I am lloking at adding a second Strat to go with my custom shop and I am looking at the hwy 1. I did have one before and i love the thin finish on the bodies. I am looking at buying a blonde model off of Ebay and the guy says it is ash. Has the hwy 1 even been made in ash? I thought they were only alder. Thanks.

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Yep alder only.

However, the Hwy 1 Texas Tele is ash.

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Thanks for the reply, that is what I thought. This guy is saying it is an "ash upgrade", never heard of that option on that guitar. I am not saying he is not telling the truth but I am unaware of it.

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Fender Strat Custom Shop 65' Relic- White
Fender Strat AVRI 57'- Aztec Gold
Warmoth Korina HH Strat Custom- Tobacco Burst
Warmoth Tele 52 RI- Brown
Horner 1975 Tele Deluxe
Gibson Les Paul Traditional
Taylor 414ce
Yamaha FG-411 s ce

The seller must be confused. There never was an ash upgrade option for Hiwy 1's like there is for American Series/Standards and Deluxes.

There have been limited edition Hwy 1 Strats over the years in special colors like surf green or 2-tone sunburst with single ply pickguard, etc. But they all used the same alder body as the regular Hwy 1's. Is the seller jacking up the price of his Hwy 1 because of the "ash" claim? If it's just the plain ol' Honey Blonde finish and not some special edition finish, then he should price it accordingly.
Do you have a link to the ebay sale?

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Here is the link to the ad. It seems to be priced similar to other hwy 1's on Ebay so I am not sure if he is just unaware or he is trying to jack up the price, though the ones I have seen have all been new around this price.



http://cgi.ebay.com/08-Fender-USA-Strat ... ccessories

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Guitars:

Fender Strat Custom Shop 65' Relic- White
Fender Strat AVRI 57'- Aztec Gold
Warmoth Korina HH Strat Custom- Tobacco Burst
Warmoth Tele 52 RI- Brown
Horner 1975 Tele Deluxe
Gibson Les Paul Traditional
Taylor 414ce
Yamaha FG-411 s ce

There have been Factory Special Runs of Highway Ones ... so some could have been made of Ash ... I don't know of any for sure, however.

When it comes to Fender, almost anything is possible ... like John Mayer's Black1's non-flamed, flamey maple neck.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Just from looking at his *other* auctions, I'm guessing that this is an aftermarket body.

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