Squier Bullet body wood?

[ugameus]

Anybody know the body wood on the Squier bullet? The website says basswood. Has it been basswood for all models, or just the current ones?

[Railfanespee]

The new ones are basswood. The old single-pickup Bullet Specials were plywood.

[mnhhngbfs]

I have an older last run hardtail 3 pickup bullet, and it's either agathis or basswood, i don't remember. definitely not ply.

[ugameus]

Thanx!!

[mnhhngbfs]

some of the really old blue ones are plywood though, be careful. The last run of hardtails were put out in white, black, and that bullet blue, so if you can find a white or black hardtail there's a real good chance it's solid.

[ugameus]

ahh damn, I am looking at pickin up a blue hardtail bullet body. my main reason is to learn how to do some finishing. but if the thing is plywood, I will just pickup the $45 dollar strat body from rondo.

[walfordr]

Pah. Nothing wrong with plywood.

[budkingston]

I have a squier mini, black, plywood.

 

I have a Korean squier and squier II, both blackk and plywood

 

My met red affinity is basswood

 

My Black Standard is basswood, I think.

 

Bullets I have seen in the pawnshop vary.

 

 

One way to tell on older guitars and some new ones, is look at the back where the body contour for your hip is cut. Plywood expands, contracts, expands, and after a while, you can see the feathered layers in the finish in this area if you hold it to the light just right. Of course, taking the backplate off tells you instantly, but this is just one step in the algorhythm of indentification.

[ElmoZappa]

On 9/7/2008 at 12:41 AM, Railfanespee said:

The new ones are basswood. The old single-pickup Bullet Specials were plywood.

A fellow group member on FB just sanded down one of these Bullet Specials strat thingys [one humbucker], not plywood or flat laminated plys. Nope. Its solid wood blocks sistered/glued like butcher block. 4-5 pcs.