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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.