I keep hearing that the HO's look reliced after a year or two. I'm not really going for the beat up look but I'm not agianst the reliced look either.


So if you post some pics of your HO that would be great. Just want to see what one looks like after a few years.

the relice look is very in right now.
i own many strats 4 of then are 2007 highway ones
and i love the way they are ageing and i love the way they
sound. i play them more than my custom shop or my 2008
american standard strats. i just love the look/feel/tone of
these guitars.

Pics please if you got'em.

Mine is only six months old. Not too much "relicing" going on and I play the crap out of it. BTW love the way is feels and plays.

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

WOW four 07 Hwy1's a and a couple of 08 Amer. Standard Strats and a Custom Shop you got post pics of them thats a heck of a collection. We all like to see guitar collection's like that

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Yeah highway one's have a really thin thin finish that fades away quick

I have the exact same STRAT, and it is my favorite STRAT that I have ever owned, and I have owned alot of STRATS over the years.

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2004 FENDER SQUIRE CYCLONE
2009 OVATION CELEBRITY DELUXE BLUE BURST QUILTED MAPLE
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"IT'S NOT ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU WANT, IT'S ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU'VE GOT."= SHERYL CROW

sorry my friend no can do.
i do not post pictures of my family/myself/music gear/personal info
over the internet. but beleve me if i say i have somthing i have it.
i have been playing guitar since the age of 15 (1977) styles are heavy
blues/classis rock and some jazz. main influences are edward van halen/jimi hendrix/david gilmore/robin trower/eric clapton - the cream years not clapton today. i have strats originals dating back to the years 1966/70/73/89/2000/2007/2008. gear- 4 dunlop cry baby wahs/ 2 vox wahs/ 1 jimi hendrix signature wah/ 1 eddie van halen signature wah.
1 dunlop 1967 reissue arbiter fuzz face/ 1 dunlop 1969/70 reissue hendrix signature arbiter fuzz face. 2 dunlop reissue analog uni vibes/ dunlop roto vibe/ Digitech jimi hendrix experiance pedal/ Boss ME50 multi effects/line6 floor pod plus. and a few other older stomp box's laying around/ Amps super lead/1982 jcm 800/2007 MG100HDFX Marshalls and a Vox AD100VT-XL and a Crate GT1200H.that pretty much it except of a few stomp boxes that are laying around i havent used for years.
oh and lets not forget the little jem that i piked up a while a go
2006 MIM standard strat that has been worked. sweet strat.

give it time my friend it will.

alwaysstrat,
thats pretty personal (haha just razzin' you... i feel like i know you already and i'm sitting in your living room)


cheers

Thats cool.
So you have well over a dozen Strats alone going back to 66' And Customshop Strats and you think that your four 2007 HWY1's are the the best I think if I would have paid for Custom Shop Strats they better be nicer then Highwayones or I would not have kept them. So what condition is that early CBS in and what color?

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Thomas Jefferson

what do you mean as far as best? if mean that my highway ones
as far as tone/feel/playability yes i compare them to my 1970 strat.
people think just because it says custom or made in the usa it's better
no sir thats not true i have been playing guitar long enough to know this.
my highway one strats 2007's are in my opinon and the opinions
of manny others on other sites to have better tone versatility/sustain/feel.
thats what i'm saying. also keep in mind i have a 2008 american standard
its a fine strat it just doesnt give me what i want in tone. my highway ones
are one of the few guitars period that i dont have to change guitar to get that certain tone for the style of playing i'm playing at that time.
and no you can not do that with the new american standards.

mr. cvilleria heres everything in a nutt shell. the american std
has a few more bells and whistles than the highway one.
to most players including my self thoes bells and whistles
mean noting. i'm about tone versatility and sustain thats what
the highway one has and much more. if you dont think they are
great guitar thats your opion and thats all it is. i prefer the highway one
over the new american std and i'm not alone on this one. nothing will change my mind.

take care my friend

+1 I agree with this. The Highway One is a good, basic Stratocaster that can do the job.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

What is it you think makes the HWY1's so much better? I no you like there necks what is that make them that much better? And what is you think they are doing to get that tone elecronics wise? 30+ years of repairs mods and builds that I have maybe you can still teach this old dog something for future reference. Oddly I have never heard anyone say anywhere that a HWY is a better guitar then any Custom Shop Strat. If I am paying 3000.00 or more for a Custom Shop Made strat it better be made better and sound better then a Highwayone or I would return it in a minute

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson