Fender Highway 1 Telecaster

Well everbody faimilar with tele features and its already been discussed. I fell in love with a tele playing on my bass playing friends 69 tele and decided I needed to get one of my own beause I didn't want to wear out my friends vintage tele. So based on my friends 69 tele I set out on a quest to find one that played similar with similar features. I must have looked off and on for the better part of 10 years. When I picked up this Hwy 1 in a local shop and plugged it in, I knew right away it was the one. It is three tone sunburst and that's just what I was wanting. It had been previously bought by a metal head and kept for about a week and returned to the shop and traded for a different ax. It was like new condition and completely stock.

The sound of the pickups are actually a little thicker sounding and a little hotter responding than the 69 Tele, but other than that are pretty close. I first tried it in the shop over a little 1-10 fender frontman SS amp that was handy at the time and it sounded great. I'm a DIY tube amp builder and 5F6A(59 Bassman), AB763Deluxe reverb, 5F6A Champ, Allen Accomplice(AB763), Silvertone 1482, Pignose G40V, several tube jellopy amps and a Mesa Boogie 440 Rocket. The Hwy 1 sound great on them all with a little tweaking. I always cut treble and add bass/mids to mellow the tele out. I generally like the AB763 tone for clean and like a distorted sound like Jimmy P got on Led Zep #1 for tele dirty. Soundwise-for the electric guiarist-a tele is a must!

This guitar was perfect right out of the shop. I haven't touched a thing on its settings since 2006 when I got it until I recently intalled some brass compensated bridge saddles/springs/screws where I had to reset the bridge/action but I'm somewhat of a guitar/amp tech and it was pretty easy to get it re-setup just as before. The hardest part was the intonation balancing--take and give you have to do with these vintage type bridge saddles. It back perfect again.

I have played this guitar regularly since I got it used in 2006 on the road, home and in church and it never gave me one second on problems.

I build tube amps and work on all my guitars so I have no need to call fender. No experiacne on customer support.

I'm 61 and been playing since 1964. I've read that Hwy 1's are not really all USA made and some of the parts like the pickups are imported and the body is laminated out of four seperate pieces. I have played with musicians that think if your not playing on a USA made guitar your not a real musician. I think that attitude is silly. A guitar is basically a tool that you use as an extension of your body to project your sound. What ever tool works for you, great! This guitar is an accurate enough reproduction of Leo Fenders original idea and is close in feel and sound to the beloved 69 that got me hooked, so I'm happy. I expect this will be my tele for the rest of my life but if it was lost or stolen I would definitly seek out a tele replacement. The teles construction and makeup produces a feel and sound that is unique and can only be accomplished with a tele. Leo got it right the first time.

Mine (like all) are made in the US of A and is an '07
It has a pretty cheap satin finish on it that get scratched and nicks incredibly easy. I have a bunch of nicks on it and i am not able to say how one of those happened.
Other than that, what it comes with is not too bad. I like the alnico pick-ups, but I am choosing to replace them with fender noiseless and the bridge is a little shotty, but that is because it has one saddle for 2 strings, so i am doing what a lot of others do and i am getting the 6 saddle bridge.

For the money, it has the features you would expect, but somehow the guitar still does not come off as a cheaply made guitar. It just comes off as a guitar that could use some upgrades here and there, you know?

Huge fan of how fenders sound. I do have to say that the rhythm pick up (the neck) is a bit muddy. I think that it sounds real good with the mids and highs, but when it comes to the lows, it just does not sound great. Therefore, i normally play the guitar with the switch in the middle, so i can get a less muddy low, and it really sounds good because with the bridge pickup on, it give the tone a more twangy, tradition fender sound.

Good action, but i have not set it up in a while and now my action is too low. I do not blame that on fender, though. I blame it on my lack of care.
Like i said earlier, the paint job is terrible. i would say the worst thing on the guitar, as a matter of fact. At the same time, what looks cooler thn a fender that i actually worn out from play (not from the factory trying to make it look that way). So in that respect, i guess the paint is not that bad, but if you are looking for a real glossy telecaster, look elsewhere.
Factory set-up was great. It was so good that i wish i could have them set it up for me again...
All of my pickups worked fine. There were no routing errors like there was with my epiphone firebird
Note: don't buy a guitar because it looks cool. Telecaster looks cool, but is great, too.

I would gig with a backup, but only because i would be afraid of breaking s string. I can not see this guitar busting on me anytime in the near future.
It is a moderately simple guitar, so there really is not even that much for it to break, you know? That kind of adds the charm for guitar.

But yeahhhh, back to the finish. It will wear off, chip off, but who cares. Fender's have more class when they start to wear.

Haven't needed it for fender guitar, but needed it for fender amp, and all i need to say about it is i am never buying a fender amp and i sold my old one.

I like this guitar. I mean i like it a lot.
I am a chronic guitar buyer and seller and this is the one guitar that i have not gotten bored with. It has a small neck, but i never get dead strings, it sounds great, it looks cool and it feels so good. It is not heavy, but it is also not light, like some of those ash guitars that fender is making these days.
It does not need any modifications unless you want perfect intonation or you are bored like me and you want to see if you can make a good sounding guitar sound great... and we'll find out soon enough

Well of course it is a typical highway 1 tele in the tobacco sunburst. I didn't want this color but this guitar played a cut well above the rest. Out of my many instruments, this has pretty much become my #1 in Most situations. (which is saying lots due my other instruments are some vintage fenders.

22 Fret Neck (love the extra fret vs my others).
Beautiful satin nitro finish. Satin poly on the neck (fine by me). has a great feel, doesn't have that flatter poly body sound.

This baby suits many different styles, i play alot of sessions with various acts, and it covers well for country/punk/jazz/rock..whatever you need.... you can find the tone.
The greasebucket systems works wonders. and the high octane pickups as they call them, handle gain incredibly.
You can still get the country twang if needed, and the nice blues tone of the neck pickup. just try one, and you won't be dissapointed.

Factory setup was good, might have been setup at the store when it came in.
My fender guy gets these in and sells them as fast as they come in...the highway one strats not so much, but the teles go.
Hardware was great, tuning is very stable, nothing loose, pretty clean and pristine.
The Jumbo Frets are Awesome.

1) I never gig without a backup...no matter what. strings break.

2)it's all pretty solid tough guitar, that i use for live playing frequently, and studio work, and it never dissapoints.

Its a tele workhorse. THe nitro will probably start to wear, but it should just give it a badass vintage look.

Fender is pretty good. My fender dealer has an fender rep in house, and i had to get one strat sent it for a warranty neck before about 8 yrs ago. They will back the lifetime neck warranty.

If you don't have a local rep..i don't know.

I've been playing for over 15 yrs now. Didn't get on th fender bandwagon till about 5 yrs ago. Used to be a kramer shredder...lol and a les paul player, but les pauls continuously let me down with neck problems, and repeated electronic problems. (my 1275 was the biggest pos ever).

The highway 1 is a great universal kickass guitar. The only thing i would probably ever do is install a six saddle bridge, or give the neck a nitro spray. but neither one needs to be done. and i will probably get around to it anyway.

GO BUY THIS THING.

Stock standard Highway tele. 2 pickups, single coil, sunburst with maple neck, Rosewood f'board.
Made in USA.
I will refit the bridge with a 6 string setup rather than the 2 strings per adjuster like it has now. It is very hard to adjust the intonation or get the action just right with the standard bridge.
Tuners could be a bit less sensitive. I might refit these too.

The guitar came strung really light. Rubber bands. Once I got the strings off and put some Tomastik flatwounds on (not the obvious choice for a tele I know, but I am primarily a jazz player.) I was happier with the setup.

Clean sound. Very easy to play. My first quality guitar 35 years ago was a tele. Wish I still had it.
This guitar seems just as well made.
The pots are a little clanky ie, they don't seem firmly seated, they wobble a little. This doesn't cause any problem when playing but I guess it's one of the things they pass over when building a guitar to budget.

No obvious flaws. Action ok but open to improvement.
Factory setup is string em and tune em I think

This guitar is a slab of wood with strings on it. What can go wrong.
The finish will not last; it is a really thin nitro. Looks good new though.

I took the strap buttons off and put strap locks on before I even tuned the guitar.

It came in a gig bag. A luthier friend of mine describes these bags as the luthier's best friend.
Any guitar that is aimed at a professional market should come in a case.

Fender don't want to know you once you have handed over your money. This is from past experience, not this guitar.

Played 38 years. I own a lot of guitars, and so if I lost this one, I would get by without it.
If it were my only guitar I would definately replace it, or maybe upgrade to the American Standard Tele.

This is a 2008 Highway One Tele in Honey Blonde, maple neck. I won't bore you with repeating the details of this guitar as it has been done. It's stripped down feature wise, which is expected for the price. I don't like that it came with a gig bag, and would have paid a little more to have a hardshell case. I will buy a hardshell case for it soon.

I play a variety of music from classic rock, country, hard rock, etc. It's not a guitar for metal, but was never meant to! The sound is great. these guitars are more versatile than you may think. Nice for chicken picking, strumming clean and even with overdrive! i am running it through a Traynor Custom Special 100 stack and it sounds like heaven!

Now it IS a single coil so it ain't all quiet - I used a Boss Noise Suppressor and that takes care if the humming. These are not as noisy as strats though.

The guitar was set up very well from the factory - real low action that I may raise a little. No flaws to be noticed. The body to neck join is not perfect, but better than to be expected in this price range. Some orange peel in the finish on the back of the guitar, but the Honey Blonde accentuates the grain beautifully - the grain almot looks blueish gray through the finish - it's absolutely stunning!

So far so good. No issues at home, jamming or on stage. Quite solid and dependable. Way beyond what I expected in this price range.

Never had to deal with Fender - and probably never will!

Bottom line I love this guitar! I ordered it in and took it home before I played it! Either I fluked into a really good one or they are all nice, I dunno cuz this is the only one I ever played. The neck feels great, the guitar sounds great and the thing is smoking hot to look at - what more could you ask for? I have a lot of guitars, this one is one of my favorites. If this was stolen I would get another one immediately and pray it was as nice as this one.

I LOVE THIS TELE!

It's a tele. I give it a ten because it is a tele the way a tele is meant to be and that is because it DOESN'T have a lot of features.

I like a lot of styles and a tele is a good choice for the stuff I play. It sounds like a tele but better....The Alnico 2's set this apart from most tele's (I think these PU's are on models 2006+). It has a nice attack, more mid sounding than Alinco 5's which I like....distorts well and has a edgy clean sound.

I got it used and the set-up needed attention. The previous owner had it all screwed up but wasn't hard to fix with a few simple adjustments. Even if new you will probably tweak it to suit yourself. I give it a 9 because the Bridge plate is a bit crooked. Otherwise it's a good looking guitar. I have the sunburst with maple board.....doesn't get any better than that.

This is a well made guitar, it will do what you need if you play out.

I did guitar tech work for profit....I don't need support or want anybody else setting up my stuff.

Been playing 40+ years. It's a good guitar. To be honest these things are 900 bucks now. I got mine slightly used for 500 bucks and that's the only reason I own it. I would say it's worth 900 bucks and would choose this over an American Standard Tele. If I had to replace this guitar I would head for ebay first though. I have a feeling most buyers will be hanging onto theirs. This guitar is one I think Leo himself would approve of. It is a well thought out design, it has the best of the vintage world with just enough of modern touches to make it practical. It's a players guitar. It has a nitro finish that will show it's history. The neck it extremely nice. The fat frets make it a good guitar for bends. I like the PU's.....BUT....I may see a set of Joe Barden's in the future...this would make this guitar a force to be reckoned with IMO. I give it a 9 only because I think Fender takes advantage of it's name being on the headstock.

I believe this a 2007 Highway 1 Tele (american made) bought new from Elderly Instruments in Lansing,Michigan.Traded an amp and some cash for it. 22 tall frets which I like very much. I like to have to dig in and small frets are too hard to bend on for me. Solid ash body I think with satin nitro finish over beautiful sunburst stain/white 3 ply pickguard. Maple neck w/skunk stripe and rosewood fretboard. Standard Tele bridge that will accept the ashtray cover if you want to buy one on line somewhere. I bought one but I cant play with it on so I just use it for pictures and put it on between sets when playing a job. It looks so cool with it on. Threeway switch with one volume and one tone control. Not sure what pickups came in it but they are standard tele style and sounded very good. I say sounded because they are single coil and too noisy when distortion is used so I installed Dimarzio Area T pickups which are noisless. The best move I could have made. When I did that the guitar really came alive. Not saying the originals were bad but these are true fender sound only more and no hum. Fender closed back tuners that work very well. No problems tuning even with the three barrel tele bridge saddles.

I play in a 4 piece (two guitars/bass/drums)classic rock band and a 3 piece easy listening band (acoustic guitar/electric guitar/standup bass). This is really the first guitar that covers all styles very well. I wish I would have gotten a Tele 30 years ago. After 40 years of going through different guitars,amps and effects I've finally gotten down to just a Fender Blues jr (15 mighty watts) and a Line 6 M13 stompbox modeler. This combo gives me everything I need and it's easy to carry around. The clean sounds are classic Tele. Rich/full and bright without being spiky or harsh. Putting the Dimarzio's in it gave me the sound I've been looking for for decades. Extremely smooth on distortion settings also.

The action was set too high to start with so I had Elderly Instruments lower it before I bought it. After a little playing I noticed it was too low and buzzing so I had a friend of mine who knows everything about guitars tweek it. It now plays great if you like medium to high action which I do. The only thing that concerns me is when he tweeked it he adjusted the truss rod as far as he could without stripping the threads. If it needs moving again I dont know what will happen. The finish on the guitar is beautiful with the satin nitro.What I like about it is the more you play it the shinier it gets in the wear spots.It gives it a good overall look.
Dont expect it to stay satin in the wear areas.

This guitar is very solidly built. I play hard in the rock band and it stays in tune even with big bends and wailing. Dont get me wrong. I dont abuse anything of mine and take care of my stuff. But I do play hard. The finish seems very good but changes gloss level very quickly. But I like that sort of thing on a classic style guitar.
Everything else is also very solid/electronics good with no problems. I usually take several guitars but only because I have twelve guitars that I rotate and love them all but I have a few times taken only the Tele and been very happy with using only it.

I've not had to deal with Fender directly but Elderly will bend over backwards to take care of any problems. I've always liked Fender equipment (amps mostly / this is my first Fender guitar).

I've been playing aprox 45 years. I also have a Gibson S1 with Dimarzio Virtual P90's and a Les Paul Standard Doublecut,a Fender Highway 1 Strat with Dimarzio Area 61 and 59 pickups and love that guitar as much as the Tele,a G&L S500 with TV Jones Supertrons ,an Epiphone Elite SG with Seymour Duncan 59's,a Heritage CM150 (Les Paul style) with Lindy Fralen's,a 63 Gibson EB0 with Dimarzio,a Rick Gledura prototype with Seymour Duncan Blackbacks,a Saul Koll Gold Top T (can be seen on Koll guitar website) custom built for 50th bday with Seymour Duncan P90 Stacks,a Mike Kauffman Copycaster with Jason Lollar Tele style pickups (he works for Vinetto Guitars),and a David Fitzpatrick (Les Paul Doublecut style)black korina with Dimarzio Virtual P90's and Tone Styler tone control.

I HAVE 2 OF THESE IN HONEY BLONDE, ONE WITH A WHITE PICKGAURD SET UP FOR SLIDE AND 1 WITH A BLACK PICKGAURD I TURNED INTO A B BENDER. NOT SURE THE YEAR ON EITHER BOTH ARE CLOSE, I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 04. I ALSO HAVE A PAIR OF HWY 1 STRATS. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THE PRICE IN ANYTHING MUSICAL. BOUGHT BOTH OF MINE AROUND $450 AND 1 CAME WITH A CASE! THEY SET UP SUPER, GREAT ACTION BUT YOU CAN TWEAK IT LOWER. I DO PLAN TO CHANGE THE BRIDGE TO A 6 SADDLE SO I CAN DROP THE ACTION LOWER AS WELL AS BETTER INTONATION, BUT I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS NOW. NECK IS PERFECT SHAPE SIZE LOVE THE 9" RADIUS AND FENDER IS FINALLY DOING 22 FRETS. USED TO BE MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT ON THIER VINTAGE STUFF. I HAVE MAPLE NECKS ON ALL MINE AND THEY ARE TOPS, FAST, SMOOTH AND WARM. VERY, VERY FAMILIAR FEELING. SCHALLER TUNERS WRE FINE BUT CHANGED THEM TO THE SCHALLER LOCKERS FOR EASIER STRING CHANGES. ALSO CHANGED THE STRAP BUTTONS TO STRAP LOCKS. THEY COULD COME WITH A CASE SINCE A GIG BAG IS USELESS TO ME. LOVE THE SATIN FINISH BUT IT WON'T LAST LONG. THEY CLAIM IT IMPROVES THE SOUND AND MAYBE IT DOES, BOTH OF MINE SOUND BETTER THAN MY FRIENDS USA STANDARD. LOUDER, FULLER, MORE PUCH AND WAY MORE AGGRESIVE.

I PLAY CLASSIC COUNTRY TO MODERN ROCK, WHO EVER IS PAYING AND THESE GUITARS DO IT. I DID CHANGE THE P/U'S TO A HOT RAIL IN BACK AND A MINI HUMBUCKER UP FRONT. I NEEDED A LITTLE FULLER TONE AS SOMTIMES I AM THE ONLY GUITAR PLAYER. I USE A PAIR OF PRO JR'S IN STEREO MIC'D WITH AN SM 57. DIGITECH RP 14 THATS IT AND ALWAYS GET HOW ARE YOU GETTING THAT SOUND OUT OF THAT GUITAR? THE STANDARD P/U'S ARE SMOOTHER AND FULLER WITH MUCH MORE SUSTAIN THAN THE USA STANDARD AND THEY STILL RETAIN PLENTY OF TELL TWANG. YOU CAN GET A VERY HEAVY OR CLEAN SOUND EASILY BY ADJUSTING YOUR GEAR (AMP ECT.) WHEN NEEDED. I WAS GONNA GET A MEXICAN MODEL FOR SLIDE BUT GOT MY HWY 1 USED FOR ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS THE MEXICAN AND LIKE I SAID 22 FRETS, CASE AND ITS US MADE. NO BETTER THAN THAT.

FENDER SET UPS ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD ON THIER US MODELS. TERRIBLE ON OTHERS. NECK POCKET TIGHT AND THE P/U ROUTING CLEAN. I LIKE MY ACTION EXTREMLY LOW SAVE FOR MY SLIDE RIG AND STILL LOWER THAN SOME PEOPLES PRIMARY GUITAR. MY NECK COMPLETLY FLAT. NOT ABLE TO DROP IT AS LOWER AS I WANT WITH THE 3 SADDLE BRIDGE BUT WILL WITH A 6. ON A SLIDE RIG ITS NOT AN ISSUE BUT MY B BENDER I WANT IT A LITTLE BIT LOWER, ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL AMAZING AND FAST GREAT SNAP FOR TELE STYLE PLAYING(BRENT MASON, BRAD PAISLEY, AND THE LATE GREAT DON RICH) YOU CAN STILL SHRED BUT NOT AS SMOOTH AS MY STRAT.... YET!

ALL FENDERS ARE EXTREMLY DURABLE AND ROAD WORTHY. I USED MY B-BENDER EXCLUSIVLY FOR A WHILE WITH STOCK P/U'S. NEVER FAILED AND ALWAYS PLEASED. THE FACTORY HARDWARE IS THE SAME QUALITY THE HAVE ALWAYS MADE NO REASON NOT TO FEEL IT WON'T LAST AS LONG OR LONGER THAN ITS VINTAGE BROTHERS. I WOULD NOT USE IT AS A BACK UP FOR IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF A GREAT GUITAR. THEY MAY NOT BE AS PRETTY AS THE POLY COATED TYPE BUT MORE THAN MAKE UP WITH TONE FEEL AND PLAYABLITY. PERSONALLY I LIKE THE NITRO COAT. THE FINISH WILL DEFINETLY CHIP AND RUB IN TIME WITH USE BUT ITS A GREAT GUITAR MENT TO BE PLAYED NOT A FASHION SHOW. IF YOUR GOING TO WORK ON AN OIL RIG DO YOU WEAR A SUIT? THIS IS THE TOOL YOU NEED FOR THE JOB AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EQIPMENT FAILURE. YOU WOULD NOT RACE A GO CART IN NASCAR, DON'T PLAY JUNK WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

NEVER DEALT WITH THEM ON GEAR ISSUE. TALKED TO THEM ONCE ON DATING AN AMP AND THEY WERE EXTREMLY HELPFUL.

PLAYING OVER 20YR. PLAYED THEM ALL. NEVER THOUGHT I'D STRAY FROM GIBSON BUT THE STUFF THIER PUTTING OUT NOW IS NOT THE SAME QUALITY THEY USED TO. FLIP SIDE FENDER SEEMS TO REALLY HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE IMPROVING ON WHAT MANY THOUGHT WAS UNIMPROVABLE. LOVE THE STUFF THIER MAKING NOW HOWEVER NOT TO BIG ON THIER IMPORT STUFF. CANT BEAT THIER USA PRODUCTS AND THIS IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AND EVEN BETTER THAN SOME OF THIER TOP LINE STUFF, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRICE NEW OR USED. ONLY IMPROVEMENT A HARDSHELL CASE.

This is a review of my telecaster as it stands now The Original review is apart from this the most current review.

07
22 frets
5 way switch wired like a strat with one tone knob
seymour duncan 1/4 pound neck, Seymour Duncan 59 middle (full size H.B.), Hot Rails Bridge pickup.
Alder Body Maple Neck
Neck Finish Satin? body piece of **** Nitrocelulose
3 Saddle tele bridge
Jumbo Frets

The guitar before was great and there were alot of things I really liked but when it comes down to it kids want to learn Kerry King not Roy Buchanan and this guitar has a job to do. wired the way it is I have a thick single coil in the neck the fifty nine does everything well, really a nice in between for the Hot Rails and the quarter pound. The Hot Rails is a monster and when I am forced to play Metalica or Some such Monster It handles the task easily. Thats not to say it cant be used for other situations because its tone retains what I would call the heart of a tele bridge pickup.

Properly routed well almost, Finish Ha!, Action spot on. I have downgraded my rating because I routed the sucker. Its not the cleanest but by the same token this guitar answers to the name Tina (as in Tina Turner) she can handle a beating.

finish no way, guitar yes

Hardware is good to go

I do depend on this guitar 6 or 7 hours a day.

The guitar has two distinct followings thats not to say that there isn't some crossover between the two groups but its a fact either your a player or the guy who constantly tinkers with mods and the likes. I guess where Im going with this is you mod a guitar so often nothing has a chance to break or you are willing to take the effort to replace that old pot or redo some of fenders horrid solder work. Unless your neck splits in half you should be fine and if it does get a neck from warmoth hell make it a AAA birds eye maple with An Ebony Board, or AAA flame maple with matching maple Fingerboard problem solved.

The Tele is great, its simple and elegant and for some reason the only guitar I am willing to modify (my only two teles and modded guitars for that matter are this and american deluxe strat o tele with S.D. little 59 in the bridge). I love how you can make a tele your own and it just does what you want it to with no fuss (Just like Tina Turner).

07 American
Alnico 3 pickups (I think)
Maple Neck
Jumbo Frets

Style-Funk, Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical, Neo Classical, Classic Rock all of which this guitar handles well.

Effects? huh funny the amp has reverb and maybe a wah but thats all you need.

60 cycle hum but who cares

This guitar has the biggest piece of shit finish you could imagine. deduct three points here.

The neck and the actual body itself are great and thats why I bought this guitar. The 3 saddle thing is vintage and It can be intonated so no problems there the pickups are dynamite. The neck is great input jack aligned I say top notch on everything else.

Everything but the finish is going to last. My buddy has one from 03 worn away about a quarter of the original finish to bare wood and the rest has somehow lost that ugly dull appearance. To be hohnest I bought this guitar because I like the vintage look and I know in six months Im going to have it(and all without paying the custom shop 3 grand to do it for me).

I am a guitar teacher this is my second telecaster the first is an American Deluxe, Apart from that I have Am Dlx Strat, Yamaha AEX 1500, Ovation 1763, etc etc. The tele is a great guitar with great tone and playability and a classic look to boot. I bought the guitar to do the dirty work and by this I mean take 20 hrs of lessons a weak, play gigs and to generally be abused in the way I wouldnt want my other guitars to be treated and for that purpose it performs amazingly.