Lozz196 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Pretty nice Highway 1 Jazz up for grabs: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-jazz-bass-usa/142936735556?hash=item2147b17f44:g:bBMAAOSwXk9bmir6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I've often wondered why they were called " Highway " and i still don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Normal Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, fleabag said: I've often wondered why they were called " Highway " and i still don't know I always assumed it was because some of the components are Mexican and they were shipped up the road to California for assembly and to get the USA serial number. I had a Highway One precision and an American Standard precision at the same time. The USA standard certainly had way better finish and a much slimmer more modern feeling neck, but the Highway one sounded much better (after I switched out the greasebucket tone circuit and added proper P-bass wiring) , it had lots of natural resonance and harmonics that the USA standard lacked. I swapped the standard and kept the Highway one. Edited September 13, 2018 by Max Normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinorange Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 He had this up at £550 earlier today until I pointed out to him that it was a highway 1 so he slashed the price - which isn’t what I meant when I mailed him - I meant he should put a description in the ad to say it was a highway. Anyway as it happens it’s now pretty cheap!, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Normal Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 9 hours ago, Max Normal said: I always assumed it was because some of the components are Mexican and they were shipped up the road to California for assembly and to get the USA serial number. I had a Highway One precision and an American Standard precision at the same time. The USA standard certainly had way better finish and a much slimmer more modern feeling neck, but the Highway one sounded much better (after I switched out the greasebucket tone circuit and added proper P-bass wiring) , it had lots of natural resonance and harmonics that the USA standard lacked. I swapped the standard and kept the Highway one. Checked it out. The main road from Fender Corona to Fender Baja is the CA-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 13/09/2018 at 14:00, fleabag said: I've often wondered why they were called " Highway " and i still don't know Didn't Harry Secombe used to play one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 13/09/2018 at 20:41, vinorange said: He had this up at £550 earlier today until I pointed out to him that it was a highway 1 so he slashed the price - which isn’t what I meant when I mailed him - I meant he should put a description in the ad to say it was a highway. Anyway as it happens it’s now pretty cheap!, That made me chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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