Fender Highway Series Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar

Fender Highway Series Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar
 

DESCRIPTION
At the intersection of time-honored acoustic guitar craft and relentless innovation, Highway Series instruments transport players to a new era of performance in a way that only Fender can. Merging a thin, ergonomic form factor and a groundbreaking Fishman Fluence Acoustic Pickup system designed around a revolutionary bracing structure, Highway Series guitars exhibit the tactile charm and unplugged resonance of acoustics twice their size, adding unmatched on-lap comfort for a truly unique acoustic experience.

Crafted with either a solid Sitka spruce or genuine Mahogany top inlaid into a fully chambered Mahogany body, Highway Series guitars are engineered with a proprietary internal architecture including a tapered floating X bracing pattern and inventive thinline design, producing remarkable resonance and dynamic, organic tone. With fidelity and performance at its core, the Fishman Fluence Acoustic Pickup system incorporates an elegantly curved magnetic Fluence Core pickup with innovative all-analog technology to deliver pure and truly musical amplified tone with astonishing sonic realism, clarity and feedback resistance.

The Fender Highway Series represents not a revision, but a re-imagining of the acoustic experience, inviting players to throw away the map and get lost on the open road of creativity.

FEATURES

• Ergonomically contoured body, 2.25" depth
  
• Solid Sitka spruce or mahogany top, fully-chambered thinline mahogany body
  
• Bolt-on mahogany neck with Indian rosewood fingerboard
  
• Proprietary Fishman® Fluence® Acoustic analog electronics
  
• Innovative body design and bracing architecture
  
• Deluxe Gig Bag

HIGHLIGHTS

REVOLUTIONARY ACOUSTIC BODY CONSTRUCTION
Representing a new evolution of modern performance acoustic guitar design, the body of the Highway series leverages Fender’s most advanced construction techniques including a floating “X” bracing pattern, inlaid solid top, and a unique 2.25“ thick chambered body for a a perfect harmony of comfort, resonance, and tonal quality.

FISHMAN FLUENCE ACOUSTIC ELECTRONICS
With a patent-pending curved form factor and all-analog electronics, the Fishman Fluence Acoustic pickup is the soul of the Highway Series. From its integrated mounting system to the unique internal architecture of the guitar every aspect of the guitar and pickup were innovated in tandem to provide pristine sonic clarity, responsiveness, and dynamic range all in a whisper-quiet noiseless design.

MULTI-VOICE CONTROL
Designed in collaboration between Fender and our partners at Fishman, the Highway Series features intuitive controls for volume and contour, which pans between two different EQ settings giving the player unique tonal control without coloring the natural acoustic sound of the instrument.

MADE IN MEXICO
All Highway Series instruments are crafted at our state-of-the-art acoustic guitar manufacturing facility in Ensenada, Mexico.

ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD AND BRIDGE
With its pleasingly dark look, smooth tactile feel and rich tonal character, Rosewood is a premium hardwood for acoustic guitar bridges and fingerboards.

DELUXE GIG BAG
With comfortable padded backpack straps, durable outer material, and multiple pockets, the included deluxe gig bag provides the perfect balance of ample storage, road-worthy protection, and portability.

Specifications

General
SERIES:  Highway
ORIENTATION:  Right-Hand
COLOR:  Natural
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: MX
 
Neck
HEADSTOCK:  6-in-Line Highway
NECK MATERIAL:  Mahogany
NECK FINISH:  Satin Urethane
NECK SHAPE:  "C" Shape
NECK CONSTRUCTION:  Bolt-On
FINGERBOARD RADIUS:  12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL:  Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS:  White Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS:  20
TRUSS ROD:  Head Adjust
TRUSS ROD NUT:  1/8" Hex Adjustment
STRING NUT:  Graph Tech® TUSQ®
NUT WIDTH:  1.6875" (42.86 mm)
NUT MATERIAL:  Graph Tech® TUSQ®

Body
BODY:  Solid Mahogany Top with Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
BODY FINISH:  Polyester Satin Matte
BODY SHAPE:  Dreadnought
BODY TOP:  Solid Sitka Spruce
BODY BACK:  Chambered Mahogany
BODY SIDES:  Chambered Mahogany
BODY MATERIAL:  Solid Mahogany Top with Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
BRACING:  Tapered Floating X
ROSETTE:  Checkerboard
PURFLING:  Checkerboard

Hardware
BRIDGE:  Modern Viking
BRIDGE PINS:  White
PICKGUARD:  None
HARDWARE FINISH:  Chrome
TUNING MACHINES:  Fender® ClassicGear™
STRINGS:  Fender® Dura-Tone® 860CL Coated Phosphor Bronze (.011-.052 Gauges), PN 0730860405
STRAP BUTTONS:  Vintage-Style

Electronics
CONTROLS:  Volume, Contour
SPECIAL ELECTRONICS:  Fishman® Fluence® Acoustic Pickup
 
Measurements
DIMENSIONS:  7.00x17.40x46.20 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT:  15.95 LB
BODY DEPTH:  2.25" (57 mm)
FRET SIZE:  Narrow Tall
SCALE LENGTH:  25.5" (64.77 cm)
SHIPPING LENGTH:  46.20 IN
SHIPPING HEIGHT:  7.00 IN
SHIPPING WIDTH:  17.40 IN
 
Accessories
TRUSS ROD WRENCH:  1/8" Hex (Allen)
 
Miscellaneous
COMMODITY CODE:  9207901000