Squier Bullet [1983-1986]

This guitar was made in Japan in 1984. The main characteristics of Lead made in the USA whose production was stopped in the U.S., were taken up and improved. Here we do not have fabulous round of TELECASTER (extra end) found on the American series, but a wider round like the "Stratocaster" today, but with the head of the "Telecaster ". For the look. Another improvement on the American model, the addition of a vibrato and not just any, the famous "54" LEO FENDER, one with 6 holes.
For the settings we have a button in less than the START, just one volume and one tone with a 5 position switch for selection of microphones.
Here we have a simplified STRATOCASTER, with a body a bit smaller and not cutting back. It's not embarrassing, it can even be more because the guitar is lighter. The design seems perfect.

UTILIZATION

As written above, the handle has nothing to do with those of the U.S. series is specially manufactured to handle the guitar, a handle "modern" with which it is easier to play in position "academic" in namely the thumb, although on the flat to allow four fingers left free to go fast and too complicated to make agreements with all the fingers on one box, the width of the handle permitting. Access to treble is normal, what is a normal access? Washburn N4 on access to acute is perfect here because of the thickness of the connecting shaft / body is not the same thing, it is less easy, but there are only 21 frets and us, what guitarist "normal" often plays on the 19 th 20 th and 21 th box beyond the first 3. Most of the guitar are a range of LA on the 17 th pentatonic box and then you get easily with a finger at the 21 th. The resulting sound is in turn SUBLIME, exactly the same as a U.S. START. I wonder if it is not U.S. microphones are used. I've never taken apart to see, but I'm amazed (the Bullet pocédant U.S.) audio of this equivalence.

SOUNDS

I like playing Dire Straits and the picking of On Every Street this guitar sounds so good that I start to take me for Mark Knopfler.Sur pieces a little hard as "There Is No God" Far ( I was talking about Nuno in the previous chapter) this Squier is doing terribly well, you get a great sound in the very spirit that exists on the disk. I am the branch AC30 modern manufactured by Korg. Yes it is no longer VOX, KORG bought and sold under the brand appearance VOX manufacture made in Korea and it works, what would buy a guitar amp KORG? ... I digress. The Squier has the versatility of a STRATOCASTER USA VINTAGE with an improvement: it has a mechanical oil bath FENDER JAPAN and the agreement is better than on a VINTAGE U.S..

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using a 2Otaine years, I bought it because I saw that Steve Rothery of MARILLION played and still plays a Squier made in Japan and I also like the Bullet made in USA, I wanted to complete my collection by a model made in Japan. It's an investment that I do not regret it. The quality / price is insane, high quality models of the 80s Made in USA, for his strictly equivalent and a lower price.
Sometimes I read forums on the MIJ and as I like to do off-topic .....
I see that there are not snobs and connoisseurs musicians who express themselves, these musicians recognize almost all the quality Fender Japan is the least equivalent to the USA for less quality. I confirm that. I say the same, with the U.S. and Japan) MIJ is the best in the mid 80s. Why? For U.S. Fender knew a troubled period, CBS, the boss 70 and 80 would start to separate from the company, there was a move to Fullerton in Corona, this was not to arrange the production quality. While in Japan there was the production that started, the Japanese wanted to do the best and even that some models were manufactured in Japan and sold in the U.S., with U.S. number but without indication of source.
Currently vintage SQUIER, those of 80 years are starting to be more expensive than the U.S. guitars in the same period. So if you find SQUIER MADE IN JAPAN 80 years is worth buying not too expensive and it is still an excellent investment (for the financial side) and the next sound is exceptional for a sum FENDER VINTAGE still low.