Highway 1

Man I just cant get over how nice a Highway 1 Strat is. They play amazing, not too expensive, and make great project guitars. And the cool thing is that they relic easy. After a little over a year and half not a whole lot of relicing going on... I baby her! I am open for coments.

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I have a Highway 1 Strat and a Highway 1 Tele. I think they are both great guitars.

Here are mine:

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Jim

I've had mine for over a year and a half . I like look the of it's finish.

Only change so far is a mint pickguard with aged knobs.

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Great looking guitar!!

I love my Sunburst/RW (still all stock)

I have a Highway One Blonde Tele with Maple neck. It's a super guitar. Plays and sounds great. Only thing I'm not crazy about is that it's a little heavy. Otherwise, it great. In my opinion it's the best bang for the buck guitar you can get from Fender.

I have to agree with you guys on the Hwy 1 Strat.
I have one, and would love to have a Hwy 1 Tele to.
can;'t afford both, so I may sell my Strat and get a Tele.
I like a country twang, and I think the Teles are best for that.
Any of you guys got any secrets for makin my Strat sound similar to a Tele? :wink:
I don't think you can beat the Hwy 1 guitars for quality and price.

Terry

I have a red Highway 1 Lefty.....I bought it at Guitar Center for $325. There was no case with it, but I still thought it was a very good deal. I got the thing home. added a couple of trem springs (5 total) tightened it down some and I love it. The pickups sound really good and it plays real nice.

I just picked one of these up. I've had it for almost 2 weeks now. It looks like MildWild's.

I had a set of Fralin Vintage Hots so I put them in it. The stock pickups were fine, but these have a smoother, sweeter sound.

Mine has a good looking 3 piece body and weighs approx. 6-1/2 lbs. It's very resonant and nice sounding. The fretboard edges are very rounded, though the frets are lower than I like them. I was pleasantly surprised to find the neck is .865 thick at the 1st fret!

I find that it has a sound similar to Clapton when he first started using Strats.

I think I'm going to put a Callaham bridge on it. The MIM ,'50s, '60s, '70s classic bridge that came on it is real junk!

Wad pups are in that strat? The first one?

FWIW, I'm selling my '04 Highway 1 HSS on the garage sale if anybody is interested (http://www.tdpri.com/phpclassifieds/detail.php?siteid=9599).

It's the natural Amber with Rosewood board. $550 shipped.

...Stormin!

I've had one for a few years and there's a few dings here and there. The finish doesn't relic itself quickly. You gotta hit it against stuff.
I blocked the bridge with five springs and put a Seymour Duncan Alnico II in the bridge. I'm not wild about the humbcuker so I might return her to a traditional strat. I would love to put some aged knobs on her. She's crimson red, maple fretboard.
My tele rules so my strat is usually my backup. I will say with the humbucker it can't come close to sounding as thick and meaty as my epi dot.
But it has the best neck in the world.