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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:16 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:23 pm
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Hell yeah!!!! Gotta luv the Honey Blonde! :P


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I've had my Highway for about 6 months and love the greasebucket tone knob. Pickups sound real nice too. Just something about the sound I like better than the standard.


no pics=no bass


That only applies if you buy a new bass and make a thread about it...


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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:55 am
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no any bass if ppl want to see a pic

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anyway,


What krieger71 said about the grease bucket rings true for me as well... It took me awhile to get use to it, but I really dig it now... If I want to play some hard rock I leave it up all the way, but if I want a little more mellow I turn it about down to half. When you have it turned down it doesn't add any bass as it would with a regular tone knob.


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Yeah, IMO the american standard just doesn't have the versatility of sounds compared to the Highway One because of that. But, then again it would depend on what your playing if that versatility would come in handy or if the regular functionality of the standard tone knob would be more useful.

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what pups u got on there QP's, stock, or what?

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Man Zod that tort guard really sets the HB off...Very Sexy 8)

Here is mine..I need to take better pics of mine.

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I love my Amer. Stnd., but would love a highway one if they had maple boards. I may get the Steve Harris model though.


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I love my Amer. Stnd., but would love a highway one if they had maple boards. I may get the Steve Harris model though.


yess +1 for ho with maple fretb's

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I've seen some of the Tortoise Shell Pickguards and they look outstanding with the Honey Blonde H1 P-Bass. Where can one purchase a Tortoise Shell Pickguard that will fit a H1 P-Bass exactly? :roll:


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You can check and see if this one will work...I check it with the holes in my P-Bass pickguard and they matched up.

WDmusic P-Bass Pickguard?


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Here's another difference about the Highway One models of today.

While the headstock decal says "Made in USA," Highway One instruments are really an international collaboration. This is a time tested process that started with the limited run of the California Series instruments in 1997 and 1998. This experiment proved so successful that Fender decided to bring it back but re-brand the series Highway One.

Just like the pioneering California Series the manufacturing process for Highway One models is started in the USA when necks and bodies are CNC milled. The bodies and necks are then trucked southbound on "HIGHWAY ONE" from Corona, CA USA to Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant. At Ensenada all of the steps required to apply the finish to the necks and bodies is completed. The necks and bodies are then trucked northbound on HIGHWAY ONE back to Corona for final assembly and setup.

Nitrocellulose finishes are a real hassle to accomplish in California due environmental protection constraints. Mexico's more relaxed regulations make it more feasible to do nitrocellulose there. Nitro is a more desirable guitar finish in the long run as it allows moisture to escape from the wood. Once a body is painted with poly it is sealed and the tone of the wood remains constant forever since no more moisture evaporation can occur. Therefore the nitro Highway One's will have different tone years from now while the tone from the Poly finished basses (like most of the MIA's of today) will remain unchanged. A dryer piece of wood makes a better resonator, and it is lighter too!

I would like to point out that Nitrocellulose finishes on the Highway One series only began with the overall upgrade of the series only a couple of years ago. The earlier Highway Ones had satin poly finishes.

The Fender Ensenada operation in general is impressive far beyond what I expected. There are links to some inside looks at both the Ensenada and Corona plants very near the bottom of my electric bass Resources page which you can get to from my signature.


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