Highway One vs. American Standard

[Thrillhouse]

I wish you could get a maple fretboard on a Hwy1. if you could, I'd be all over the Hwy1 P.

 

[Waxhead]

wanna save $300-400.
Get a good MIM J Bass. Upgrade the PUP's & bridge and buy a no-name hardcase. It'll sound just as good as a Highway 1

 

[jlo95]

I agree, if i could get that maple neck on the Highway 1 then i would def buy it. Do you know where I can get one?

 

[savit260]

It's always been my understanding that the Highway One is the American Standard but with a lower cost finish that doesn't require the labor intensive high gloss polishing of the Standards. Spec-wise, I think they're the same.

NOPE!

There are a bunch of differences.


different tuners
different bridge
No string through option on H1's
different tone circut
possibly different pickups, but I could be wrong there.
Different logos
as well as the differnt finish.

Not positive one the newest models, but the older ones had different bodies with more than 3 pieces of alder where the American Series/American Standards are almost always 3 piece on the Alder versions.

The older model (pre 2006 upgrade version) also used a different neck.