#FENDER HIGHWAY ONE STRATOCASTER REVIEW SERIES#

I love this lacquer topcoat - I love smoothing the finish and polishing it up to a soft, touchable gloss you can't get with the more expensive 'overfinished' American Special and Standard polys.011-1120-(Color#): Left handed model, since 2003, only with (327), (338), (367) finish I hope you didn't pay $ 800 but in 3 years I doubt you could complain about the price. Prices have really shot up in the USA, since. I once could get these new old stock for $ 388 (gig bag) and bought 6 (between the Strat and Tele version) but that was 5 and more years ago. That's an alder body, about 3 pieces normally, the lacquer topcoat is matte but can be polished up real nice (but it is thin and vulnerable to dings). This is a More Recent version, big headstock, HUGE frets, and black was one of the last two colors available in numbers, even into 2011 through some select dealers. And it is then possible that the previous guy put some expensive pickups in there. These came with a gig bag, not that Premium G + G or G + G style tolex case, the gold replacement hardware is very vulnerable to wear but if you prefer it that's a plus. Looks Handsome! Here's how you'd value it: Closest current model is the American Special HSS get a price on those and because the Highway had far cheaper pickups and far cheaper body finish (identical neck) you'd subtract 20% from that American Special price. I love this lacquer topcoat - I love smoothing the finish and polishing it up to a soft, touchable gloss you can't get with the more expensive 'overfinished' American Special and Standard polys. Here's how you'd value it: Closest current model is the American Special HSS get a price on those and because the Highway had far cheaper pickups and far cheaper body finish (identical neck) you'd subtract 20% from that American Special price. Is a car no longer German because it has Japanese brand tires? I hope that way of thinking never catches on. But come on! I normally replace the strings on any newly acquired guitar before I do much of anything else.

If one wanted to be nuthouse precise, it is true Fender had for some time a string manufacturing facility there in Mexico and these strings went into lots of Fender guitars from all over North America. Same tuning machines, same fasteners, pots from the same source tested to the same stringency, same saddles, but the important thing is the Common parts were not Mexican in origin.

#FENDER HIGHWAY ONE STRATOCASTER REVIEW SERIES#

There's some Internet Mythology to the contrary but here's how that happened:ДЄ) There was a model called the California Series and because of a fire at the Mexico plant, some of the guitar's completion was done in USA and some in Ensenada Д«) Later when the plant was repaired, California Air Resources Board forced Fender to spend a fortune upgrading the Corona USA painting facilities - some people assumed work had to proceed and so things got done about 100 miles away in Mexico, they say, but I don't feel that involved this Highway model, even if it did happen Д¬) Highway models and MIM models shared (from overseas) some of the same specifications parts used in the completion of these guitars.

Fender highway one stratocaster review