That’s an 87 Squier Bullet Stratocaster. The bridge quality is very poor in my opinion. No knife edges on the tremolo plate. The nut is plastic and the electronics are poor. I don’t know how you can say that guitar is better than a USA Strat. 😳
Put some heavy strings on it and the whole temerlo bends forward its a pig but it is a starting point to chop and bring back to life again with some decent bits
You have NO idea how the electronics are. You are right about the bridge. That's not a modern two point pivot trem. The pickups are ceramic and will NOT sound as good as a 64 Strat with alnicos. But the body and and neck can ABSOLUTELY be as good as a modern USA Strat. You know nothing about guitars if you don't get that. It's just wood my friend.
I have a 92 MIK precision bass I got for my 30th birthday, I'm now 56 so you do the math. I used it as my 1st bass as a guitar was my main instrument. I quickly realized I was better on bass at least professionally. I played guitar in my 1st working band from 1996 to 2006 then I had the opportunity to play bass in my 2nd band from 2007 to 2010 so I was really developing my chops and in 2010 my 3rd working band and played until 2023, when I retired due to health reasons. By 2012 I had bought a Fender precision, and a used 2010 Fender jazz, a modern Yamaha 5 string that I never played and my old squire was relegated as my beater that I played right along with my fenders. I totally stripped the black finish and painted it seafoam green, which I dug for maybe a year. Then, I stripped it again & painted it Fiesta red, which I loved and it's faded to thar salmon pink color and that's where it is today. It's a little clunky compared to my fenders but I prefer the neck on the squire. I had zero problems playing on stage with a guitar player playing a Les Paul. No shame in my game. Still has the same p/ups and wiring harness though I did break the volume pot while putting the know back on. As it still works I just done the MacGyver fix with some gorilla tape around the post & it still works to this day.
I had a 80's boxer Squier mij it was amazing! It was better then any American Fender.. Mine was black with a black headstock,3 single coils & it weighed close to 8 lbs but it was astonishing, in the 90's we never expected them to become sought after, they were just cheap used guitars at that time and add to that the fact that I was a kid and had no idea what I really had, but I remember everything about that guitar and that says alot...
I had a buddy who borrowed his bosses bullet or squire Strat. Boss bot it for the kid, kid lost interest. So my pal borrowed it. I've bought and sold Strats since the 70's so I have owned quite a few, at least 50. This was really an exceptional guitar. It's funny you say you advised your pal to keep the guitar; I advised my friend to say the borrowed guitar got stolen and to go out to GtrCtr and just buy another one to replace it. They were $150 at the time, 35 years ago. With a little fretwork and better pickups, this was just as good as the '64 Strat I was playing at the time and it was a good '64. I'd bet you even now, today, you could go to a guitar center and pick from 10 Korean or Chinese Strats, and the best one would be as good if not better than an average US made Strat other than the cheaper hardware & pickups. They ain't $150 any more, that's for sure.
I have a Young Chang ( that is the E series factory). They played a game of chicken with fender and lost, but they made AWESOME stuff for a few years. I have a Morris Hurrican ex-9 that is a plywood ( plywood is not bad) fender strat down to the 54 body shape. LOVE the neck.
Yep! My 1985 made in Japan Squire is better than my 2016 Fender American Strat. Yes I changed the pickups & wiring, & has had 2 fret jobs over the last 39 years.
The old 80's Bullet series Fender guitars made in Japan were superior instruments. Even the Fender executives and manufacturer leads in the USA were blown away by them back in the day. Fast-forward to the modern times and people are starting to realize this. Thus, the market value of these instruments have been trending upward for some time now. The old Bullet badge of shame has become a badge of honor now.
The only guitar I've ever bought new is a Squier infinity made in China (somewhere I read this is supposed to be Taiwan actually, but am not quite sure) from the late 90ies. The neck is like on your guitar and the tuners are stock and hold tone surprisingly well. Fret ends are very smooth, frets are rather small, but I like the neck better than my USA Fender neck. I only put Fender roller string trees on it and changed the SSS to HSS. It is a wonderful guitar, which I'll never sell. The bridge has 6 screws which I changed to floating without having tuning problems. My tuners are different to yours and I will keep them stock. I also put a bone nut on it. That's all I did. Ah, and I put 9 strings except the high E which is from a 10 set as the 9 broke right away in the very beginning. It's a wonderful piece of guitar now!
@@greyorbit Yeah, it's the neck I like too. Other parts are not so important to me.I prefer the Squier neck to my Fender USA strat's neck, which is broader and chunkier. Also the tuners are very stable, still stock. Only mods I did: a bone nut and a HSS figuration and 9s instead of 10s. Plays like butter.
Where was that old squire made? I have an early 90's i think made in Japan charvel and its pretty amazing. They first moved to japan to be cheaper but the Japanese dont play
I have a fender stat 84 made in Japan squires are no where near the sound or tone they are ok for beginners as they don’t have much tone or depth too their sound
Meh, Squier just as good as a Fender when repaired & set up well. Better is a perception. I just can't get past the input jack not being in its own clam shell with 1 volume, 1 tone knob, but that's a player preference too.
its not a "fender squire" its just a squire, why do youtubers always call it "fender squire" like the fact fender is squires parent company is completely irrelevant when they are both made on other sides of the planet. im not shiting on squire i actually really like them and think they are better value per spec over their fender counterparts, i think they are on par with quality and in recent years i think they can stand on their own.
First. It's Squier not squire.. Second. They made Squiers in USA and Mexico. The japan models were the best quality. The RUclipsrs add say Fender Squier for search optimization
@@stringsattached67 It's really quite simple...Fender only has two guitar plants where Fender employees build guitars....One in Mexico and one in the USA...Any other guitars not built in those two plants are not Fender guitars....They are guitars built by other established guitar companies under contract by FMIC (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)...Fender Guitar Inc. has nothing to do with contracting out or building outsourced guitars...and FMIC owns the Fender Inc brand as well as many other brands...Today, FMIC brands include Fender ,Squier, Gretsch, Jackson, Charvel, and EVH among many others....All there brands are ''by Fender''....
This is not better than a genuine USA Strat lol. I started playing in the early 80s, and just about all the Squiers back then were shite. This is the guitar we told everyone to avoid buying back then. They make them a heck of a lot better now though, and some of those CV rival some USA ones.
The illusion of the tinted gloss finish on the neck. I remember these well. Plywood monstrosities that weighed nearly 9lb. New ones are just so much better.
Id play the suit out of that guitar. You wouldn't know the difference. 😂😂😂😂😂 You're a cork sniffer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Those older Squier were good guitars, if you can play guitar. 😂😂😂😂
That’s an 87 Squier Bullet Stratocaster. The bridge quality is very poor in my opinion. No knife edges on the tremolo plate. The nut is plastic and the electronics are poor. I don’t know how you can say that guitar is better than a USA Strat. 😳
Snob
Put some heavy strings on it and the whole temerlo bends forward its a pig but it is a starting point to chop and bring back to life again with some decent bits
I can play it as good a aUSA strat 😂😂😂😂😂
You have NO idea how the electronics are. You are right about the bridge. That's not a modern two point pivot trem. The pickups are ceramic and will NOT sound as good as a 64 Strat with alnicos.
But the body and and neck can ABSOLUTELY be as good as a modern USA Strat. You know nothing about guitars if you don't get that. It's just wood my friend.
I have a 92 MIK precision bass I got for my 30th birthday, I'm now 56 so you do the math. I used it as my 1st bass as a guitar was my main instrument. I quickly realized I was better on bass at least professionally. I played guitar in my 1st working band from 1996 to 2006 then I had the opportunity to play bass in my 2nd band from 2007 to 2010 so I was really developing my chops and in 2010 my 3rd working band and played until 2023, when I retired due to health reasons. By 2012 I had bought a Fender precision, and a used 2010 Fender jazz, a modern Yamaha 5 string that I never played and my old squire was relegated as my beater that I played right along with my fenders. I totally stripped the black finish and painted it seafoam green, which I dug for maybe a year. Then, I stripped it again & painted it Fiesta red, which I loved and it's faded to thar salmon pink color and that's where it is today. It's a little clunky compared to my fenders but I prefer the neck on the squire. I had zero problems playing on stage with a guitar player playing a Les Paul. No shame in my game. Still has the same p/ups and wiring harness though I did break the volume pot while putting the know back on. As it still works I just done the MacGyver fix with some gorilla tape around the post & it still works to this day.
I had a 80's boxer Squier mij it was amazing! It was better then any American Fender..
Mine was black with a black headstock,3 single coils & it weighed close to 8 lbs but it was astonishing, in the 90's we never expected them to become sought after, they were just cheap used guitars at that time and add to that the fact that I was a kid and had no idea what I really had, but I remember everything about that guitar and that says alot...
I still have mine! ❤❤❤❤
I had a buddy who borrowed his bosses bullet or squire Strat. Boss bot it for the kid, kid lost interest. So my pal borrowed it. I've bought and sold Strats since the 70's so I have owned quite a few, at least 50. This was really an exceptional guitar. It's funny you say you advised your pal to keep the guitar; I advised my friend to say the borrowed guitar got stolen and to go out to GtrCtr and just buy another one to replace it. They were $150 at the time, 35 years ago. With a little fretwork and better pickups, this was just as good as the '64 Strat I was playing at the time and it was a good '64.
I'd bet you even now, today, you could go to a guitar center and pick from 10 Korean or Chinese Strats, and the best one would be as good if not better than an average US made Strat other than the cheaper hardware & pickups. They ain't $150 any more, that's for sure.
I have a Young Chang ( that is the E series factory). They played a game of chicken with fender and lost, but they made AWESOME stuff for a few years. I have a Morris Hurrican ex-9 that is a plywood ( plywood is not bad) fender strat down to the 54 body shape. LOVE the neck.
One of those Asia countries was making them with new Zealand totara wood and it's heavy but sounds great
Ive got 3 Japanese bullets and 2 Mik. Just love the necks. 2 of them are the bit more pointy tele shape.
I guess I was wrong. Typically the Korean stuff has a plywood body. Because that's what world industries used until '93
Hell even the new squiers like the paranormal series are absolutely killer guitars.. lol I own 7 squiers all slightly modded... It's an addiction lol
Yep! My 1985 made in Japan Squire is better than my 2016 Fender American Strat. Yes I changed the pickups & wiring, & has had 2 fret jobs over the last 39 years.
The old 80's Bullet series Fender guitars made in Japan were superior instruments. Even the Fender executives and manufacturer leads in the USA were blown away by them back in the day. Fast-forward to the modern times and people are starting to realize this. Thus, the market value of these instruments have been trending upward for some time now. The old Bullet badge of shame has become a badge of honor now.
It was never a badge of shame for me. It was a guitar for me. I still have my MIJ Squier and it's one of the nicer ones I own.
I like the two knobs rather then three
That is a clean one
I have an old ‘95 MIJ Squier and it’s a great guitar 👍
The only guitar I've ever bought new is a Squier infinity made in China (somewhere I read this is supposed to be Taiwan actually, but am not quite sure) from the late 90ies. The neck is like on your guitar and the tuners are stock and hold tone surprisingly well. Fret ends are very smooth, frets are rather small, but I like the neck better than my USA Fender neck. I only put Fender roller string trees on it and changed the SSS to HSS. It is a wonderful guitar, which I'll never sell. The bridge has 6 screws which I changed to floating without having tuning problems.
My tuners are different to yours and I will keep them stock. I also put a bone nut on it. That's all I did. Ah, and I put 9 strings except the high E
which is from a 10 set as the 9 broke right away in the very beginning. It's a wonderful piece of guitar now!
I have a 97 Taiwan Squier and a MIK both are awesome. great necks!
@@greyorbit Yeah, it's the neck I like too. Other parts are not so important to me.I prefer the Squier neck to my Fender USA strat's neck, which is broader and chunkier.
Also the tuners are very stable, still stock.
Only mods I did: a bone nut and a HSS figuration and 9s instead of 10s. Plays like butter.
Yeah they are
Where was that old squire made? I have an early 90's i think made in Japan charvel and its pretty amazing. They first moved to japan to be cheaper but the Japanese dont play
It was made in korea
My guess is mid 80s, I have a 1983 American strat that has only one volume and one tone knob and the third hole is the jack like that.
Lol you sound a lot like myself.. zany Cool humor my friend 👍👍
I was surprised you didn’t break the nut when you hit it with a punch and that hammer.
The Cowboy rides again!
Forgot sth. the serial number starts with CY and it says "crafted in China" that should be Taiwan, I guess.
What is that color? Candy Lipstick Red?
I don't see the silver bullet popping out of the neck adjuster like my original 74 strat
Why are you taking the tuners off?
I subscribed for more bass videos 😇
i have an 87 i love it
made in Korea
should just refret at this point. thats a lot of ware.
What year is it?
So its a winner
Like knobs futher away from pickup
I have a fender stat 84 made in Japan squires are no where near the sound or tone they are ok for beginners as they don’t have much tone or depth too their sound
You’re effing nuts! Korean made Squier over a USA made Stratocaster? Bullshit.
Cork sniffer 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Grover self locking
any guitar will be better if you make a proper setup
At 20:45... points finger at Mike McC?
Probably saw dust in pocket
Put some tex mecs in it it will jam
Meh, Squier just as good as a Fender when repaired & set up well. Better is a perception. I just can't get past the input jack not being in its own clam shell with 1 volume, 1 tone knob, but that's a player preference too.
don't worry everyone at fender knows their stuff is all overpriced exorbitantly
Same with Gibson
Fender vintage trem
...sounds like an average Squier to me..nothin super crazy
its not a "fender squire" its just a squire, why do youtubers always call it "fender squire" like the fact fender is squires parent company is completely irrelevant when they are both made on other sides of the planet. im not shiting on squire i actually really like them and think they are better value per spec over their fender counterparts, i think they are on par with quality and in recent years i think they can stand on their own.
First. It's Squier not squire.. Second. They made Squiers in USA and Mexico. The japan models were the best quality. The RUclipsrs add say Fender Squier for search optimization
Squire by fender
Well if it's not by fender why do every one of them have fender on the headstock?
@@tellitlikeitis-rg4ny Learn how to spell Squier....the last letter is an R...
@@stringsattached67 It's really quite simple...Fender only has two guitar plants where Fender employees build guitars....One in Mexico and one in the USA...Any other guitars not built in those two plants are not Fender guitars....They are guitars built by other established guitar companies under contract by FMIC (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)...Fender Guitar Inc. has nothing to do with contracting out or building outsourced guitars...and FMIC owns the Fender Inc brand as well as many other brands...Today, FMIC brands include Fender ,Squier, Gretsch, Jackson, Charvel, and EVH among many others....All there brands are ''by Fender''....
Eighty 7
This is not better than a genuine USA Strat lol. I started playing in the early 80s, and just about all the Squiers back then were shite. This is the guitar we told everyone to avoid buying back then. They make them a heck of a lot better now though, and some of those CV rival some USA ones.
The illusion of the tinted gloss finish on the neck. I remember these well. Plywood monstrosities that weighed nearly 9lb. New ones are just so much better.
Id play the suit out of that guitar. You wouldn't know the difference. 😂😂😂😂😂 You're a cork sniffer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Those older Squier were good guitars, if you can play guitar. 😂😂😂😂
plywood body
so?
87
Knuckle hair is soooo over rated anyway
Modern fender is pretty bad as far as necks an fret work 😑
Korea and Indonesia make some pretty darn good guitars. But sorry. The American Original series is hard to beat.