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Location: South of most, North of few | ...but, I couldn't resist this one. A 2007 USA made Strat Hwy 1 burst finish in 9.9 condition, with Fender hard case, Korg electronic tuner, Korg electronic metronome, some tools, all case candy, small Marshall amp, (also like new) cable, strap, etc... for...
$350.00
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Location: big island | if you feel you are too old for electrics and now you feel dirty...i suppose you are just a dirty old man. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Guilty. :D |
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Location: closely held secret | A USA made strat for $350? Did you take his milk money as well? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Guilty again. Don't forget I took the amp with it. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Here's a couple of pics. And, yes, it does have a whammy bar. Sadly, the Tele is gone now.
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| Holy sh@t!. What a steal! I bow to you, oh Master Trader. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Hard to go wrong with a strat. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jim,
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Good deal, plus the condition of the guitar adds a premium. Strats can be lousy or really nice. I have three US models. Two are wall hangers, one is an absolute keeper. If you want it to really sing, change out the pickups for Texas Specials. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Daaaaaannnng !!! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | what is highway one model? they're selling in poland pretty cheap - what is the main difference between usa standard and this one? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I really don't know much about the different usa made ones. I know this one goes for about 750.00 discounted at AMS. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | about $1000 here for new on auction portal, in shop about $1200. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | According to the literature, the Highway 1 uses the American Series neck and body with hardware and electronics from Mexico. Highway 1 connects Mexico with California, the locations of the two Fender Strat plants, and therefore, the Highway 1 designation (so I was once told). If nothing else, it makes for good copy and the name has a nice ring to it. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Ah Prof., I bow to your knowledge of Fender products. This one is a great player, much better than the Mex Tele next to it in the pic. I always did like the Strat design better anyway. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | A buddy of mine bought a new Highway 1 a year ago and its a decent guitar. He paid about $600 for it. It does have American pickups, Texas Specials, I believe, but definately not the cheap pickups that come on the Mexican made Strats. I don't know about the switch and pots or the other hardware though.
They have the large headstock of the seventies, the old style bridge, but a four bolt neck. They also have the two string trees on the headstock, which I hate. If you want it to sound more like a Strat should, don't run the D and G strings under the tree, just straight from the nut to the tuner.
In my opinion the seventies strats got a bad reputation because of that second string tree that they added, not because of any problem with the three bolt neck. But that's just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
That is quite a steal though, congratulations! |
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Location: Reno, NV | I enjoy my Highway One 3TS. Its OK, but I think Id prefer a HH guitar better, with my old metal roots influence. Its almost identical to yours except I have the rosewood fretboard. Oh yeah, and mine was $700 with HSC. You got an absolute steal. GC recently had a blowout on the Honey Blond HWY1's for $400 something. Not sure why, but the rest of the colors were full price.
Joyful Noise. So the strings tree will really make that much difference in the sound?
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Location: Reno, NV | Also Trader Jim ,
Not sure, but the Highway one went through an "upgrade" in 2005 I believe. Hotter Pickups and the 70's headstock. I noticed your looks to have the regular strat headstock. Is your prior to 2005? |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I was astounded how much difference it made. I had played that guitar for 20 years, then one day I was using the tremelo and couldn't keep the g string in tune, so I just pushed down on the d and g strings and slid them out from under the tree. It solved the tremelo problem right away and very guickly I started to realize how much more it sounded like a traditional Strat, to my ears anyway. The tree is still there, I didn't want to leave a hole in the headstock, but I haven't used it since. I don't have a clue why they ever added it in the first place. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Guitar thief!! :D :p :D :p |
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| Hey freddie boy - where yo bin? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
Guitar thief!! :D :p :D :p Why, that's the nicest thing I've ever been called on this forum. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Yak:
Also Trader Jim ,
Not sure, but the Highway one went through an "upgrade" in 2005 I believe. Hotter Pickups and the 70's headstock. I noticed your looks to have the regular strat headstock. Is your prior to 2005? Yak, The original ad for this one said it was an 07 but when I checked the serial number on the Fender site, it shows to be an 05. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by schroeder:
Hey freddie boy - where yo bin? Probably out riding that new bike he bought when he sold the UTE. :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Interesting comment about the double string trees, Rick. I have a deluxe with no trees, a 50th Anniv with one tree, and the '99 TS with double trees, and I prefer the '99. I'll have to disconnect the strings from the trees and see if I notice the same difference that you did. Thanks for the tip. |
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Location: GA USA | I was on the verge of going with a Hwy 1 when I got the Deacon. I don't think they had the sunburst then, or I might have taken the dark path and not ended up here. A burst with maple is just what I would have wanted.
I used to have an American Standard Strat. Someday I'd like another. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Yeah, I had an all maple Strat with maple fretboard and white pick guard back when they were only made in USA, for a while, but really didn't know how to play at the time. (no snide remarks) I loved the look and feel of that guitar. I guess that's why I gravitated to this one. I'm going to try the string tree thing too although I really don't see how it would affect the sound being as it is after the nut. Just gives it a little less break angle on the nut if you take them off. |
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Location: Orange County, California | I'm around. Just busy posting on MTB forums more these days. I miss my UTE sometimes, but the Koa gets allot of play these days as well as the 1537.
My Friend Otto and I both think the HWY 1 guitars have "Tex-Mex" pickups, not "Texas Specials". Still a smokin' deal for a USA Strat. Personally. I don't care for the big headstocks. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Fred, you can always come and visit the UTE.
Can you say "cross continent MTB Ride" ?! ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Speaking of Strats: My '05 EJ...
Best I've ever played! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | You need sun glasses to look at that one outside! :eek:
That's purdy, Mike! |
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| ..wow, that's quite bright for so early in the morning :) ...I want one of those in natural wood-grain finish. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I think Mike likes white... That is until they come up with a lighter color. :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Steve, something more along the lines of this deluxe model with the Jeff Beck upgrades? 
I still prefer this one with Texas Specials. The body is finished in a translucent wash because the grain of the ash comes through very well.  |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I'm going to try the string tree thing too although I really don't see how it would affect the sound being as it is after the nut. Just gives it a little less break angle on the nut if you take them off. I think where I notice it the most is when doing bends on the G string. Without using that one tree it just feels more natural and improves playability. But beyond that, I think it does change the tone a little when doing pull-offs to an open string or when just playing open chords in the first couple of frets, or when using the tremelo. Maybe its just in my own head, but it just sounds more like a Strat should to me, and the G string especially stays in tune better. |
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| Professor BB,
Yes, that's the ticket! The natural grain Strats are my favorite. I like the natural wood finishes tone. I've seen those with the fretboard in natural as well.. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I also like the natural wood grain shining through:
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Location: South of most, North of few | Think I would have gone with a different color pick guard tho.... |
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Location: big island | a white pearloid pg would look great on that blue guitar |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | That's the one that came with it. I'm going to change out the pups and try the Texas Specials - I'll try different PGs as well. I'm also waiting on a gold trem bar - it didn't have one when I originally bought it. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Maybe change over to black pu's, knobs and pickguard. Now that would look nice. |
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Well, I know I said I was done with electrics...