Just to keep the thread alive!!
My 2011 (final production year I think?) Honey Blonde Highway One Jazz
Have just moded my Highway One jazz check it out here:
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Official Highway One Club
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Have just moded my Highway One jazz check it out here:
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I've just come across with this thread.
Can I still get a number, even though the Highway One series is long gone?
Here's my 2008 Highway One Jazz with her new brother: (All stock, except the black pickguard)
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Can I still get a number, even though the Highway One series is long gone?
Here's my 2008 Highway One Jazz with her new brother: (All stock, except the black pickguard)
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I have to post here my bass twins. HW One JAzz and HW One PB. The jazz has custom shop 60s pickups with J-retro preamp, the PB has pure vintage 63 pockups installed, strings are the Chromes.
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Just picked this up a couple days ago and can't put it down! How about a number?
Well I posted this bass on the previous page, but that was 4 1/2 years ago!!
And it was a zombie thread then!!
As it looks today with tort, Fralins, Hipshot machines:
And it was a zombie thread then!!As it looks today with tort, Fralins, Hipshot machines:
We MUST keep this thread alive!!Well I posted this bass on the previous page, but that was 4 1/2 years ago!!
As it looks today with tort, Fralins, Hipshot machines:
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Let me introduce my two Highways...
This first one is a 2003 Highway-1 in Daphne Blue, my most recent buy. It came with bridge ashtray, thumbrest below strings and a smelly yellowish layer of nicotine
... I didn't like any of them, so I filled the ashtray's holes with wood putty, cleaned the bass with ammonia and hide the thumbrest hole under a new black pickguard. Looks nice, I think.
The other is a 2006 Highway One in Honey Blonde. It came stock but neither the pickguard or the Bad Ass II were of my preference. Photo here is stock. I know I have a more recent one but I cannot find it.
Curiously the 2006 model sounded not as good as the 2003 and is 400gr heavier (without the BAII). Don't know. Different pickups? I ended swapping them for an EMG GZR.
Hope you like them!
This first one is a 2003 Highway-1 in Daphne Blue, my most recent buy. It came with bridge ashtray, thumbrest below strings and a smelly yellowish layer of nicotine
... I didn't like any of them, so I filled the ashtray's holes with wood putty, cleaned the bass with ammonia and hide the thumbrest hole under a new black pickguard. Looks nice, I think.The other is a 2006 Highway One in Honey Blonde. It came stock but neither the pickguard or the Bad Ass II were of my preference. Photo here is stock. I know I have a more recent one but I cannot find it.
Curiously the 2006 model sounded not as good as the 2003 and is 400gr heavier (without the BAII). Don't know. Different pickups? I ended swapping them for an EMG GZR.
Hope you like them!
The 'One' has the graphite rod supported neck, which is usually a bit heavier than the headstock adjust truss neck on the earlier '1', and no two body blocks of wood will weigh the same either ... as far as sound, both of yours should have came with the same 56003/4 set of pups stock, but the '06 ONE would have the GreaseBucket tone circuitry, where the '03 would not ... there is a chance that the ONE may have gotten a set of the 61276/7 pups, but not likely as it would have been a bit soon for them ... these might be some of the difference you were hearing ...
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Amid the accepted lexicon of Highwayness: ie. old =1 new(ish) = ONE, I just thumbed through a Fender Frontline from 2005
The Highway 1 is refered to as Highway One in the blurb!
The Highway 1 is refered to as Highway One in the blurb!
I'm in! I got two Highways, a 2005 model named Blondie (stock, strung with rounds) and a 2010 model named Junior (changed pickguard, strung with chromes). Can I have a number?
I am in with a 2005 P.
I was looking for a good platform to mod on and this popped up in my local classifieds.
After a cleaning, setup and string change (GHS Pressurewounds) I took it to band practice and loved it as soon as I strapped it on.
It plays and sounds fantastic!
I haven't opened it up to see what pups are in it - but from memory it sounded better than the CS 62's and the GZR's I had briefly in my 2013 AM Standard P.
A little scooped - but just a nice classic P sound with some volume and punch too!
It certainly doesn't need it - but I am going to mod it anyway for fun and something to do
Most of it reversible - probably in this order:
- Dimarzio Model P (might try some others too)
- Babicz FCH-4 bridge
- Hipshot HB7 tuners
- Shielding if required
- I don't know if this has (or still has) the Greasebucket circuitry yet - but so far I found the Tone knob to be very useful. So whatever it is I will probably just keep it unless it starts acting up
Then if all of this goes well - and I still love it - I am going to strip it down to make it look like Geezer Butler's bass in this pic
For the next while I will try and post my progress and learning here and keep this thread alive
Long live the HWY 1/One!!
I was looking for a good platform to mod on and this popped up in my local classifieds.
After a cleaning, setup and string change (GHS Pressurewounds) I took it to band practice and loved it as soon as I strapped it on.
It plays and sounds fantastic!
I haven't opened it up to see what pups are in it - but from memory it sounded better than the CS 62's and the GZR's I had briefly in my 2013 AM Standard P.
A little scooped - but just a nice classic P sound with some volume and punch too!
It certainly doesn't need it - but I am going to mod it anyway for fun and something to do
Most of it reversible - probably in this order:
- Dimarzio Model P (might try some others too)
- Babicz FCH-4 bridge
- Hipshot HB7 tuners
- Shielding if required
- I don't know if this has (or still has) the Greasebucket circuitry yet - but so far I found the Tone knob to be very useful. So whatever it is I will probably just keep it unless it starts acting up
Then if all of this goes well - and I still love it - I am going to strip it down to make it look like Geezer Butler's bass in this pic
For the next while I will try and post my progress and learning here and keep this thread alive
Long live the HWY 1/One!!
Did a little surgery this week....
Someone has swapped this pickup before - I don't know what it is - there are no numbers or branding - so I suppose its probably the Standard Vintage Alnico Split Single-Coil that is listed in the specs for this bass. Maybe someone tried some thing different and then just put these back in??
I guess this is the Grease bucket circuit? Its pretty messy in here. I may decide to clean this up later but everything is working fine and I am liking what I am hearing....
Here it is with the Model P installed.
Never tried this pup before but I am impressed.
Pretty much the right combination of depth, heft, punch and growl
Here's some sound bites.....Original pickups vs the Model P
Someone has swapped this pickup before - I don't know what it is - there are no numbers or branding - so I suppose its probably the Standard Vintage Alnico Split Single-Coil that is listed in the specs for this bass. Maybe someone tried some thing different and then just put these back in??
I guess this is the Grease bucket circuit? Its pretty messy in here. I may decide to clean this up later but everything is working fine and I am liking what I am hearing....
Here it is with the Model P installed.
Never tried this pup before but I am impressed.
Pretty much the right combination of depth, heft, punch and growl
Here's some sound bites.....Original pickups vs the Model P
Looks like someone already removed the "grease bucket" on that bass...and changed the cap as well.
Hey thanks for the tip. I wouldn't know.
Do you know anything about that cap? It sounds pretty good to me
Though there wasn't a practical reason to do it - for the sake of hot-rodding and learning I swapped out the original tuners for Hipshot HB7's
It was super easy and literally took 5 minutes
The HB7's are noticeably lighter and have a larger tuning wheel with more cogs as seen in this photo on the right:
The Hipshot also has a closed back design vs an open style of the originals - as seen on the bottom:
Here's a pic from the back, 1/2 way through installation, with the D and G switched to Hipshot:
The result?
The original tuners are smoother in operation. The Hipshot almost feel like they are slightly grinding in comparison. This was immediately noticeable
The originals also feel a little thicker and more substantial at the 'clover'. This combined with smoother operation give them a more luxurious or expensive feel. The Hipshot feels thinner and less substantial. In a blind test based on feel alone - I would have guessed that the originals would be the more expensive tuner
The Hipshot allows for much quicker and more accurate tuning. This is also very noticeable. I can nail my tuning on a string in literally 2 seconds. There is no 'back and forth'. The larger wheel and more cogs give you the ability to zone in very quickly. The originals are 'looser' when trying to zone in on accurate tuning - you can easily over or under tune with a very slight twist
For tuning stability, so far I have not noticed a difference. I was hoping the larger wheel and more cogs of the Hipshot would somehow magically keep things locked in place better. But so far I have not noticed any difference
The tuning pegs of the Hipshot have a less aggressive taper vs the originals allowing for slightly easier and more string winds (I like 3 winds around the peg, while pushing the string down the peg as far as possible). With the Hipshot I am not fighting the peg as much - if that makes sense
The Verdict?
Save your money!
I did this 'upgrade' knowing that it wasn't necessary so I was a little leery about it.
This was an expensive change and I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised. I wasn't.
The speed of tuning accuracy is awesome. No doubt.
However, with the original tuners, speed wasn't really an issue. I could still tune my bass at least 3x faster than either of my guitarists. I just went from fast to faster. So what's the benefit?
And the real negative to me is the cheaper overall feel of the tuners which I am reminded of several times a night
I hope this helps someone save some cash
It was super easy and literally took 5 minutes
The HB7's are noticeably lighter and have a larger tuning wheel with more cogs as seen in this photo on the right:
The Hipshot also has a closed back design vs an open style of the originals - as seen on the bottom:
Here's a pic from the back, 1/2 way through installation, with the D and G switched to Hipshot:
The result?
The original tuners are smoother in operation. The Hipshot almost feel like they are slightly grinding in comparison. This was immediately noticeable
The originals also feel a little thicker and more substantial at the 'clover'. This combined with smoother operation give them a more luxurious or expensive feel. The Hipshot feels thinner and less substantial. In a blind test based on feel alone - I would have guessed that the originals would be the more expensive tuner
The Hipshot allows for much quicker and more accurate tuning. This is also very noticeable. I can nail my tuning on a string in literally 2 seconds. There is no 'back and forth'. The larger wheel and more cogs give you the ability to zone in very quickly. The originals are 'looser' when trying to zone in on accurate tuning - you can easily over or under tune with a very slight twist
For tuning stability, so far I have not noticed a difference. I was hoping the larger wheel and more cogs of the Hipshot would somehow magically keep things locked in place better. But so far I have not noticed any difference
The tuning pegs of the Hipshot have a less aggressive taper vs the originals allowing for slightly easier and more string winds (I like 3 winds around the peg, while pushing the string down the peg as far as possible). With the Hipshot I am not fighting the peg as much - if that makes sense
The Verdict?
Save your money!
I did this 'upgrade' knowing that it wasn't necessary so I was a little leery about it.
This was an expensive change and I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised. I wasn't.
The speed of tuning accuracy is awesome. No doubt.
However, with the original tuners, speed wasn't really an issue. I could still tune my bass at least 3x faster than either of my guitarists. I just went from fast to faster. So what's the benefit?
And the real negative to me is the cheaper overall feel of the tuners which I am reminded of several times a night
I hope this helps someone save some cash
That's surprising. I have Hipshots on several basses and they are really nice.
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