Members enuenu Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 My young son was trying out a Squier Bullet Strat in a store yesterday. It was going for CDN$130 (I am back in Canada guitar hunting). I played it and it blew me away. I loved it. I have a Custom Shop '60 Strat and while ABing the two guitars would reveal differences I can't help but feeling the Squier would hold it's own. I compared it to a $1000 Road Worn Strat in the store and it was not a huge distance behind it. My world has been turned upside down a little! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 I love my Bullet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 I've had two. Both were incredibly decent guitars that I actually gigged with. One I gave away, and the other one my son has... so I guess I gave both of them away! This was a really decent ax, gave it to someone: This is the black one my son has now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 I've had two. Both were incredibly decent guitars that I actually gigged with. One I gave away, and the other one my son has... so I guess I gave both of them away! This was a really decent ax, gave it to someone: This is the black one my son has now: love the white/cream with the tortoise guard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 love the white/cream with the tortoise guard! Yeah, that was a really decent ax. I stripped the necks on both of those and refinished with deft gloss. Came out great. My son plays the black one all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 I had a couple bullets back when they first came out, a pink and blue. I gave them both the GFS treatment and was really impressed with both of them. Sold them both during a gear purge. Really miss that blue one! Hmm.. I've been having BAD Strat GAS lately, maybe I'll do another one. I just wish I could find one with a maple neck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 you won't find a bigger Squier Bullet fan than me. I dare ya. here's one of mine: and here's the other: i'd buy another in a second if i needed another Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 This one looks pretty cool.. Wish it was S/S/S! [Edit] whoops! forgot the link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Squier-By-Fender-Bullet-Strat-HH-Black-W-Tremolo-Electric-Guitar-/140768304373?pt=Guitar&hash=item20c671dcf5#ht_1576wt_1413 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 This was a really decent ax, gave it to someone: that is hot!!!! love the HSS set-up and the tort on white. and i'm not usually a tort fan. btw, Wagdog, i've seen your video with a modded Bullet, and you ROCKED it. fantastic playing. I really wish you'd re-upload it to Youtube. and if you don't have it anymore, I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 you won't find a bigger Squier Bullet fan than me. I dare ya. here's one of mine: DAMN. What all did you do to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 that is hot!!!! love the HSS set-up and the tort on white. and i'm not usually a tort fan. btw, Wagdog, i've seen your video with a modded Bullet, and you ROCKED it. fantastic playing. I really wish you'd re-upload it to Youtube. and if you don't have it anymore, I do. I wanna seeeeee! This thread is gassin' me up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 DAMN. What all did you do to it? i've modded that one a fair amount. cream pastics, obviously. and stainless saddles. all from GFS. i also put in a Tusq nut, vintage Kluson-style tuners, and D Allen alnico pickups. but it sounded pretty nice when it was all stock:[video=youtube;PIorvlauKFI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 I wanna seeeeee!This thread is gassin' me up! Wagdog is a helluva player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 Damn, that's stock? OK. I am gonna get one. What's the best place to find one new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 Damn, that's stock? OK. I am gonna get one. What's the best place to find one new? here's another video with a 100% stock Bullet. It's not the one in the photo...it was a sunburst with rosewood fretboard. [video=youtube;D7ikXwYABuk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 Just goes to show that tone is in the player more often than the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 the only thing I don't like about my bullet is the body is too thin to drop a decent steel block trem into it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 What's the best place to find one new? new? I would order from Sweetwater. used? Guitar Center on-line. they have a ton of them for well under $100. most are black, unfortunately. the colored ones are more rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 How do the bullet necks compare to the Classic Vibe series? I'm mostly concerned about thickness and width. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 new? I would order from Sweetwater.used? Guitar Center on-line. they have a ton of them for well under $100. most are black, unfortunately. the colored ones are more rare. Thanks. I am also checking out ebay. I'd probably WANT a black one. I like the Blue though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 So, I am a little torn between this and this. Either way I would replace the tuners and probably buy one of these from GFS. Just trying to decide if I wanna go the ALL black route or not. I really do love the blue, but I have a sonic blue Jazzmaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 that is hot!!!! love the HSS set-up and the tort on white. and i'm not usually a tort fan. btw, Wagdog, i've seen your video with a modded Bullet, and you ROCKED it. fantastic playing. I really wish you'd re-upload it to Youtube. and if you don't have it anymore, I do. lol, found it. Hard to believe, but that was 4 years ago. Just uploaded to youtube: [video=youtube;fMvvlNtduAI] fwiw, this is that same guitar in the pic before putting the humbucker in. I'm pretty sure those were gfs greybottom pickups in it when I shot this. Also noticed at the end that most of the pickguard screws are missing. That green bullet looks amazing... makes me want another one. Not good, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 How do the bullet necks compare to the Classic Vibe series? I'm mostly concerned about thickness and width. i own a CV50s as well, and from what i can tell, the necks are about the same shape and size. the CV has thick poly gloss finish though, which some people like and some people don't like. i have no preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks. I am also checking out ebay. I'd probably WANT a black one. I like the Blue though.. plenty of used black ones at GC for about $60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted June 20, 2012 Members Share Posted June 20, 2012 plenty of used black ones at GC for about $60. Thanks. I am really wanting to build a poor man's Corgan(esque) strat, so I am thinking the one with black hardware, then get a set of rails from GFS. Top it off with some black upgraded tuners.. I think it'd look sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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