All user reviews for the Fender Highway One Stratocaster [2006-2011]

A strat, all that was more classic! Lightweight (3.5 kgs for mine), easy handle, easy access to acute ... In short, I refer you to other reviews for more information on the specifications.
This is one of the first Highway 1 (started in 2002 if I'm not mistaken series).
All paint and glaze that covers the body of the guitar is very light in terms of thickness which explained the democratic price of the instrument. However, use is another story and guitar finds unmistakably full SOFC and scratches rather quickly ... Too bad ... It is also unfortunate that Fender decided to make the body of the guitar 3 parts ... Even if the use is not noticed much, on paper, a 2-piece body is preferable to sustain and sound propagation.

UTILIZATION

The ergonomic shape of the Strat and its low weight make this instrument a tool of choice for the musician. The varnish of the handle is nice, as the key (rosewood for me), the frets are polished and properly handle C promotes gambling.
However, the guitar is not free from blame. And fittings remains unreliable and is often on the tuner since the mechanical and vibrato models remain vague. The knobs are quite effective and do the job without either reach the pinnacle of nuance.
The acoustic guitar projection is not staggering but given the price, it seems average.

SOUNDS

The pickups are nice and offer the full range of sound you should expect from a Stratocaster-type guitar.
However, it is clear that these microphones are relatively "neutral" in terms of character despite the staggering of the studs. They also lack a bit of power ... Too bad.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it for over 10 years.
She had found a second life as I had offered him a new shield with excellent MS Tornado microphones and an electronic worthy of the name (selector 7 positions, capacitor paper-in-oil, wiring to the old ... ). I also shielded the guitar (which is not a luxury). The original mechanical Fender also deserved to be changed for Mecas locking to improve holding agreement.
The quality / price is right.
This is an excellent starting point for the upgrade (in my opinion it is more logical to start with this guitar with a Strat Mexico).

It's a Start!


- Top mics not to my taste
- Bridge I find light and rusted in no time
- Mechanical standard, nothing special
- Varnish very fragile
- Guitar very well finished, no apparent defects

UTILIZATION

Very comfortable neck that despite the flaw that I rule slightly. The ergonomics are perfect, it is a strat.

SOUNDS

So this guitar has made me see all the colors. I played a lot in live with and microphones simply m'insupporte. It was the symphony of buzz, I could even capture the radio again!
I opened it, I stuck it copper everywhere but to no avail, it was still quite present. So I asked Fender Tex Mex pickups and there it was better except that I did not like these pickups too runny.
I finished by asking EMG DG 20 and then WOW! Perfect, nothing more buzz the guitar dream.

My rating does not include change of pickups.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 7 years since I played it and I love it .. The violin is wonderful despite a lack of resonance.
Change mics been beneficial and bridge will soon be leaving for a better one.

Wholesale solid foundations and not overly expensive, there's more that custom!

I bought mine at a local dealer for around six hundred out the door.

I own three strats. Two are American Standards and one Highway 1. The Hwy 1 has the best sustain and tone of all three. I much rather prefer it's vintage style trem
over the new style because it feels lively and bouncy in comparison. (which is good because I really pound the strings.)I think I'll try to trade one of my Americans in on a cheaper Hwy 1.
I dont believe the Americans are worth the extra $300 - $400.

All three of my strats have severe cracks in the same place...that piece of wood that seperates the neck joint and the front pickup routing (under the pickgaurd). I can understand it on my Hwy 1 because I really abuse it on the road, but my Americans hardly leave the cases. Oh well, thats why there Elmers wood glue...

I actually stripped the finish off exposing the natural wood and it looks great. The neck joint is really tight too. The neck and frets are awesome. The Hwy 1 feels a little lighter than my Americans, which is good after 4 sets.

I believe the Highway 1 strat is the best buy in there line-up. It's great for blues, country and classic rock.

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I went to Guitar Center to purchase a small practice amp and found this blonde USA made strat on sale for their Green Tag sale at $370. I could not pass it up.

I honestly like everything on this guitar, I usually play Les Pauls, but this one has made me switch to Fender. It is light in weight, and the action after a professional setup is fantastic. It has an extremely fast neck and a great tremelo and good sustain. It sounds like a dream to me.

nothing, for $370 for an American Strat, you find a better deal.....

Made in the U.S.A. by Fender, say no more.

I would have paid twice as much for this guitar.

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I bought the guitar at World Music in Nashville for $399. The people there are great.

The guitar was a demo model. It is in great condition, but I'm sure it had been on the showroom floor for a while.

This guitar is in transparent cocoa (it's not a really attractive color) with a maple fretboard.

An American-made Strat for $399!!! That's only about $50 more than a Mexi-Strat.

The guitar is in great condition. The people at World Music set the guitar up. No buzz, no rattles.

The most important thing is sound. And this puppy sounds great.

I don't really like the cocoa color. No big deal.

Fender cuts costs by using a thinner finish. But it does give the guitar a "vintage" look.

Perfect. I can't find any flaws. The neck is bolted in tight. The neck is smooth and comfortable.

I fully intended on buying an American Standard Strat. But when I saw the Highway One at $399, I could not justify paying $400 more.

Is the Highway One better than the American Standard? Probably not. The pickups are little harsh, but that adds to the "vintage vibe."

Is it better than the Mexi-Strats? I have played some good Mexican guitars, but these Highway One's have a smoother feel.

This is the best $399 I've ever spent on a guitar.

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I had been playing the eletric guitar nearly a year now and the magic and intense feeling of power and fun that it gave me had not worn off. I had a Squier Standard and though satisfied seeing a fender made me green with envy. I was passionate for a fender U.S.A but knew that with the cheapest being around £800 it would be a long time before my chacne to purhase one arrived. This is when i saw the Highway Stratocaster, it was in bonners eastbourne and cost £599 i played it and couldnt put it down and next week is was mine to keep.

Well, if you want a Fender built guitar made in the U.S.A a classic vinatge style guitar it has to be a strat. The highway strat is the cheapest U.S.A built fender but by no means the worst. I play Eric Clapton and Blink 182 riffs with it and it suits them both briliantly. The quality of sounds is amazing; juicy, warm, mellow or twangy and bright. The Laquer finish which is what makes it so cheap gives it a class look. The best bit about the guitar though is the neck which fits so snuggly and perfectly your hands feel alive. Highly Recommended if you want Style, Class, Sound and the name.

Next to nothing, this is a brilliant buy and unusually for guitars you have gained high quality for a lesser amount of money. The only thing i noticed is that the tone knobs can be slighly loose and that the finish can dent easily but if you are careful it darkens slowly in time and once played on for about 4 months improves drasticlly.

The quality is a world above the mexican made fenders and a breath away from the standard series. The neck used for the neck is top knotch and all nuts and bolts firmly in place. You really get the feeling you are holding more than the amount you pay for it.

So to sum it up, if you want a guitar with character, thats a classic design for a cheaper price made by the best guitar company then this is tyour guitar. Whatever you play soon it'll become the olny guitar you want and can match i think even the deluxe series. An Amazing guitar the best Value for Money ever!

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I wanted to buy a guitar which was versatile, good enough to keep for a lifetime, reliable and looked great. So I asked my guitar teacher what would be my best option? He said that there was a highway 1 strat on sale in Russel's music store in Cork city (Ireland) for 939 euro. I know that is a high price for a highway 1 but everything in Ireland is really expensive anyway. That was actually a reasonable price because another music shop was selling the exact same guitar for 1000 euro.

This guitar has everything I need. The 5 tones I have with the pickup selector switch is great! I can play anything from the likes of Chuck Berry to Ynguie Malmsteen.
When I got it first I was disappointed with the tremolo because the G string kept going out of tune. But to my delight I carefully put a small amount of oil on the nut and the strings now stay in tune with even the most stupidly outrageous whammy bar abuse!!

Only the fact that it cost so much. But it should be a lot cheaper if you dont live in Ireland.

Its a Fender strat made in U.S.A. Enough said!

This is a guitar which would suit anyone. It looks great, sounds great and feels even better to play. I would recommend it to any guitarist because it is so versiatile and such fun to play.

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I bought this piece of an American icon for the price tag of the usual $599.99. I have to say I love it, and I finally own a "strat" not a knockoff. The finish is smooth as butter (cocoa) and the maple neck is sweet, smooth, and playable. The 1st test I gave it was the usual string bend on various strings, and a little bar use ie: David Gilmour, and it stayed in tune !! The action needs to be lowered as with all guitars from the factory. The bar is a little long for my taste, but that's life, I am seeking David Gilmour's modified shorter trem arm, ex. and concert you see him in with Pink Floyd. All in all if you want a Fender, I recommend this one !

Satin lacquer finish, ability to stay in tune, over all Fender vintage tone, headstock that says "Made in U.S.A.", perfect size frets for bends, etc.

All the music stores that carry these just leave them hanging, collecting dust, not adjusting the action after they receive them for sale.

Made in the U.S.A. Enough said.

A beauty at a good deal. I really recommend this

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This guitar was purchased at Long and Mcquade in calgary for 829.00 canadian dollars.

The setup was perfect, the neck is smooth, silky and well made. the blue saphire finish looks great. The guitar stays in tune very well even with moderate to heavy tremolo use. the guitar sounds great througha tube amp.

can't really find any dislikes. the pickups could have soem extra winds in them to make them hotter and warmer. but you still get vintage tones through a nive old fender tube amp.

flawless. however, it took me a few hours to find the right fit. i always go for feel rather than looks. not all the guitars feel the same, so you have to be meticulous and dilligent to find the right fit for you.

i have many guitars (including a 1955 fender stratocaster which i have now retired). i'm very impressed that fender coudl make a no frills finish guitar and make a high quality instrument. i may even pick up the highway 1 telecaster now.


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$599.99 from a gear website. I've always wanted a strat & thought $600 for an american strat was a good deal.

This guitar is worth every penny in my opinion. I got the blonde finish with the maple fretboard. My main ax was a Les Paul at the time so it took awhile to adjust to the rounder neck but now that I have it feels very comfortable. I love the way the pickups sound especially through a tube amp. The trem actually stays in tune alot better than I thought it would.

The finish is kinda light & easily scratched but I take care of my gear so for me that's no problem.

C'mon it's a USA made strat! I've seen SRV hold his strat in mid air by just the tremelo bar & then literelly throw it on the floor. After a little tuning it sounded perfect. If Fender builds 'em like that then I've got nothing to worry about.

For the money, you cant get a better USA made guitar. It suits blues & southern rock very well but also clean work too. I dressed mine up a little with a white pearloid pickguard & it gave it a great look.

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i got this guitar at matchetts music for £450.i got this guitar because i was getting an upgrade from my squier strat.

where do i start. well the look,mine's blue with a lacquer finish and a rosewood fretboard.i got set up in the shop.i also like the price its an american strat apart from the bridge,but i cant really tell the differance between the sound quality so its not worth paying £200 quid more for a bridge.

this is very minor,but this guitar is very easy to scratch because of the lacquer finish.but this very minor.apart from that no complaints

the construction of this guitar is excellant now we know why fender are number 1 for guitars.the quality is perfect not a single defect anywhere.

BUY tHIS GUITAR.you will not get any better for your money.this is the best guitar i have ever played.

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I got this guitar at musician's friend. They had the Cocoa finish overstocked so I got a great deal, only 399.99

Great quality and tone. Made in the USA. The finish looks like it will age very elegantly. Also the finish does not show many fingerprints like some of it's glossier cousins.

Action was a little high and the neck was off just a hair but I took it to my local guitar shop and got it set up quite nicely for around 15$ so I'm sure you could do the same.

Alder body with a laquer finish, translucent maple fretboard (23 frets-medium jumbo), strat single coil pickups

This guitar is great. I was wanting to buy a Fender strat and was looking at some of the asian models. This American beauty just kinda fell in my lap but i'm glad it did. Great value and good ol' Fender quality.

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I went to Guitar Center one day and was shocked to see the spaghetti logo (American only) on a beautiful new strat for only $559.00. I've played many American Srats before, and knew right after I picked it up that this wasn't just a cheap version of the American. Five minutes later I threw down the cash and walked out a very happy man.


The neck on this guitar feels great.
It has medium jumbo frets which are my preferred size.
I like being able to see the wood grain under the paint job. I don't care for plastic looking guitars.
The pickups sound great. Alot of twang.


This isn't the most versatile guitar. The pickups are not designed for heavy distortion.
Other than that this guitar is the goods.

The Highway 1 uses a vintage vibrato unit, but I like to keep mine blocked so I couldn't tell you about its performance. Instead of a lacquer finish it uses a coat of glossy paint that lets you see the wood grain underneath. The body is made of Alder. The bridge pickup is very bright and twangy. The middle and neck pickups are a little fatter sounding than vintage pickups. All five settings sound good in their own way. Would be best suited for a bluesy crunch type of sound or for playing in clean. The neck on mine has a maple fingerboard, but I also saw one with a rosewood board. Extremely well built guitar. I also own a Mexican Standard and you can feel the superiority of this guitar right when you pick it up.


I urge anyone thinking about buying a Mexican Standard to save up $200 more and buy the Highway 1. You won't be sorry.

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The Fender Stratocaster is the evolution of the original Fender telecaster guitar from tender music company. This guitar is basically the instrument that revolutionize and redefine rock 'n roll. It's a great sounding guitar and almost perfect instrument from start to finish. It has a great balance and crate feel and that's why it's been bleeding instruments and electric guitar for the last half century.

UTILIZATION

Fender Highway 1 Stratocaster Features:

* Color: 3-color Sunburst
* Body Type: Solidbody electric.
* Finish: Satin nitrocellulose lacquer.
* Neck Wood: Maple.
* Neck Shape: Modern "C" shape with 9.5-inch radius.
* Body Wood: Solid alder.
* Machine Heads: Fender / Ping standard cast / sealed tuners.
* Fingerboard: Rosewood.
* No. of Frets: 22.
* Position Markers: Dot inlays.
* Pickups: Three vintage style single coils with staggered polepieces and Alnico magnets.
* Controls: Master volume, two tone.
* Bridge/Tailpiece: Vintage style synchronized tremolo.
* Pickup Switching: Five-position blade switch.
* Hardware: Chrome.
* Case: Deluxe Gig Bag included
* Scale Length: 25.5 inches.

SOUNDS

The tone of this guitar is fantastic. Especially when you couple it with a nice heavy amplifier such as a Mesa boogie or a Marshall amplifier. You get a great singing sustain in tone that is very blossoming and fruitful. It has a great earthy tone that mixes well and pretty much any style of music you can imagine. There really isn't a style music that this guitar can't fit in unless you're talking about heavily dropped tuned metal guitar sounds. Other than that is get the guitar can pretty much do just about anything. It's extremely versatile and overall just a perfect instrument. I really like the sound of these guitars primarily with the Marshall amplifier but pretty much any amplifier that you have this guitar will bring out the best and I gear.

OVERALL OPINION

You can find his guitars for right around $730 new on the online retailers and in most retailer guitar shops. You can also find them used pretty easily as well. I suggest trying out a few in finding out which neck you prefer because the next can change from guitar to guitar as well as with each reissue and model number.

Deja everything said above ...

only difference from the config 'home, mine is now equipped with a Fender Texas Special set. mine has a maple neck one piece.

point somewhat limited: the satin varnish, which may not please the beginning it can be done very well in very little time.

ATTENTION my note taking into account the new set of micro!

UTILIZATION

Channel C very pleasant
access to acute very good (I met my first concern last night by a bend in a tone box in 22nd, and again it goes at home ...)

SOUNDS

So then ... What about sound level ... bin it is a stratum of good quality which gives us a very slamming his (one piece maple neck forces) in which acute deviend very round and bluesy as hell when you put on the handle ... medium position? medium, a compromise between these two positions. I used relatively few positions 2 and 4 that I found little interest from a real guitar with a double but the use has shown that they, too, very interesting colors (Little Wing??! ?) ....

ATTENTION my note taking into account the new set of micro!

OVERALL OPINION

Use for 4 months, a guitar that fits perfectly a style I like. she does not know everything, but what it does, it does very well ...

acquisition of a lightning strike during my blues, fatal to the portfolio

quality / price ratio monster (thank you king of the magical plan) 550 € with the new pickups ...

Without hesitation, I redeem the same if I had not already!!

Guitar Usa
22 frets
3 single coil pickups fender (or us mex?: S: s great mystery, everyone says different things ...)
two knobs of tonalitée
volume

stratocastèrienne simplicity, everything I love.

UTILIZATION

Handle quite round but very nice. this does not amount to a gibson that said 50 years but a real feast for the hands. n'accroche not perfect bridge to that standard for this price.

I personally find the easy access to acute

everyone knows that the shape is very nice fender. cut in the arm to scratch, while the weight nikel. to rate a gibson which weighs three bison death is great, and the humbuckers for a SG, I did not do, I cling to each top notes.
hik a small, often need a small passage at the bends as the maker no longer ring at the high E after the 12th fret.

SOUNDS

being in a funk rock group, I can make that guitar it takes for this style! (-M-, Frusciante, Prince ...) a slight lack of bass for micro base for sound micro base: Here are some songs from my band: www.myspace.com / backfromvegas (Note that 57/62 were placed to the song "Only Me")

I am also part of a group of experimental blues to punk trend with some well chosen pedal is PERFECT!

there is no need to look far for a good sound. nevertheless it is true that the basic microphones are not the best on the market. For my part I have placed 57/62 to give me a real good blues sound in the round bass and treble in Péchu all plugged into a fender blues deville, that happiness!

I really love the sound stratum is the most recognizable of the earth!

OVERALL OPINION

It's been three years since she is my little darling all custom (pink for my part, we do not see bcp: p) and I will never part with it, even if it is not the best in the world , I got very attached.

for that price, it is worth seeing and I would do it gladly choice

- So, for entry-level Fender made in the United States, 22 jumbo frets (sisi!), 3 simple bob 'Alnico III, 1 Vol / 2 Tone, standard vibrato, slcteur 5 positions, insert jack on the table, and small novelty head round 70's style, contour handle "C" ...
I selected version "button maple". In short it is a strat 'but finally (somewhat) recasts.

I will put on the equipment a good 9 aprceque there really all that needs to be or should be!

UTILIZATION

The handle ... It's really him that I DCID. I, the anti-de-strat-old that-all-the-world-is-a-the-same!
The really say anything: Hyper easy to play, too comfortable and "inspiring" in style "thumb derrire / lgato / sweep / dive bomb" that "thumb over / rock 'n roll / bend / vibrato / Keith Richards. "I had that same Discoveries can be enjoyable to play chords.
And I was not expecting it!

This may be of the new frets (damage their finish'm not on my copy MODL) o this beautiful maple affects both gross and sweet!?
I put 9 (it is impossible to be perfect in all styles

SOUNDS

So, scratch that perfectly fits all the styles that I approach.

I plugged into an Ashdown Fallen Angel 60W head with 4X12 cab attached.

I must say that I have a little boost by changing the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail trs that met many of the stringed guitar and a four-SSSL "quarter pound" (same mark) when the "rail" has fallen behind.
And since I wonder if I will return to rear! It pais, warm, nuanced ... Rgal in a distortion / drive.
Ditto for the other mics I have always believed that the simple bob 'silent central to the intervention between 2 pretty "real" pickups neck / bridge.
No way! Here it is quite incisive when pushed into a corner, with a roundness less runny than the neck pickup and a cutting edge less garish than the bridge. Excellent also for rhythmic clarity or to simulate a sound (well I say simulated!).
The neck pickup when he can find all the sounds "fenderiens" on positions 1 and 2 (starting from top) c'st say excellent in blues, funky dlicieusement or fat injection in fuzz .

In résumé of trs beautiful clear, but may be the original bridge that I find "fiddle" and nasal tlcaster limited low-end, the crunch and a bit phnomnaux short for large distos (requires simple) but give out the same changes qd for there enough wood for the "body"!
So because of the seven original bridge.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it intensively for the past eight months and it really fills my expectations. Ms when he pushes me of Pantera at your fingertips!
I love its versatility, the report "pro" sound well balanced and always about the comfort gnral.
It is exactly what I wanted: arrter with small MODELS good for 2 years and spend versatile srieux (exit jackson series Pacher / strat japan / Gretsch Electromatic duojet: the H1 and replaces all! )

Just a BMOL the finish: frets with "chrome" is dcolle (but there is still a bright layer below !??), few smudges of glue also at the hoop. APRS dfonces the opening of the body are well done even when the tears too ... But none of the pleasure to hinder / playability Especially for the price: 666 (!) roro on thomann.

I think I do it again this election if I break it!
Otherwise I will continue my arsenal complter: les paul / ibanez rg ...

Model Name Highway One ™ Stratocaster ® (Upgrade)
Series Highway One ™ Series
Colors (300) 3-Color Sunburst,
Neck Maple, Modern "C" Shape,
(Satin Polyurethane Finish)
Maple (p / n 011-1162), 9.5 "Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets 22 Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Hot Single-Coil Start ® Pickups with Alnico 3 Magnets and Reverse Wound / Reverse Polarity Middle Pickup
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone ™ Greasebucket Circuit, (Rolls Off Highs Without Adding Bass)
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone ™ Greasebucket Circuit, (Rolls Off Highs Without Adding Bass)
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender ® / Ping ® Standard Cast / Sealed Tuning Machines
Chrome Hardware
Pickguard 3-Ply Parchment
Scale Length 25.5 "(648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.6875 "(43 mm)
Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Unique Features Body Finish,
Parchment Plastic Parts,
Large '70s Style Headstock Shape,
Large '70s Style Headstock Logo,
Original Body Shape,
"Original Contour Body" Decal on Headstock,
H / S / H Pickup Routing
Reverse Wound / Reverse Polarity Middle Pickup
Strings Fender ® Super Bullets ® 3250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p / n 073-3250-003

UTILIZATION

A little lighter than the United States Classic

Get started immediately! What a fender!

SOUNDS

Guitar Very BLUES! The sound is really superb!

OVERALL OPINION

The Highway One ™ are given to the style of the day in 2006! A '70s-inspired head, brand new alnico pickups, jumbo frets and new color combinations and plate microphones will take you to new horizons with modern performance and vintage look.

The Highway One ™ Stratocaster ® has new pickups that give a more powerful, more round and warm without sacrificing the brightness of the Fender ® sound. It also has a thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish lets the body wood's natural tone. One of the new Fender ® the most exciting!

Fender Highway One stratocaster (upgraded) made in United States.
22 Jumbo frets.
Channel C '
3 pickups Fender Hot Alnico Single-Coil Start with studs spaced
Master Volume, Tone 1 (neck pickup) with circuit Greasebucket *, Tone 2 (bridge pickup) with circuit Greasebucket (* removes treble frequencies without adding bass).
5-way switch, reverse polarity middle pickup on, Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo, Fender Tuners / Ping Standard Oil bath, chrome hardware, 3-Ply pickguard plate Parchment, delivered in Deluxe Gig Bag, Yep ... the flycase c ' is too expensive for that price!

Well, after the description, venont the chatter on the scratching!
At first glance this stratum is very well finished, polished ultra-thin, easy to play (thank you jumbo frets), the body is quite light, I would say even a bit lighter than the strats "american standard Made in United States or other" me 2 strats that have 70's and 90's they weigh much more than this one highway is probably becaufe there is a layer of varnish, instead of 4 see 5 on US other models, but the grip however, is very pleasant.
The handle C 'typical of fender is a real treat for beginners and experienced.
You should know that the highway has a new one! easily recognized by its head late 60's early 70's much broader.
So ... you ask me, but how are home to sell us a Fender Stratocaster made in United States at less than 800 euros! ... And it's very simple, 90% of this skyscraper is the original United States The rest comes from factories abroad fender, giving the right to stamp the fender highway one of the Holy Grail "made in United States."
Everything that is mechanical, wiring, pick guard, and tremolo, are manufactured outside the United States, (cheaper) but the fender is hard or is that the materials are top quality! everything else (not least) is, Micros, wood (alder and maple) for violin, polished, fit and finish are from the US stocks and are fully directed, edited and adjusted in fender United States, this which gives an instrument of impeccable quality made in United States at low cost no frills! I see already the owners of Strata "american standard" that is beginning to get excited at the thought of paying nearly 35% more expensive to manufacture their mechanical etched fender and their four-layer coating made in United States ... Gasp ! (I did go!) But hey, it's 100% though ... United States ...
You still need somewhere to save the children!

UTILIZATION

What bothers me a bit in this whole story is that my two strats, and my les paul have magically found in the closet of this Diablotine returned to shop ... and I play with more I love it! and it costs half the price! looks like the other, nerd! ...
The handle is like a "highway" highway that speak English, it's slippery fast and smooth! Notes take the road without problem! jumbo frets are to compensate for possible "slippage"
I have a handle maple fingerboard (white) matter of preference, it can be rosewood (ie black).
Treble notes are easily accessible, it's still what makes a stratocaster is a stratocaster!
Ergonomics is the top, stratocaster ever! Weighing as I said a little light.
Place to demo his ...
I got on Marshall JCM900 tube to know what is a relic, but my head amp combined with its 4-cylinder Marshall cabinet that gives you a kick in the derch!
The acute type 100% clear fender are a real treat the first position and 5th position, there is no doubt it's a Start! crystal clear sound purists will enjoy at will! handle the microphone position is found warmer than usual for a stratum, and that's where it gets interresting for fans of the big round sound in saturated mode! and that's a big news! especially for a strat equipped with single coils! I know not what they put in their pesky microphones alnicos but the range of sounds is crazy, it goes all the big fat round his attack crunch clear saturated! while maintaining its 100% strat blues in normal mode, and that ladies and gentlemen, it's called VERSATILITY.

A micro bridge position that fart louder and more violently biting, it is also rather interested, thank you for thinking of fender our young people excited!
In short both in classic mode or saturated they know almost everything, the small flat have high saturations acute mode, it "frieze" a little, but nothing very serious, it is already so complete that many would villain to blame him for this small flaw ...
I sell all kinds of scratches and I can tell you that I was still bleuffé this new version of the highway one! the former being too bland for my taste.
Last little thing that is important! if you scratching your fully expressed it is important that it be accompanied with a good amp! there is no need to have a super scratch and play on a dung receiver who will eat all the sounds, it's like having a ferrari and you Rolling on gravel path! try the store on a super amp!
It always makes me laugh to see the guys change their microphones home believing that their guitars have no potatoes, no need to put seymour duncan and single or double coils of the 30 watts of poor manufacturing! the amp is as important as the guitar guys!

SOUNDS

My style of music varies, I like the big rock sound, AC / DC, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, old school yes, but I have over 20 years! and I can venture into sound bluesy, a strat bah so it made for that departing! ask Mr. Hendrix, Clapton or Knopfler!
My favorite amp is the JCM900 head of our English friends in Marshall!
The sounds of this little marvel are both crystalline fat, thou choize!
I would hate something about this skyscraper, but the store so I have that are "famous brands" at double the price of one, see triple that can not his ankle, which frankly would be inflated spit on the one!
You have to see over time if the violin holds up, I sold the one I and many guys they have never returned!
ah yes! one thing I can blame him! ha ha ha, and although the patent is much more fragile than the standard strats Quadruple layer ... but there are so many people who loves to see their old instruments as Kurt Cobain and Stevie Ray Vaughan that even that, it becomes an advantage! then ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it every day! and when I do not use most is that I am out of stock! it is clear that the brand to Leo (Fender) made a full house and for good reason! the price at the qualitée always very well together!
It is very clear that if you are able to read my blabla up here that I would recommend this skyscraper, it's just not fun for others, but you still have stopped selling the expensive guitars that sound and less Well ... becaufe a big rock star with his portrait on the flycase ... right? fender and actually go! I assure you, I have no action in fender! word! even my friends "gibson fanatics" are on the ass! is to tell you ...
If you have 800 euros (you still have to put them!) And well go for it is very clear that it is better than the widely! Before our friends make us a fender comemorative and we increase the price to make a object of worship!
You want to see live demo? bein here! http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRtGWVp43E
or else! http://www.fender.com/highwayone/

Fender Highway One stratocaster (upgraded) made in United States.
22 Jumbo frets.
Channel C '
3 pickups Fender Hot Alnico Single-Coil Start with studs spaced
Master Volume, Tone 1 (neck pickup) with circuit Greasebucket *, Tone 2 (bridge pickup) with circuit Greasebucket (* removes treble frequencies without adding bass).
5-way switch, reverse polarity middle pickup on, Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo, Fender Tuners / Ping Standard Oil bath, chrome hardware, 3-Ply pickguard plate Parchment, delivered in Deluxe Gig Bag, Yep ... the flycase c ' is too expensive for that price!

Well, after the description, venont the chatter on the scratching!
At first glance this stratum is very well finished, polished ultra-thin, easy to play (thank you jumbo frets), the body is quite light, I would say even a bit lighter than the strats "american standard Made in United States or other" me 2 strats that have 70's and 90's they weigh much more than this one highway is probably becaufe there is a layer of varnish, instead of 4 see 5 on US other models, but the grip however, is very pleasant.
The handle C 'typical of fender is a real treat for beginners and experienced.
You should know that the highway has a new one! easily recognized by its head late 60's early 70's much broader.
So ... you ask me, but how are home to sell us a Fender Stratocaster made in United States at less than 800 euros! ... And it's very simple, 90% of this skyscraper is the original United States The rest comes from factories abroad fender, giving the right to stamp the fender highway one of the Holy Grail "made in United States."
Everything that is mechanical, wiring, pick guard, and tremolo, are manufactured outside the United States, (cheaper) but the fender is hard or is that the materials are top quality! everything else (not least) is, Micros, wood (alder and maple) for violin, polished, fit and finish are from the US stocks and are fully directed, edited and adjusted in fender United States, this which gives an instrument of impeccable quality made in United States at low cost no frills! I see already the owners of Strata "american standard" that is beginning to get excited at the thought of paying nearly 35% more expensive to manufacture their mechanical etched fender and their four-layer coating made in United States ... Gasp ! (I did go!) But hey, it's 100% though ... United States ...
You still need somewhere to save the children!

UTILIZATION

What bothers me a bit in this whole story is that my two strats, and my les paul have magically found in the closet of this Diablotine returned to shop ... and I play with more I love it! and it costs half the price! looks like the other, nerd! ...
The handle is like a "highway" highway that speak English, it's slippery fast and smooth! Notes take the road without problem! jumbo frets are to compensate for possible "slippage"
I have a handle maple fingerboard (white) matter of preference, it can be rosewood (ie black).
Treble notes are easily accessible, it's still what makes a stratocaster is a stratocaster!
Ergonomics is the top, stratocaster ever! Weighing as I said a little light.
Place to demo his ...
I got on Marshall JCM900 tube to know what is a relic, but my head amp combined with its 4-cylinder Marshall cabinet that gives you a kick in the derch!
The acute type 100% clear fender are a real treat the first position and 5th position, there is no doubt it's a Start! crystal clear sound purists will enjoy at will! handle the microphone position is found warmer than usual for a stratum, and that's where it gets interresting for fans of the big round sound in saturated mode! and that's a big news! especially for a strat equipped with single coils! I know not what they put in their pesky microphones alnicos but the range of sounds is crazy, it goes all the big fat round his attack crunch clear saturated! while maintaining its 100% strat blues in normal mode, and that ladies and gentlemen, it's called VERSATILITY.

A micro bridge position that fart louder and more violently biting, it is also rather interested, thank you for thinking of fender our young people excited!
In short both in classic mode or saturated they know almost everything, the small flat have high saturations acute mode, it "frieze" a little, but nothing very serious, it is already so complete that many would villain to blame him for this small flaw ...
I sell all kinds of scratches and I can tell you that I was still bleuffé this new version of the highway one! the former being too bland for my taste.
Last little thing that is important! if you scratching your fully expressed it is important that it be accompanied with a good amp! there is no need to have a super scratch and play on a dung receiver who will eat all the sounds, it's like having a ferrari and you Rolling on gravel path! try the store on a super amp!
It always makes me laugh to see the guys change their microphones home believing that their guitars have no potatoes, no need to put seymour duncan and single or double coils of the 30 watts of poor manufacturing! the amp is as important as the guitar guys!

SOUNDS

My style of music varies, I like the big rock sound, AC / DC, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, old school yes, but I have over 20 years! and I can venture into sound bluesy, a strat bah so it made for that departing! ask Mr. Hendrix, Clapton or Knopfler!
My favorite amp is the JCM900 head of our English friends in Marshall!
The sounds of this little marvel are both crystalline fat, thou choize!
I would hate something about this skyscraper, but the store so I have that are "famous brands" at double the price of one, see triple that can not his ankle, which frankly would be inflated spit on the one!
You have to see over time if the violin holds up, I sold the one I and many guys they have never returned!
ah yes! one thing I can blame him! ha ha ha, and although the patent is much more fragile than the standard strats Quadruple layer ... but there are so many people who loves to see their old instruments as Kurt Cobain and Stevie Ray Vaughan that even that, it becomes an advantage! then ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it every day! and when I do not use most is that I am out of stock! it is clear that the brand to Leo (Fender) made a full house and for good reason! the price at the qualitée always very well together!
It is very clear that if you are able to read my blabla up here that I would recommend this skyscraper, it's just not fun for others, but you still have stopped selling the expensive guitars that sound and less Well ... becaufe a big rock star with his portrait on the flycase ... right? fender and actually go! I assure you, I have no action in fender! word! even my friends "gibson fanatics" are on the ass! is to tell you ...
If you have 800 euros (you still have to put them!) And well go for it is very clear that it is better than the widely! Before our friends make us a fender comemorative and we increase the price to make a object of worship!
You want to see live demo? bein here! http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRtGWVp43E
or else! http://www.fender.com/highwayone/

US guitar, 22 frets, Alnico pickups, 5 position selector (tiens!) wide head.
Mine is black and has a small effect in non shiny colori (not but I swear the zicos worse than chicks lol).
6 vintage bridge anchors, handle "C".
Fender Standard of what, with still a pleasant surprise for the bridge to 6 points (and the headstock but there are kids)

UTILIZATION

The handle? Me I have not found better, finally what I convienne.Je conçoie it could exist but I soulé vendors trying sleeve ....( hihihi)
The access is easy to acute, guitar balanced and not too heavy or light.
Nickels clean sounds (it's still his strong point).
Severe acute medium nickels.J 'likes the crunch when she put the knob to ten.
Good for a quick bad sound to be done on purpose.
Good for metal and other neo must go his way.
for the rest it is very versatile.

SOUNDS

Sounds? Nickel! There's something for all tastes.
Be used on a Marshall VS 100 is a sound ToneLab + (or both)
I love everything about her, so I wonder if my girlfriend is not jealous.
Good for blues, rock, it fits all styles. Unless another efois the trash or you buy good auttres mlais knowingly.

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using a an.J 'loves her, before I tried the Epiphone SG or ibanezs (not made for me).
It's true the price of the "myth" is high, but I quickly forgot my good lol.
When you let 600 and the evening is not what keeps you from sleeping is that it's okay.
Anyway, I'm more objective when it comes to my Start, but now I love it.
I have had better guitars markets and not be photos, the trick is that "custom" that I can not understand the enthusiasm of fenderiens.
One day I will buy a telecaster and a GL too.

The Fender Stratocaster highway one guitar is a greatly priced American-built Fender guitar. I was surprised to see how low and competitive the price of this guitar is especially being American-made guitar. At new you can find these guitars for little over $700 which is an exceptional price for an American made Fender Stratocaster guitar. I'm not exactly sure why it is that these are about 400 or $500 less than a lot of their other fender Stratocaster guitars because they have such a great feeling a great tone overall.

These guitars feature in alder body with a maple neck. You have 22 jumbo frets and a 25 inch scale length neck. Most of the hardware is chrome which sets the guitars look off very nicely. I also like the larger headstock which is a very vintage look to this guitar.

UTILIZATION

Fender Highway One Stratocaster Specifications

* Series: U.S. Special Series
* Body: Alder
* Neck: Maple, Modern C Shape (Polyurethane Finish)
* Fingerboard: Rosewood or Maple, 9.5 inches Radius (241 mm)
* Number of Frets: 22 Jumbo Frets
* Scale Length: 25.5 inches (648 mm)
* Width at Nut: 1.6875 inch (43 mm)
* Hardware: Chrome
* Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
* Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
* Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
* Pickups: 3 Hot Single-Coil Strat Pickups with Staggered Pole Pieces, Alnico 3 Magnets
* Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade:
o Position 1. Bridge Pickup
o Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
o Position 3. Middle Pickup
o Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
o Position 5. Neck Pickup
* Controls: Master VolumeTone 1. (Neck Pickup) Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
* Strings: Fender Super Bullet 3250L’s, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042)
* Accessories: Includes Deluxe Fender Gig Bag
* Unique Features:
o Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
o Parchment Plastic Parts
o Large ‘70s Style Headstock Shape
o Large ‘70s Style Headstock Logo
o Original Body Shape with Original Contour Body Decal on Headstock
o H/S/S Pickup Routing


SOUNDS

The tone of this is an exceptional tone and can be used in any guitar amplification and setting. Whether you use a clean and with a overdrive pedal in front of it or you're using a high gain amplifier with no pedals this is a great guitar for pretty much any genre of music in any amplifier that you use. It is a great look with its red paint job body and it's white guard and maple neck. Overall it's a beautiful guitar and a price that is just amazing.

I was like listening to a Fender Stratocaster on the neck pick up because I have a great bluesy tone and gives the voicing of a Fender Stratocaster in all of its glory. It's a very versatile guitar and can be used in pretty much any style of music imaginable. The alder wood is my favorite wood in that strat body style as well as the maple neck. So overall this just a great guitar and a great price especially for my needs.

OVERALL OPINION

You can find these guitars right around $730 in the new market which is a great price for an American made guitar. It's a fun guitar and one of the best and most versatile and iconic guitar that is ever been produced. Highly recommend every guitar player looking to get one of the most versatile guitars for recording or digging. This is an awesome guitar and for the price you can't really beat that.

See previous opinion and the Fender site for the characteristics.
Otherwise I like the varnished wood revealing the (matter of taste), the headstock 70's, but I like a little less mechanical "vintage" but good. Very good finish overall.

UTILIZATION

The handle is going very well for the rest: weight, shape, access to acute, the Standard Start.

SOUNDS

That's the sound of a strat US compared with a standard a little something a bit more, well, can be "nasty" I do not know, yet very warm. I play mainly blues, rock, rhythm n'blue, funk, some jazz on it. Again, this is what is expected of a stratum. And I fully agree with the fact that it takes its full dimension in a good amp.
To summarize, the sound is all good! I actually redouvert the same time the intermediate positions typical strata are excellent and the neck pickup, the sound is not very hot still, not to mention the other positions.
At the store, when I left my purchase initially for a Mexican player classic, 50's or 60's, I do not Savia too, having heard beuacoup well on these models, despite their manufacturing in Mexico. So I tried two models that were not already bad it is true, then the highway, and for me, there was no photo. The sound was rounder and more incisive at the same time, warmer, more what? (And finishing as well), justifying the price difference.
So I have no pressing need to change the pickups, with other microphones in the same range, it's more a matter of taste and quality Intrinsically (in my personal opinion).

OVERALL OPINION

I am very happy with my purchase, even if it is more expensive than I had originally planned to during my intense desire to play again on Start. This guitar seems to justify its price, even if we would have expected anyway, go, fly a rigid box, rather than a cover that comes with!
Finally, it is a guitar pro, no worries.

This is the Highway 1 "upgrade" released in late 2006. The first model, although dja trs good, were not the same hunanimit Fender resellers who were not from some Mexican COMPTITE. The Fender Custom Shop has put his nose and a t relook MODEL microphones changs, namely: - a 70's head, large, and I find pluttrussie rare in brand. - New colors nitrocellulose lacquer finish. New-jumbo frets. - 3 Alnico 3 (3 magnets), with central micro polarity and winding inverss to reduce background noise in position 2 and 4. - Tone Circuit "greasebucket" for neck and bridge pickups (the micro does not have central CONTRL of Tone to keep some shine with zero-Tone.
Otherwise, the bridge was "vintage" 6 anchors with vibrato of the brand.
For my part as I could bnficier left that color with transparent wine rosewood fingerboard is smooth but not trs "flashy" (good 50 banks I will not do in the fluo either: <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" /> )
. Note that MODEL is the only brand that can get by without left surcoat. Thank you!
The nitro lacquer trs end is very special: it has the advantage of leaving "sounding" the wood more easily and inconvnient of being more fragile. 2 Depuispresque ansque I have this guitar, I can say that this varnish patina beautifully with points of friction, and donnnant INTERESTED nuances and highlighting the grain of wood in a beautiful cherry color much mre ! We may not like this varnish. See you in 20 years ..... a "relic !!???
If not for the rest, the quality of manufacturing is well within the price range, nothing more, nothing less. Remember that this is the Start of US-end 849 euros.

UTILIZATION

Operation is simple, as all the Strat.Tous rglages chevaletsont possible, the strings do not curl.
Purchased in a "Cyberstore" it took tighten all the screws (mcaniques, bridge) for the agreement to hold better.
Restejuste a small tendency to drape out of the middle needle stick, but it can be used to my other guitar or a default of my game! Vibrato is vintage Fender, it's not a Floyd, then do not abuse it, except at the end of the song because it dsaccorde fast guitar. It is not for the Dive bomb is sr!!
. The handle is easy to play

SOUNDS

I have friends holders of American Standard, Deluxe and Signatured'annes diffrent and I must say they have t tonns sounds of bte!
The pickups have all the grain Fender is sr, but they are "explosives", the Custom Shop Bravo!
I now play on Line 6 Spidervalve offering saturations maxis, onesti and really not far from a sound "humbuckers" in the neck position.
APRS, from clean to overdrive through the crunchc'est as fun as it holds up (normal for a Highway!) And shows tural versatility.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for almost two years, I would do this choice.
It's not a Fender US cheap, for sure! You can really s'clater on this guitar, but Gibson will be no sound either!.
Output great fanfare by the brand advertising, it MRIT its success (it's rare that a Fender gives its name ...). MODELS
Now the choice is so vast in the mark (at least for the left) that everyone can find happiness. I wanted a Start, universal (a sound that can only love because it is found in all styles of music), not to ruin me, and I'm not.
A beautiful and good guitar: Do not hesitate!