Official Highway One Club

[portaflexer]

To all you Highway 1 P-bass owners out there...

I see a lot of you have swapped pickguards.
Did you use standard MIM pickguards? Or USA pickguards? Is there even a difference?

I seriously don't know. Thanks.

 

[9mmMike]

I used a 13 hole p/g that I had left from a project. It was previously on an AV RI '62 bass and the holes lined up fine on my Highway One body.

Not finished but you get the idea....

 

[portaflexer]

I just went to my local shop. I asked them what I needed. They took a HW1 P off the rack and tried some pickguards. They had both All Parts and Fender versions in stock. Both fit perfectly, however the All Parts model was missing the truss rod notch. The tech took it in the back and made a notch with a Dremel. They didn't even charge me. Cool!

 

[Slax]

Picked up a honey blonde 08 NOS Jazz Highway One a month or so ago. I'm loving this bass. It's fantastic.

Here's some quick pics. Swapped the pickguard for a tort.

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[soong]

Question...

Would a genuine Fender chrome bridge cover fit over the Badass bridges that the HW1s come with?

 

[portaflexer]

Question...

Would a genuine Fender chrome bridge cover fit over the Badass bridges that the HW1s come with?

Nope.

 

[9mmMike]

It looks like most folks are putting tort gurads on the blonde hwy1's. Where are you getting them? I've seen brown and red. I think the brown looks a little nicer.

 

[Cyrene]

Hi.
Here's mine.
Let me know what you think before and after.
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[Moving Pictures]

Hi.
Here's mine.
Let me know what you think before and after.

Definitely prefer the after

 

[Essen]

Is there any particular reason why highway one basses don't have maple fingerboards?

 

[Cyrene]

Cheers. it's a genuine Fender one that seem to be pretty hard to pick up in the UK, so I bought direct from the States.
What do you reckon this will look like with a Black guard on?

 

[Engine207]

Let me know what you think before and after.

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I'm not a huge tort fan, but that looks superb!

 

[OlSkewl56]

Cheers. it's a genuine Fender one that seem to be pretty hard to pick up in the UK, so I bought direct from the States.
What do you reckon this will look like with a Black guard on?

SWEET!

 

[Engine207]

Cheers. it's a genuine Fender one that seem to be pretty hard to pick up in the UK, so I bought direct from the States.
What do you reckon this will look like with a Black guard on?

It'd look alot like this...only less Lakland...

 

[soong]

my latest aquisition...HWY1 in Honey Blonde with Tort guard and Seymour SJB-2 Bridge pup!

 

[MiniMoose234]

When i put a red tort pg on my p, the holes didnt match up, i was out $60 for the 'guard, and couldlnt return it and it looked great. I drilled new holes in the body and made a few mistakes drilling for the pickup cover.
SOOo fun fun fun.. lol
I have a red one too, always wanted to put a black PG on it.

 

[rocknrolo]

I would love to join!! i have a highway 1 p, with 62 toit pickguard and 62 pickups! I love it!!!

 

[St Drogo]

I like how the honey blonde looks with the tort; it looks almost cream or off-white or something. When I look at the pictures ont he fender website, with the white PG, it almost looks yellow, and therefore ew.

 

[RabbitJelly]

I'm new here and thought I'd join in on the fun. Since this is my first post and this HW1 Jazz was my first bass, I thought it would be appropriate. I think it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $700-800, but I don't know the exact price since my gf at the time bought it for me. Stock in this photo. It has since gotten a PU upgrade to a set of DiMarzio DP123s. Think a black pg is gonna be next.

Is this club still open for membership?

 

[Sinclair]

Think a black pg is gonna be next.

+1
Looks great. Here's mine: