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Help! Real or fake?

Real or fake?

  • Real

    Votes: 82 91.1%

  • Fake

    Votes: 8 8.9%
  • Total voters
    90
#22
wyleeboxer said:
Im going to say semi real for being a USA? Tuners look MIM and some parts seem older like nut or string tree then others? Maybe not all original? Anyways just a guess on my part not real familiar with the Highway models
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The Highway Ones used some MIM parts to save costs. The tuning machines and the pickups were MIM. The "story" is that the bodies were sent to (or made at) Fender Ensenada (via California Highway 1) to be finished in the nitrocellulose, problematic due to environmental restrictions in California (or some such BS :rolleyes:). Then the basses were assembled in Corona. I'd bet that the tuning machines had been replaced, (I used Hipshot HB7 direct replacement), then the old ones put back on when resold, which would explain the wear on the screws and why the tuners seem newer than the tree and nut. It is a 15 year old bass. :whistle:

The other parts appear correct.

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#23
2cooltoolz said:
The Highway Ones used some MIM parts to save costs. The tuning machines and the pickups were MIM. The "story" is that the bodies were sent to (or made at) Fender Ensenada (via California Highway 1) to be finished in the nitrocellulose, problematic due to environmental restrictions in California (or some such BS :rolleyes:). Then the basses were assembled in Corona. I'd bet that the tuning machines had been replaced, (I used Hipshot HB7 direct replacement), then the old ones put back on when resold, which would explain the wear on the screws and why the tuners seem newer than the tree and nut. It is a 15 year old bass. :whistle:

The other parts appear correct.

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Excellent explanation, u can still learn a lot on TB :)
 
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#28
Bashke81 said:
Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.
Now I’m kinda relieved :) I guess it’s a good one to own. As I said, I’m not an expert at all.
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Yes, if you were you'd had bought anything BUT a Fender because you'll always overpay. :)

Wow, tough crowd ! I can hear all the boo's already !

Just hazing you. Welcome to Talkbass where you get honest, tough love. We are an opinionated group because we care. (Insert Robocop heart commercial guy.)

EDIT : I'm just bored on a Sunday, so cruising the home page.
 
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#33
2cooltoolz said:
The Highway Ones used some MIM parts to save costs. The tuning machines and the pickups were MIM. [/ATTACH]
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Pickups on the Highway One were not MIM Standard pickups, I asked Fender once what pickups were in the Highway One and this is the response I got:

The pickups that come in your Highway One Jazz are called Standard Vintage Alnico Magnet Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups.
Some models that share these pickups are the Power Jazz bass, American Special Jazz bass, and the 60’s Jazz bass (both the standard and road worn series).
 
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2cooltoolz said:
The Highway Ones used some MIM parts to save costs. The tuning machines and the pickups were MIM. The "story" is that the bodies were sent to (or made at) Fender Ensenada (via California Highway 1) to be finished in the nitrocellulose, problematic due to environmental restrictions in California (or some such BS :rolleyes:). Then the basses were assembled in Corona. I'd bet that the tuning machines had been replaced, (I used Hipshot HB7 direct replacement), then the old ones put back on when resold, which would explain the wear on the screws and why the tuners seem newer than the tree and nut. It is a 15 year old bass. :whistle:

The other parts appear correct.

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This is right on ∆∆∆∆∆
 
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#39
Bajo Clarkko said:
Here’s my 2007 Highway One Jazz Bass, sans the pickguard. It’s an absolute keeper. I did upgrade the pickups with Seymour Duncan Antiquity II’s. View attachment 4718670(I removed the pickguard to annoy a bandmate who didn’t like Jaco.)
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Notice No CNC hole. So much nicer than the current American Jazz Basses.
 
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#40
2cooltoolz said:
The Highway Ones used some MIM parts to save costs. The tuning machines and the pickups were MIM.
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sxaxsx said:
Pickups on the Highway One were not MIM Standard pickups, I asked Fender once what pickups were in the Highway One and this is the response I got:

The pickups that come in your Highway One Jazz are called Standard Vintage Alnico Magnet Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups.
Some models that share these pickups are the Power Jazz bass, American Special Jazz bass, and the 60’s Jazz bass (both the standard and road worn series).
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Probably not MIM Standard, but I'm pretty sure they were MIM. I couldn't find a 2006 or later (after the change from "1" to "One") parts list, but the 2003 and 2005 service manuals show the front pickup as #0058358000, which is an MIM pickup, albeit an upgraded version.
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