Description
Fender Highway Series Acoustic Dreadnought Guitar
The Fender Highway Series Dreadnought Acoustic represents not a revision, but a re-imagining of the acoustic guitar experience. Players are invited to simply throw away the map and get lost on the open road of creativity! One thing is for certain, Fender’s Highway Dreadnought acoustic is a truly unique guitar.
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 tactile charm, boasting the unplugged resonance of acoustics twice their size. Simply unmatched for on-lap comfort, these guitars provide a totally unique acoustic experience.
Highway Series guitars are engineered with a proprietary internal architecture. They’re crafted with either a solid Sitka Spruce or Mahogany top, which are inlaid into a fully chambered Mahogany body. A tapered floating X bracing pattern and inventive thinline design is unique to these amazing instruments. You’ll surely be amazed by the remarkable resonance and dynamic, organic tone they produce! With fidelity and performance at its core, the Fishman Fluence Acoustic Pickup system incorporates an elegantly curved magnetic Fluence® Core™ pickup. This innovative all-analog technology delivers pure and truly musical amplified tone, and does so with astonishing sonic realism, clarity and feedback resistance.
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. Every aspect of the guitar and pickup were innovated in tandem – from its integrated mounting system to the unique internal architecture. By doing so, it provides 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
Fender’s state-of -the-art acoustic guitar manufacturing facility is located in Ensenda, 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
The included deluxe gig bag provides the perfect balance of ample storage, road-worthy protection, and portability. With comfortable padded backpack straps, durable outer material, and multiple pockets, it’s the perfect companion.
