn't fit right, if the strings aren't set very high it will "fret out" at fret 13 and above, a real disapointment.

Value:
Yes, however I had to spend more to get it to play correctly.

Desirability:
I own the cocoe, I like the look.

Sound:
Sounds just like a good Strat should.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
I own other stratocasters also, I will keep and play this one for a long time. I looks nice, sounds great and after some work it plays very well. I would replace this guitar with one similar to it if need be.

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