https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:47:32 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89285 Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:25:04 +0000 one note you get on the high e string at the 22nd fret. ...and if I truly needed to play up that high, I think I would just tune up the high e string a step. lol YOUR statement confounds ME! I use that note litterally every day and practically every time I pick up the guitar! :shock:
It really is a must in a guitar for me (very unfortunately in this case I guess). I dont wanna spend over £500 on something that will have a gap in my needs...]]> Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89285 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89160 Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:23:05 +0000 one note you get on the high e string at the 22nd fret. ...and if I truly needed to play up that high, I think I would just tune up the high e string a step.]]> Guitar Players Discussion slothrob https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89160 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89072 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:50:24 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-89072 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88971 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:40:12 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion sirN https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88971 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88957 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:53:03 +0000
I hear it playing some Jimmy Page riffs in the basement right now.
:D]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88957 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88652 Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:12:22 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88652 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88449 Sat, 05 Feb 2005 16:24:37 +0000
They have different components, notably pickups and tone controls and that wonderful American Series neck. Therefore they sound different. They all sound good to me, but slightly different, so you really have to listen to see what you prefer.

The Japanese guitars are legendary, with all the mythology that that implies. Once it was the 80's MIJ's now I read people raving about the 90's. They still make lots of Fenders in Japan, but few make it to the U.S. I would bet that the biggest impediment for Fender is profit margin due to the high cost of manufacture in Japan these days.
We still get occasional "Crafted in Japan" models, like some recent Jaguars, Jazzmasters, and Thinline Teles. These occurances appear to be linked to instances of overestimation of demand in Japan, resulting in overstock or simply having a plant in Japan set up to make a model that other plants don't usually make. I played one of the CIJ Jaguars and it was a fine instrument indeed, with a wonderful neck and pickups, but suffering from the quirks inherent in the original design.

Simon, my buddy just bought one of the 50th aniversery American Strat's and it is one of the nicest guitars I've ever played, with THE classic Strat sound and incredible playability. Since he bought it about 2 months ago he never picks up his MUCH pricier Les Paul. I would say the Strat is the finer made instrument of the two, hands down... and the the sounds are like listening to the history of Rock 'n Roll.]]> Guitar Players Discussion slothrob https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88449 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88448 Sat, 05 Feb 2005 16:22:31 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion simon@home.co.uk https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88448 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88421 Sat, 05 Feb 2005 04:08:14 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88421 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88419 Sat, 05 Feb 2005 03:37:02 +0000
I wasn't talking about a fret leveling. No, all the frets would have to be replaced. There is actually quite a bit to it. The luthier in my area has a great reputation, he also works for Ovation which is just a few miles from me. He was the one that told me about the necks from TNT. No, I understood you, you didn't catch all of my post though. I was making a cross price comparison, like "do you pay $4 for a gallon of gas, wow! I'm saying 350 is a ripoff.]]> Guitar Players Discussion undercat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/fender-highway-1-strats/paged/2/#post-88419