US Highway 1 strat.

Quattroste · 07-09-2005 7:39pm #1

I bought one yesterday here in the US. It cost me $800 so about Euro670 with a hard case. Its a maple fretboard(my first one) and its really nice so far. I only had it plugged in for a while in the shop and then acoustic in the hotel all fcuking night. Cream in colour and I'll post pics and stuff when I get home.

What the Irish cost for one of these from MM or MInc?

It wasn't me! · 07-09-2005 7:46pm

Six to eight hundred methinks. Congrats. they're damn nice guitars.

Quattroste · 07-09-2005 7:46pm

Just checked out Thomann and this is it
http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_fender_highway_1_us_special_strat_3cs_prodinfo.html?sn=a8ff93f6594cc06b0f9aa34449faeb70

same colour and all. I thought I got a better deal than that. Would have only cost me a ton more from Thomann with a hard case and shipping.

feylya · 07-09-2005 7:51pm

I'd probably get this instead

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_artikel-169086.html?sn=a8ff93f6594cc06b0f9aa34449faeb70

Korean made but nice guitars. And as usual, no pics means a ban

fish-head · 07-09-2005 8:23pm

Good luck with Customs and all that jazz.
'I swear I brought this over with me!'

Quattroste · 07-09-2005 9:15pm

I did bring it with me.

Johnny Storm · 07-09-2005 9:18pm

That's the spirit!

kennier · 08-09-2005 8:18am

Hang on ! You were in the states and didn't offer to get various guitar related stuff for anyone?! For shame! No, FOR SHAME! :mad: (

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Eoin Madsen · 08-09-2005 9:38am

kennier wrote:

Hang on ! You were in the states and didn't offer to get various guitar related stuff for anyone?! For shame! No, FOR SHAME! :mad: ( )

It's never as much fun when everyone gets a great deal.

JMArr · 08-09-2005 10:09am

Nice guitar man ...heard good things about the Highway 1 line.gotta love those maple fretboards as well . Does it have noiseless pickups ?
Feylya thats a decent strat for 500E ! 3 SD pickups ..whats a 2 point trem tho ? up and down ??

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 10:15am

It's a 2 point synchronized (fulcrum) trem - yes, up and down

It's an improved version of the vintage style strat trems.

Congrats, Quattroste!

JMArr · 08-09-2005 10:29am

Ah yes ,as suspected. I hate those trems ..pain in the nads ! too much messing about with spring balancing etc if you want to tune to Eb or altered tunings...athough I've never had a strat with a vintage style trem so dunno if thats a prob with those too...?

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 10:31am

Not at all, apart from a very basic adjustment when you set up your guitar, you don't have to mess with it at all. It doesn't go out of tune and it's a very solid trem - the best, IMO. It's nothing nearly as "complicated" or fancy as the Floyd Rose!

JMArr · 08-09-2005 10:55am

Are u talking about 2 Point fulcrum or vintage now?

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 10:59am

The 2 point, but the difference between the 2 point and the traditional is not drastic.

JMArr · 08-09-2005 11:28am

Ok. But with the 2 point, if you retune one string does it affect the tuning of the others ..eg say dropping the low E to D means retuning and balancing the rest ? I'm speaking from experience with an Ibanez 'floating' type trem which needed to be balanced by string tension..nightmare! >:-A

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 11:39am

No, with the 2 point you don't have that problem, tuning or detuning one string doesn't affect the other strings as is the case with floating trems.

It's not a floating trem - yes, it does rest on two pivot points, if it didnt, it wouldn't be a trem but a hardtail.

JMArr · 08-09-2005 11:47am

ah cool so ..thumbs up for that one then..I'm off to buy me a strat !:-D

feylya · 08-09-2005 12:49pm

It's a Korean made strat but everything I've read about it says it's incredible. Think I might get myself one one of these days...

JMArr · 08-09-2005 1:25pm

Class ...whats the story with the duncans ..noiseless ?Only thing I would want extra is a HB in the bridge.

feylya · 08-09-2005 1:28pm

I think they're just quality single coils, not noiseless. Aye, a hum in the bridge would be nice. I would, does the korean strat have a swimming pool route or a humbucker route for the bridge?...

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 1:32pm

does the korean strat have a swimming pool route or a humbucker route for the bridge?

It's difficult to tell...some argue that the pool routing affects resonance, others say it's purely for practical reasons and won't affect tone. It's possible that the korean one has a pool routing, even if it's simply to keep costs down. I don't know...

feylya · 08-09-2005 1:36pm

A swimming pool route has to affect the guitar though. There's a big chunk of wood missing from the middle of it...

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 1:38pm

Perhaps not drastically, coz there isn't that much more wood missing. If you had a HSS routing, you wouldn't need to rout out much more to end up with a pool.

feylya · 08-09-2005 1:41pm

Hmm. Interesting.

My mate just asked me - are there more cars or guitars in the world?

Ancient1 · 08-09-2005 1:42pm

Is your mate that little voice that lives in your head?

feylya · 08-09-2005 1:43pm

Eh... ya know, I've never asked him.

JMArr · 08-09-2005 2:04pm

What about a yamaha pacifica ? I hear great things about the 112

This one has a Duncan JB in the neck...
http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_artikel-169308.html

Or all duncans
http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_artikel-169310.html

dont see a maple fretboard tho...

kennier · 08-09-2005 2:07pm

Here JMarr, your sig is driving me nuts. It's Funkadelic, right?

JMArr · 08-09-2005 2:12pm

Ha :-D dont think so ..not where I heard it anyway.
unless it was a sample from them on another album..guess again!

kennier · 08-09-2005 2:14pm

Fugees then??!!

JMArr · 08-09-2005 2:30pm

Nope ...hint :a member of the band recently played Electric Picnic !
Or u could google it..:-D

kennier · 08-09-2005 2:35pm

Gotcha :cool:

Quattroste · 08-09-2005 7:35pm

Hang on ! You were in the states and didn't offer to get various guitar related stuff for anyone?! For shame! No, FOR SHAME! ( )

I did ask. You must have missed that thread. Maybe next time.

Nice guitar man ...heard good things about the Highway 1 line.gotta love those maple fretboards as well . Does it have noiseless pickups ?

3 Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat® Pickups with Staggered Pole Pieces, Alnico Magnets

I guess there not noiseless then?? The maple fretboard is nice and I'm getting used to it but the fertboard is kinda curved which I don't think my other guitars are, not as much anyway. It feels a bit weird but then again so do I cos I can't fcuking sleep here.

This is a link to the Fender site which has all the details. Mine is Honey Blond.

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0111102338

Johnny Storm · 08-09-2005 7:56pm

Quattroste wrote:

This is a link to the Fender site which has all the details. Mine is Honey Blond.

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0111102338

Very beautiful-looking finish in the pic on the Fender website. Can you see the wood grain slightly through the finish? I think that's very nice.
Personally I have always felt that a Strat must have a maple fretboard.

Quattroste · 08-09-2005 8:10pm

Yeah you can see the wood because the finish is so fine.

Ancient1 · 09-09-2005 9:15am

Quattroste wrote:

I guess there not noiseless then?? The maple fretboard is nice and I'm getting used to it but the fertboard is kinda curved which I don't think my other guitars are, not as much anyway.

No, those pickups are not noiseless, but you'll know as soon as you plug your guitar in at home if you need to have it shielded or not.

What are you saying about the fretboard? What do you mean curved?

gracehopper · 09-09-2005 11:52am

While strats and pickups etc.. are the topic can anyone recommend an upgrade for my Strat i have the 2 std single coils but would like something a bit chunkier so my baby can buzz a little more

cheers
Daithi

US Highway 1 strat.

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