FENDER IS GOING all in on hybrid guitars, and the company’s new Highway Series additions are designed to bring more of the masses to the hybrid table. The Highway Series is clearly aimed at players who are hybrid curious but want something more along the lines of a traditional acoustic than Fender’s groundbreaking, yet polarizing, Acoustasonic Series. Highway Series guitars are thinline acoustics featuring a specially designed Fishman Fluence Acoustic magnetic soundhole pickup. They promise electric playability with acoustic tone via a more straightforward and streamlined system than the DSP-driven Acoustasonic, at a nicer price point and with a more conventional aesthetic.
The Highway Series consists of two models, Parlor and Dreadnought, each available in mahogany or mahogany with a solid Sitka spruce top. Our