educate me on Squier Bullet strats.

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Left_Hand_Strat

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the ins and outs, what are the differences between the Bullet's affinities, Standards and CV's??

bought one to flip and its currently dismantled for cleaning and such so hence no pics. but I am very interested as it has an enclosed plastic switch which isn't of the box type and also has some weird pickups in it. as much as they have a metal cover over the bottom, seem to be fully potted and also have a hotter winding than most squier pickups I have encountered.

Bridge 8.2K
Middle 7.8K
Neck 8.1K
 
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It's on the low low end of the Strat family, usually included in "starter" packs, etc. I'm sure if you change EVERYTHING on it except the wood it would sound better... i dont know if it would play better unless you got a fret dressing.

I wouldn't mind owning one for rehearsal, leaving it around, etc, I would only use it in a gig if it's my 3rd guitar and the first two fenders have bit the dust.
 
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There's been many different iterations of Bullets.

The newest one is an Affinity-thin basswood body.
Previously it had a slightly thinner than standard basswood body. Both of them have rosewood fretboards, 21 fret necks, and cheap vintage sized tuning pegs.

The hardtail ones are usually plywood.

Some of them had 22 frets and a full thickness body with a swimming pool routing.
 
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astrozombie said:
It's on the low low end of the Strat family, usually included in "starter" packs, etc. I'm sure if you change EVERYTHING on it except the wood it would sound better... i dont know if it would play better unless you got a fret dressing.

I wouldn't mind owning one for rehearsal, leaving it around, etc, I would only use it in a gig if it's my 3rd guitar and the first two fenders have bit the dust.
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the frets aint too bad on this one, luckily....

dominus said:
There's been many different iterations of Bullets.

The newest one is an Affinity-thin basswood body.
Previously it had a slightly thinner than standard basswood body. Both of them have rosewood fretboards, 21 fret necks, and cheap vintage sized tuning pegs.

The hardtail ones are usually plywood.

Some of them had 22 frets and a full thickness body with a swimming pool routing.
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Interesting. was going to say I thought the tuners felt cheap, just seem to lack that slight increase in precision like the Affinity tuning pegs.
 
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They're a cheap version of the Affinity I believe. Not knocking them, I've never played one but I had an Affinity that was pretty good, I wouldn't be averse to buying either model if it was cheap enough and could fit an HSH config.
 
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Varg said:
They're a cheap version of the Affinity I believe. Not knocking them, I've never played one but I had an Affinity that was pretty good, I wouldn't be averse to buying either model if it was cheap enough and could fit an HSH config.
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Bullets are just about always HSS.

Some of the plywood hardtail ones are bridge humbucker only.
 
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dominus said:
Bullets are just about always HSS.

Some of the plywood hardtail ones are bridge humbucker only.
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I wouldnt be scared of routing it myself, not on a really cheap guitar like that.
Finding an HSH pickguard to my taste might be harder though.
 
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My daphne blue bullet had hss routing
But 3 bumps of a sharp chisel swimming pooled it nicely
Body wasnt plywood either
And got it as damaged from MF fer $50 shippin an all
 
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I got a brand new 2012 Bullet two days ago. It has a thinner basswood body. The guitar was simply amazing out of the box. Perfect fretwork, great finish. Sound very decent with the stock pickups. The only fault I can find are the tuners. They feel a bit stiff. But this guitar just doesn't go out of tune. Normally I don't like cheap guitars because they feel like junk (uneven frets, twisted necks, nuts too high or too low, garbage pickups,...), but this one could have easily costed 3 times more.
Bullets come is SSS and HSS pickup configurations. The affinity has a narrower nut and you can choose between a rosewood and maple fretboard. The classic vibe has a extremely glossy neck, the bullet has a thinner satin finish.

Now some porn:

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Those machineheads are crap. If the rear of headstock decal reads Crafted In Indonesia, that suggests the Cort factory. (Same source as Squier Standard and Vintage Modified ranges.) To keep the price down, corners will have been cut. Nothing that cannot easily be changed in the future.
 
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I bought a couple of the new ones..they have a great neck and body....for $120...throw the rest away and put what you want on it. If you get rid of it, take your parts with you---but there would be no need on the ones I have....cause I'm keeping them...
 
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I got one for my wife. A pink one. I am stunned by what a good guitar it is for that money. Fit and finish are great. Getting a guitar finished to that standard near me would cost four times the price of this entire guitar. Fretwork is very good. Tuners, yes, they're cheap. Electronics are cheap too. First thing I did was change the pots and switch for decent ones. Then it's a great Strat.

She wanted the bridge screwed down to the body, so I can't say how stable it is. It's a 6-screw model so probably about as good as a vintage strat - ie not very.

The wife likes it strung 9-42, which means I can't quite get "my" sound on it. But it does sing.

I think an experienced guitarist who buys one of these is getting it to mod it without worry or guilt, right? If it was mine I'd have new tuners on it.

I had some spare pickups so in the end I changed those too. It now has a Lil Screamin Demon at the bridge, Duckbucker (wired in series) in the middle, and Little '59 at the neck. It really rocks. I'd gig it.

I can't recommend these enough to either someone starting out who wants a Strat, or someone with experience who wants some decent chunks of wood and standard-sized holes to put parts in. You'll have great fun modding it and so on.

So yeah, for that money, I can't think of a downside.
 
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The one I have is right handed as I said I got it to flip... Otherwise I would jeep it. I don't think the bullets come lefty which is a shame could do a really cool custom job with one
 
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A buddy of mine got a bullet and liked it but didn't like the neck finish. So he sanded the neck finish down and sprayed on a nitro finish. Then put some GFS's in it, and I think the whole set were less than $100 total. He really digs it now and doesn't mind leaving it out even with a young kid around. I'm not sure how much he has in it now but I think he got it new 'scratch and dent' so he has a nice beater without what I'd consider to be a big investment.
 
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