- #KOREAN SQUIER STRATOCASTER SERIAL NUMBERS FULL SIZE#
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Maple was the only neck option and the headstock retained the version one telecaster profile.
#KOREAN SQUIER STRATOCASTER SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES#
This series featured a double cutaway body similar but much smaller than the Fender Stratocaster without body contouring and therefore almost the same shape as the Mustang and Duo-Sonic that the Bullet replaced. In 1982, Fender introduced a revised version of the Bullet, including two bass models. At release in 1981, the only neck option was maple with a rosewood fretboard a maple neck with a walnut skunk stripe was introduced in 1982 alongside the rosewood fretboard on both "The Bullet" & "The Bullet Deluxe". Color options were red or ivory, with a white or black pick guards on both models. The pickups had the same closed pickup covers as used on the Mustang & were initially left over Mustang stock. Both models had 2 single coil pickups with a three-way selector switch. The Bullet Deluxe had a plastic pickguard with a separate, traditional hardtail bridge while the standard model featured a steel pickguard-bridge-tailpiece combo, powder coated white or black, with separate saddles for each string. The standard model originally retailed at $199.00 or $249 including the vacuum formed case, cord, strap, polishing cloth & bridge adjustment wrenches. Similarly to preceding student models like the Mustang, Bronco and Musicmaster, cost savings were made by using less wood for the body, both guitar bodies were 1 5/8 inches thick as opposed to the 1 3/4 inch thickness of other Fender guitars, parts were quick to assemble and labor saving, both models had the same hardware & electrics as other Fender guitars from the same era. These two models had a single cutaway body style similar to that of the Fender Telecaster but much smaller closer in size to the Mustang and Duo-Sonic that the Bullet replaced, the guitar had a 21 fret rosewood neck and Telecaster-style headstock and Kluson Deluxe tuners. The "1" on the headstock was devised by John Page as an ad campaign as in "#1 with a bullet" like in Billboard with a silver star. Two models were available - The "Bullet" (known as The standard Bullet) & the "Bullet Deluxe", retailers & dealers in the USA often called the guitars "The Bullet One" but this was never a marketing name used by Fender. silver star with the numeral one in it and all." USA Version 1 (1981) įender marketed two models, initially manufacture was set up offshore in Korea, but due to technical issues, such as unacceptable high actions, the guitars were recalled to the U.S.A for manufacture at the Fullerton plant. maybe Tokai or Hondo, basically ripped off the design and called it the All Star. But what was funny, as a side note, the very next NAMM show after I released it, an import company. Fender marketing chose not to go with it. They were usually the "hits" So I thought that the phrase "Number one with a bullet" which was a classic DJ/industry phrase, would be a great advertising campaign for it. The Billboard charts always had a silver star around the number of singles/albums that were shooting up the charts quickly. "When I designed the Bullet I was still giggin' a lot and still reading the trades. If any of those things are not true then the price would obviously need to be lower.The Bullet was designed by luthier John Page who explained the origin of the silver star on the Bullets head stock: but you can still figure prices shouldn't be much over the USD prices if you just change the currency symbol to UKP.Īnyway, the bottom line is the absolute top money on one of these assuming it is near mint condition with a solid body and all the better hardware would be around £300. Now, from what I've heard everything seems to sell silly expensive over there in the UK. The Fender Squier Series are typically $100-$150. The MIK Fenders are usually going to be in the $150-$200 range, less if they are "Fender Squier Series" (the Squier Series is often scratched off).
#KOREAN SQUIER STRATOCASTER SERIAL NUMBERS FULL SIZE#
Does it have a solid wood or plywood body? Is the body full 1-3/4" thickness or the slightly thinner 1-5/8"? Is the trem the full US 2-7/32" width with a full size block and folded steel Fender stamped saddles or is it import width 2-1/16" with thin pot metal block and die cast zinc saddles? Does it have 10mm die cast Gotoh style tuners with Fender markings on the back or the "trapezoid" type with stamped sheet metal covers?Īnyway, these are generally a lesser guitar than an MIM Fender Standard, and those are currently selling between $200-$250 around here, sometimes as much as $300 for a mint one with some extras to the right buyer (brand new they are $500). They aren't that common, but they are also not the highest quality overall.