2007 fender highway one stratocaster nitro

#2007 fender highway one stratocaster nitro series

#2007 fender highway one stratocaster nitro series

Little construction concerns aside, the big frets, thin nitro finish and no-nonsense approach make this guitar extremely alluring. 2006 When the Highway 1 series first came out, the range was based loosly on 50s type cosmetics (small headstock, script logo). The rejuvenated pickups and the associated Greasebucket tone controls breathe more modern life into this guitar, giving what would have already been an extensive tonal pallet even more colours to play with. Many 'upgrades' dictate gold-plated hardware, fancy inlays and colours. The guitar features a modern 'C'-shape to its neck, although its fingerboard widens more expansively out towards the body, and those 22 jumbo frets - and they are big - have always been a more comfortable option to those spindly vintage wires.Īside from purely aesthetic changes like the logo font, most of these Highway One upgrades are all about sound and performance. A Tele of a standard configuration will never be perfectly at home with extreme rock and metal styles but, for blues, country, pop and the rest it's ideally suited. If the classic tone is just too bright for you, the tone pot is subsequently a far more capable tool to wield. It still amazes us just how versatile a Tele can be, and the Greasebucket simply adds more and more sounds to your fingertips. The Tele is, as you'd expect, a 'zingy' proposition and with a similar gain setting it cuts like a knife… wholly musically, of course. SoundsĪ conundrum with reviewing such iconic guitars is exactly what to plug into, let alone what to play, so we ultimately plumped for a Rivera Clubster 45 and set to work. When we removed the Tele's control plate during our investigation into the Greasebucket circuit we found that one of the screw holes securing the chrome had been drilled into the body twice. Niggles? Well, we did discover a shoddy point. The guitar features a single-piece neck of a lightly flecked maple. The Tele's bridge plate bears a trio of chromed saddles and traditional thru-body stringing. Any electricians among you will appreciate the information that each Greasebucket tone control wiring includes two ceramic disk capacitors alongside a 4.7k ohm metal film resistor: for the rest of us, just knowing it's there is enough… On the Tele the Greasebucket affects all three pickup selections. I actually named it myself after the can of used bacon grease that used to sit on our stove at home when I was a kid.' So now you know! This was replaced in 2006/7 by version 2. They appear in Arbiters UK price list in 2002.

The first version of the Highway 1 was launched in 2002, but doesnt appear in Fenders Frontline of that year.

No issues Includes a Fender® hardshell case. It has just been set up so it is ready to play. It looks Killer It shows no fretwear and i could find no dings. Didn't this have something to do with a certain Billy Gibbons? 'We designed with him in mind,' states Fender's Mike Eldred, 'and he was the testing guy. Fender Highway 1 and American Special Stratocasters. 2007 Fender Stratocaster Highway 1 Limited Edition: This guitar was a limited edition with Custom Shop69 pickups and aged plastic.