Squier Bullet

I am a 30+ year professional guitarist working in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Decided to purchase an inexpensive electric guitar to keep at my dad's in my home state of Michigan for long visits at he local Guitar Center. I had planned to buy this used Yamaha Pacifica guitar until I picked this thing up. To my great surprise, it felt, played and sounded fantastic for such an inexpensive instrument. The fret work is decent. It is light as a feather. The guitar felt like it was set up by a professional.

The sound is very good, and this instrument is very versatile. Mine has 2 humbuckers. The output is low which makes it good for blues, fusion and R&B. It sounds very good with pedals and will shine for those wanting to produce a decent classic rock guitar sound straight out of the gate. For those wanting heavier thump, pair it with a Boss Metal Zone pedal or spend $120 and drop in a pair of Wilde Bill Lawrence L-500s! This guitar would scream and you will have only spent $210 total!!

I have many guitars vintage and new which cost thousands of dollars. I bought this guitar for $89! It looks sharp, and does not feel cheap at all. Obviously it is not a typical American, Japanese or Mexican Strat (this is made in Indonesia), but it will certainly make a lot of parents and kids happy as a first electric. It will not hold a beginner back, and it can be upgraded hardware-wise. I have used it on a few gigs, and I is a joy to play. Fender got this one right!

My guitar is a metallic burnt orange with a black pickguard (very sharp). The ultra-light body is basswood (a good tone wood for heavy metallurgists). The fretboard is rosewood. In my opinion, you cannot get more bang for the buck with this guitar. Many a kid will be happy on Xmas day if one of these shows up under the tree! Very happy with this purchase!

I swapped a good quality les paul copy for a 1984 squier bullet many years back. Its a rosewood neck, japanese made 3 single coil pickup model. It was the 1980s and I needed another strat-type to mess about on and as a backup for stage. It certainly didnt disappoint. Once I'd set up the action properly this was a great backup guitar on stage to a customised 2 x humbucker strat with floyd rose. Over the years its had a floyd rose fitted, a neck humbucker (now removed) and a GK-2A roland guitar synth pickup )also now removed). The original pickups and sound were good - and thats what it has been returned to. It is now finished in a Scottish Flag pattern and I am about to give it away to my partners son as his first guitar.

I think the problem with the ratings for this guitar are that you need to indicate which model of the Bullet you have. the Original Bullet was made in America for two years and then was made in japan starting in 1983 and then it was moved (again) to korea and mexico in the late 80's. The 50th anniversary model was made in China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squier_Bullet

I think that the Squier Bullet is the worst guitar that Fender makes now. I teach a student who plays one and I've tried to make it work. very shrill sound. Appears cheaply made and feels to me like a toy, Quite plastic-like. If you can afford it, move up a step to a standard Squire.

Overall, a great guitar for the buck. I own a few expensive Fenders too and i definitely don't really see much of a difference, just a slight sound difference and the American is heavier..

I would suggest this guitar to anyone who wants a sound and playability of the Clapton, Hendrix, and it handles some of the heavier stuff such as Mettalica. Just look at the guitarists through the years who play Fender Strats and although this is a cheaper guitar than the originals you can still get the sound and playability through a decent amp (I use a Marshall MG15DFX with mine).

I love my Squier Bullet, but you must check the sound if you decide to buy an instrument like this

I don't understand how this could get decent review. If your a beginner you can play any instrument but once you have a decent guitar you can't stand this garbage guitar

Squier Bullet - This guitar was bought new (B&W model - a la Eric Clapton's famous 'Blackie') from a shop. We tried all the other similar priced guitars up to £150 and this one stood out for tone and action.

I had to fit a shakeproof washer to the jack socket as it was always coming loose, and I had to disassemble, clean and spray WD40 on the pickup switch to get it to work properly.

After that it works fine. Nice tone (for the price) and nice action. Pickups are OK. There is a fair bit of hum.

You can make it scream if you like.

For a pure 'acoustic' tone it has a bit of a twangy sound which I personally dislike, but my 12-year-old son loves it when dirtied up! A fantastic guitar for a beginner and it is a Fender...

Ideal for beginner as it is lightweight and omits more experimental features such as tremolo. Soloing will become difficult as the string neck is not dented for great bending of the notes. Good sound, ideal for distorted sounds.