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Post subject: Highway one JAZZ
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:39 am
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Well I just picked up a new Highway one jazz bass via ebay for a great price. I've seen them around, but have not bothered to stop and try one out just yet? I really love the fact that they now have graphite in the neck and I love that 70's jazz bass decal. Hopefully she'll play and sound as nice as she looks.

Speaking of looks, has anyone had any issues with that light satin finish? I'm pretty anal about looking after my gear and was wondering just how well that finish holds up over time?


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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:23 am
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“The Fender Highway One body is finished with a satin thin nitrocellulose lacquer. It is the premium, most sought out guitar finish out there.”

“It allows wood to reverberate and allows the tone to shine through. It will also start to wear itself down. It is going to be beautiful as you play it. The finish will sink in a little bit and it will check.”

Listed above is ‘sum-what’ grammatically corrected quotes from Fender’s video description of the Highway One Series instruments.

Basically, if the instrument is used on any regular basis such as gigs, wear & tear from playing it and exposure to the elements will more than likely distress the Highway’s thin lacquer finish than with other common finishes such as with polyurethane. The Highway’s finish will become your own personalized ‘**Closet Classic or ‘Relic,’ depending how it is used. The polyurethane finish will sustain a shinny and pretty appearance (if you like the look of an instrument that is suspended in time) for a long-long time. Though the whole point behind the satin thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish is that it will ‘arguably’ SOUND BETTER as described above by Fender, particularly over time.

**Relic and Closet Classic are distressed finish options for some of the Fender Custom Shop Instruments.



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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:29 am
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i'm sorry to tell you this but the finish won't hold up. fender designed it to wear out, and get beat up. someone from fender said at the NAMM show that often times the be sounding instruments are often the most beat up.


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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:21 am
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MK1 wrote:
i'm sorry to tell you this but the finish won't hold up. fender designed it to wear out, and get beat up. someone from fender said at the NAMM show that often times the be sounding instruments are often the most beat up.


Just look at Jaco's Jazz or SRV's Strat and they didn't sound too shabby! :D

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