Another Hwy 1 Strat FAIL

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:20 am

For all the Fender exec huggers out there (from your replies I gather most of you are fundamentalist Fender heads who wouldn't admit to Fender USA making anything but perfect guitars...sheeesh... :roll:

):

1) Of course the choked notes (or whatever you yankees call them) have nothing to do with the pup change.

2) The pup change was done by a tech. I was simply stating that the problem was unknown to me before, because I rarely played the Hwy1 before.

3) Most brands are known to make lemons now and then. I just find it amusing (or rather - irritating) that the three different MIM models I've tried had better factory setups than this particular one.

4) The problem can be fixed. No worries there, but my Gibsons did have better factory setups.

To those of you who tried to help: Thank You.

Retroverbial · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:36 am

You could always trade it in on a Hagström......

:lol:

Arjay

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:45 am

Retroverbial wrote:

You could always trade it in on a Hagström......

:lol:

Arjay

Well, they used to be good guitars back in the day. Perhaps not so much now.

Maybe I should quit this forum anyway, seeing as some people here are as quick to judge and assume things as they say I am. Like I said before - those of you who gave me advice: thanks a lot. You are the Fender fans I appreciate.

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:05 am

Anything massed produced is going to run the risk of a lemon here and there. Fortunately, we don't hear much of that coming into the Forums and, we are given to understand that the overall quality of product is far superior to what was coming down the pike in the CBS-era which nearly destroyed the company, not to mention the lack of consistency and uniformity of manufacture in the Leo days which contributed to legends as well as dogs of guitars. If you want your cake and eat it too, the Custom Shop is really the only way to fly....and they've had a few uh-oh's as well.

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:13 am

ZZDoc wrote:

Anything massed produced is going to run the risk of a lemon here and there.

That's exactly what I'm saying. I realise some may have got the idea that I was blaming the pickups for my fret issues, which was not the case, and if the haters had read my post more carefully they would've realised that I discovered the fret problem after the pup change simply because I started using my HWY1 more.

The way some people reacted I kinda suspect they work in the Fender factory themselves! Criticism is healthy, people. Even if I was pissed off.

Custom Shop..yeah...don't make that kinda money :shock:

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:17 am

We're constantly encouraging a high level of civility in our communication interactions. Some tend to fall off the wagon, now and then. Hang in there. :wink:

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:32 am

Civility - yeah...

If in fact the frets are misaligned, Fender is to blame unless the previous owner of my HWY 1 managed to bust it up in his total period of ownership of 4 months (he provided me with the receipt). Which is highly unlikely. The guitar looked brand new when I bought it.

I'll bash Gibson, Fender, Hagström or any other brand that slips up in the QC department, because people need to know the facts about different models when they go out and spend their hard-earned cash on guitars that cost extra because they're made in the US (or elsewhere). If some guitar receives a poor welcome overall, it's probably because it's a bad product.

I don't think Fender is in the guitar business to make bad guitars, but they're also in it to make a profit. So a little caution is advised.

shimmilou · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:37 am

Maybe the way that the original post was worded had a lot to do with the responses. If you want help, don't start off blasting Fender and the Highway 1 before you even know what the problem is. Likely a setup issue. Perhaps the "professional" that installed the pickups didn't do a proper setup, who knows. :idea:

"Another" fail? What was your first one?

BTW, without pictures, there really is no guitar. And how about a pic of these so-called "mis-aligned" frets while you are at it. :wink:

rkreisher · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:49 am

Sorry for any negativity you may have perceived from me. My intention on my post was it may have to do with the pup instalation, you know loose wire or bad solder, ect...not related to the neck. But knowing now that you did not play it much before, it is a possibility there is a bad fret involved. In your original post it sounded like you may not want this guitar. I am glad that you feel like the situation can be sorted. Once you get it into a more playable condition I hope you are as happy with your Highway 1 as I am with mine.

As mentioned by another member, every mass produced instrument has a dud here and there. I hope you stick around, for the most part most of us are a pretty good bunch.

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:03 am

Poor choice of words, perhaps. I was slightly angry at the time. But no foul language was used.

It's almost like I insulted someone's mother here...all I said was "shame on you, Fender". How does that constitute "blasting"? Does the larger lettering offend people that much? Do we have Fender lawyers here trying to sue me for slandering the company name?

Actually, I didn't ask for help. But I received it nonetheless, which I appreciate. Just look thru my last posts and you'll see that.

This is getting downright stupid and childish. You want me to prove to you that the frets are misaligned? I said they could be, not that they were. Now give it a rest, I respect the fact that you like your Fender guitars, respect the fact that I sometimes question the QC, regardless of manufacturer. I may not even be right, that's absolutely true. But you act like some are not allowed to have an opinion that differs from yours. It's just an opinion, don't read my posts if they offend you.

Respectfully,

HeavyPsych, pariah as it seems :roll:

/This post was made before I saw your last reply/

shimmilou · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:29 am

No biggie HeavyPsych, you did seem ticked.

From reading your previous threads, I got the impression that your only issue was that you didn't like the pups. In fact, I read your previous threads after I commented the first time, and was further puzzled about this new topic.

Wouldn't you agree that since you aren't clear about what your issue really is, that it's premature to blame anyone?

And Fender, that is Leo, is the father, not the mother. :lol:

Cool?

HeavyPsych · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:40 am

shimmilou wrote:

Wouldn't you agree that since you aren't clear about what your issue really is, that it's premature to blame anyone?

And Fender, that is Leo, is the father, not the mother. :lol:

Cool?

I thought that was what I said? All the "ifs" in the world made their way into my last posts.

We're cool, no prob. This insanely neanderthal thing has been going on for too long. Again, not your fault.

Peace

donnycraven · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:06 pm

This is a fabulously funny thread.

On a serious note... My Les Paul studio cant hold a candle to my American Deluxe. I put Dimarzios in both and my bassist said to me, man i always loved a les paul but that strat is monsterous!

Buxom · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:36 pm

Retroverbial wrote:

You could always trade it in on a Hagström......

:lol:

Arjay

I found a vintage Hagstrom Swede in Goodwill for $125. I went back for it the next day, but someone else got it.

nikininja · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:27 pm

Here's a good tool to calculate fret position by.

http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/fret-and-nut-calculators/fret-calculator/

If the frets are parallel it's more likely the neck is misaligned than the frets out of position.
I wouldn't rule out either but one is a lot more likely than the other and a lot more fixable.

All the best.

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