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Official Highway One Club
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Here is mine with the '62 re-issue tort guard...
Biskitt
Man that Hwy 1 looks shiny...did you polish that up? If so can you go over the process.
I got mine last Saturday, bought it brand new, I have owned both: Standard MIA and Highway one, here my impressions:
a) Both came with ugly set up. I don't consider this an issue because I always set up the basses to my liking.
b) I found the pickup in the HWY better than the standard, I am not sure if they are the same, but the one on the HWY sounds with more definition, maybe the new tone pot?
c) Finish in both are great, HWY satin, STD gloss, I like both.
d) Great neck on both, I don't see/feel any difference.
e) Bridge in both are good, badass vs new high mass, I am happy with either one.
f) Tunners, MIA Standard IMO are way better, feel more solid.
g) MIA Standard comes with nice hard case, Highway with padded gig bag.
h) Pickguard: Standard - Tort, HWY - White
The only difference that I would consider an n issue is the tunners but this is an $80 upgrade, I dont really care about a case and better looking pickguard, I always keep all my basses on stands and I already have two gator cases and few gig bags that I can use for transportation, so one more case will be only more junk in my room. The Highway sounds better to my ears so this paid for the cheaper tunners it came with. So far I am really happy with the bass. I will post pic later
a) Both came with ugly set up. I don't consider this an issue because I always set up the basses to my liking.
b) I found the pickup in the HWY better than the standard, I am not sure if they are the same, but the one on the HWY sounds with more definition, maybe the new tone pot?
c) Finish in both are great, HWY satin, STD gloss, I like both.
d) Great neck on both, I don't see/feel any difference.
e) Bridge in both are good, badass vs new high mass, I am happy with either one.
f) Tunners, MIA Standard IMO are way better, feel more solid.
g) MIA Standard comes with nice hard case, Highway with padded gig bag.
h) Pickguard: Standard - Tort, HWY - White
The only difference that I would consider an n issue is the tunners but this is an $80 upgrade, I dont really care about a case and better looking pickguard, I always keep all my basses on stands and I already have two gator cases and few gig bags that I can use for transportation, so one more case will be only more junk in my room. The Highway sounds better to my ears so this paid for the cheaper tunners it came with. So far I am really happy with the bass. I will post pic later
Nice! I can't wait to write my review in 2 months..haha.
If you decide to sell a Fender HSC to "clean your room", please let me know!!
If you decide to sell a Fender HSC to "clean your room", please let me know!!
Thanks all for the kind words...I have not polished it, really only played it and general cleaning it up after playing it...
The finish started "shining" up in spots with just a few rehearsals and the spots just kept getting bigger...the finish is really thin and shines easily...in fact, the black has aleady worn thru to the yellow at the back strap button where my stap rides against it...
There are still some dull spots on it, the pictures just didn't pick them up is all
There was someone on here recently that did go thru the entire process of polishing a HW1, a Jazz I believe, and it looked great...!
*EDIT*
Here it is...
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=724247&highlight=highway
Apparently the pickup is currently unique to the H1.
It took a lot of digging to get to find that out.
No, I doubt it.
Yeah, those machines are pretty gross.
Here is mine with the '62 re-issue tort guard...
Biskitt
You don't care about having access to the truss rod adjustment?
Not mine but I have a few with "no-notch" guards and heel adjusters. No problems at all. In my opinion, (and I could be wrong), unless you have an unstable neck or are a habitual trussrod tweaker, I cannot see the lack of a notch as an issue. My necks are rock-solid. Once they are set where I like them, they stay put.
Obviously YMMV.
Personally, and after working on them for forty+ years, I find that incredible in a normal climate.
I do find it credible that the variation may not be significant enough to mess with for some people.
Well, mine came today and within about a half hour was reduced to a neat pile of component parts. Would have taken less time without the cat's determined help.
The pickup set is a 56003 and a 59112
The 56003 is the generic part number for the current MIA bridge pickup, but what a 59112 is, I have no idea. The 56004 is the matching neck pickup that normally goes with the 56003.
I got this bass in Dec '06 and can honestly say that I have not had to touch the truss rod after the initial set-up/tweak....I had the stock p/g with the notch on there for the first 6mo or so and never touched it. I played it last night and it seems to be holding up pretty good
Biskitt
I'm hoping that the graphite stiffener bars will mean the neck needs a lot less frequent adjusting... that seems to be the case with other necks I've known.
Yeah, it is somewhat less I think, but there's still some movement going on with all of mine.
My new neck has Link Removed. :scowl:
I'm going to try to shake a new neck out of Fender, otherwise I'm going to have to wait two months for a replacement bass.
Boo, Fender.
Yikes. I had that happen on a couple of frets on my Warmoth neck but I'd voided the warranty by not finishing it within 30 days, plus it was my main player at the time and nothing else would do.... so I ended up taking the drastic and scary step of supporting the back of the neck with a heavy bean-bag and tapping the offending frets down with a rubber mallet. Scary as hell but it worked fine.
Just to brag a little and keep this on topic, my Highway One P is arriving today!
Just to brag a little and keep this on topic, my Highway One P is arriving today!
And I'm in the club!
The neck does have more of a "ramp" up to the body than I like... makes the higher frets fret out a little. but it changed a lot overnight... hopefully one more day of settling or a little truss-rod tweaking will do the trick.
The neck does have more of a "ramp" up to the body than I like... makes the higher frets fret out a little. but it changed a lot overnight... hopefully one more day of settling or a little truss-rod tweaking will do the trick.
And I'm in the club!
The neck does have more of a "ramp" up to the body than I like... makes the higher frets fret out a little. but it changed a lot overnight... hopefully one more day of settling or a little truss-rod tweaking will do the trick.
How good does the tortoise look with the mat black!!!!
Won't if the slots are too shallow or have debris in them (the reason this happens most of the time) or cemented.
If the frets have been leveled with an improperly-seated fret and you get it seated properly, then it will be too low.
Improperly-seated frets are a total manufacturing fail.
People should always check new gear for them and send them back if they aren't right. Enough gripes and they'll stop shipping this crap. They only do it because they think they can get away with it.
It's the only way you'll get their attention.
