All user reviews of 4/5 for the Squier Bullet Strat Special

I aquired this from a friend for $50 (no, it isn't a bad guitar, he just didn't feel like charging very much for a friend), which is an amazing price as the list price is close to $160!

Well, I like pretty much every thing about his guitar. It sounds great, very easy to play, lightweight. The frets are put on pretty nicely.

There is only a couple of things I don't like about this guitar. Firstly, the amp has no destortion on it at all. Which sucks, as I like to play classic rock on my guitar. Also, when I strum string number 1 to hard, it slides down a bit and gets caught on the neck, but all you have to do to get it back is like press down on the string and it goes back into place.

The contruction is very good. Again, very good job on teh frets, and especially the tuning pegs, compared to my last guitar (some Aria model) which the tuning pegs were pretty much rusted still. This is a high quality guitar.

This is a high quiality guitar, as I have said. It could have used a better amp though. So go out and buy the Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal and you should be all set.

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Bought new from a Music Shop in Abingdon for my 12 yr old son. Paid just over £100 and they threw in a Ritter bag, strap, plectrums and lead!
We tried ALL the budget guitars in the shop (Encore, Yamaha, etc.) and this one immediately stood out as soon as we picked it up.

Thin neck (good for youngsters), v. playable, nice action. Tone was thin but has character, unlike many other cheap guitars we tried.

No whammy bar and would have liked at least one humbucker. There is a bit of hum sometimes.

Here goes:
1. Jack socket keeps coming loose despite adding a locking washer.
2. The top E string had a nasty 'twang' sound which I traced to a bad slot in the nut. I redressed all the nut slots (which seemed a bit wide) by using a thin blade of a hacksaw and carefully angling it sloping towards the headstock so I did not reduce the slot depth at the front.
3. The neck was not at all curved so we got fret buzz. I slackened the truss rod quite a bit to fix it.
4. The neck pickup magnets do not allign with the strings and the middle one is slightly off too. The bridge pickup is angled so that is OK. This can't be adjusted and makes one wonder if they fitted the correct ones?
Apart from these annoyances, good quality finish and average h/w.

I got the feeling that this is a budget guitar because they don't bother to choose the best bits when they make it. It gets just any old nut, no adjustments to the neck, etc. and the hardware is not particularly the best. These probably get used on the Strats and better guitars that they make in the same factory.
The bottom line, I think, is that quality can vary and you may need to cherry pick or give it a bit of work to get it right (or ask the shop to do it for you, e.g. Regent Guitars will do this for free).
All in all, a very good starter guitar that is very playable with a great sound!

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I purchased this guitar from NZ Rockshops in Wellington, New Zealand for NZ$299 as part of a package deal.

This guitar is robust and outstanding value. It's neck is smooth and rounded into a shape I find easy to play with.

The finish is durable, and the controls and pickups are similiar to those of a US Strat.

I believe that the only differences between this guitar and an American Strat are minor, and this guitar provides the beginner with real tone at an affordable price.

The pickups are slightly too screechy for my taste, and do not compare to the rich, mellow sound of my Fender Highway 1 Stratocaster.

This, however, is a subtle difference and will not be recognised the beginner, as I was when I purchased it.

This guitar could withstand serious gigging, with its thick finish and well put together features including tight knobs and a secure bridge.

The guitar was seemingly made with care and designed with consideration. This guitar would be excellent as a cheap, backup guitar.

I play a lot of Blues-Rock and Classic Rock, which the Strat is the leading choice in.

The sound is practically that of a Mexican Strat without the name and the price. The components are incredibly similiar to that of my US Made Stratocaster, and thios is a great advantage to the beginner. I thoroughly recommend this as a first guitar, even ahead of a classical or cheap acoustic one.

My only complaint is the price, but then I complain about that on every guitar as they only cost about $10 to make, so in that regard this guitar is better value than any other!

With this guitar you can sound awesome without sacrificing too much precious money. This is one of the most playable guitars of all time!

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i paid 100 bucks for this guitar at guitar center

what caught my attention first off was that it was bright orange... my favorite color. the pricetag? 100 bucks! the single humbucker has a nice sound and i was astounded at what i was getting for a single c note. also its oddly lightweight which i suppose is good.

it plays a little slow. its sort of hard to slide about the neck. i dont have any problems with it coming out of tune either.

none of the shit has fallen off and ive had it for a while. it can take a pretty good beating too.

if you want to learn or try out the humbucker or need a new guitar to mess around with like me then go ahead and buy it ya cheap bum.

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i paid $180 for it and it came with a warranty. it is my first guitar and its a good one

awesome sound on a marshall amp. pretty much anything you could hope for. get a good pedal and you good yourself a wide range of sounds

its squier and isnt made in the us and probobly isnt as quality as a fender

the construction is it isnt the same screwholes as a standard strat making it hard to change a pickguard and already my output has needed fixing

good guitar for a begginer and change it a little and its a great guitar

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Guitar Center for $99

It has the classic Strat design, 3-pickups etc. It is a light guitar, feels great in my hands.

I have not found anything wrong yet. Despite all the talk, it has stayed in tune.

The guitar appears to be of high quality, but I can't really make a claim on that, since this is my first guitar.

The is a great guitar for starters. Compared to the Affinity, it is $50 less, only noticible difference is the missing tremblo bar. Which is fine, because it will stay in tune better.

I thought about getting the Strat Pack, but decided on the Bullet with a better amp. I got a tuner, gig-bag, stand, amp, and guitar for $328, for a better guitar and amp, it is worth it.

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6 months ago, I was looking for a good quality electric guitar on the internet when my uncle recommended musiciansfriend.com. So, when I went there, I searched the page for about an hour, until I found a squier bullet. It was only $99.00, so I figured what the heck. If it was junk, I could always send it back. So I ordered one, and 6 days later, it arrived.

I like almost everything about it. It is easy to tune, easy to play, It is just my size, it sounds just right, has three pickups, one volume knob and two tone knobs,need I say more?

There is only one thing I don't like about it. No tremolo. Everything else is perfect, though.

The quality is terrific. It sounds just like the lead guitar in my favorite heavy metal bands, has a shiny blue finish, has never broken, and has very high quality parts.

In a nutshell, this is a terrific guitar. Almost everything about it is perfect. If it had a tremolo it would be even better.

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This is a guitar stratocaster type Asian, with a rosewood handle 21 boxes, fixed bridge like aau vintage vibrato with a traditional single humbucker in the bridge position and a knob of volume.elle is reminiscent of the Tom DeLonge Stratocaster because even configuration is for cheap!

UTILIZATION

The guitar is very simple, very light, comfort is very good! very ideal! it can not be easier!

SOUNDS

I play on a vintage Marshall Valvestate and a 15 w, sound is good, the sound is crystal clear very nice in his saturated sound, the sound is not bad at all, the microphone is oriented to the sound vriament saturated c 'is quite nice for a guitar of this price! it lacks a tone to refine the sound but honestly the majority has put it back 100% of time is it really useful?

OVERALL OPINION

I recently 4 days!
I have to make me buy a guitar based personalized and modified configuration level and micro level look. I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of this model, I advise a beginner because it will bring them a lot and without the ruined!
honestly I would have taken as many first guitar at the time when I started, but hey it did not exist!
I regret not my choice, a simple guitar, light and fun to play that sound very correct what more, try it now!