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Post subject: Highway 1 body
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:32 pm
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Can anyone tell me if the body on the Highway 1 is one piece of alder
or is it multiple pieces glue together?
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Post subject: Re: Highway 1 body
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:43 pm
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custer wrote:
Can anyone tell me if the body on the Highway 1 is one piece of alder
or is it multiple pieces glue together?
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I believe it's 2-3 pieces.


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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:01 pm
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Yeah thats why I was asking, it seems some are and others are not.


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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:38 pm
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hello, I own a HW1 pbass, and it looks it is made of 2 pieces, i can see that because all the HW1 got a nitrocellulose finish, since all the HW1 got that finish i guess all are made of 2 pieces, BUTTT, probably the jazz bass it is made of 3 pieces beacuse of the shape of the body is more "complicated"

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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:57 pm
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A ONE piece alder body would be extremely rare due to the smallish diameter of alder trees. A one piece alder body blank, if one ever came in, would almost certainly be used for a very special Custom Shop instrument.

What some people take for one piece bodies on MIM instruments is not one solid piece of wood but rather they are seeing a veneer that they put over the various pieces for the MIM instruments. See the link here for photos and more information. http://www.guitarstop.com/tour/guitar.htm

The process used to go like that. The process could have changed but that is how it used to be done a while back.


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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:15 pm
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Circumference of 9 feet on the giant alder trees would equal a diameter of approx 2.9 feet. Circumference of the average 6 feet ones would have a diameter of 1.9 feet. However all that is not usable wood. They are debarked and milled which loses some diameter. They are then sawed into thick boards. To facilitate handling and to equalize the drying process at the blank contractor's lumber supplier the boards are next cut into uniform widths. The largest width appears to be about six to eight inches. There are two smaller sizes that appear to be around three inches and four inches. The boards are stacked, banded and transported to a kiln where they are heat dried to draw out moisture and the reddish sap. After kiln drying they are ready for assembly into blanks and then for the final milling. The very largest alder boards that come out of this process might actually make 2 piece blanks....but due to the upper horn they have to use three pieces because the upper horn extends beyond the rest of the blank. This piece appears to be about 4 inches wide. About the best you can hope for is 3 piece blanks, which are usually the ones used to make the USA basses.

Look at the photos in the link I posted previously and see if you can spot any one piece alder blanks. I can't. And quoting from the Fender dealer who took the tour and saw what was going on, "USA Ash bodies are usually made out of 2 pieces of wood, USA Alder bodies are usually made out of 3 pieces of wood."

Notice further down that page the stacks of alder blanks destined for Ensenada with mostly five pieces of alder used to make the blank.

If you want to believe you have a one piece body, that's cool.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:42 am
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I've got a 2006 Highway One Jazz Bass that has the 3-tone sunburst finish. It appears to have been made from four (4) pieces of Alder. A one piece Alder body would be a little pricey. Just out of curiosity, is there a sonic advantage to using fewer pieces, or is it purely a matter of looks?


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My 2004 Hwy 1 Jazz is made up of 3 pieces of alder. I can see it thru the 3 tone sunburst finish.


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i'd agree they come with 3-4 pieces..

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I spoke to Fender, 3-4 pieces.


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A 1 pc body would be more apt to have problems down the road with cupping/cracking as the wood dries out. a multi pc body is more stable. My 2003 highway 1 p is a 3 pc sunburst, a great bass!


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