Awesome! I appreciate it. Yeah, I’m all about if it’s a good guitar then who cares what it says on the headstock. This strat is still in my collection. I modded it within the inch of its life but that was just more of a personal challenge to see just how great I could make it and not because it really needed it.
I’ve been gigging with a stock Bullet Strat for 7 years. They are not just for beginners. Great axes for those of us on dental floss (thinner than shoe string) budget.
Curious what model year of the Bullet that Fender stopped using Rosewood? I purchased one just like yours in 2016 and I believe it was advertised as Rosewood.
The Cites regulations that restricted the use of rosewood began effecting guitars in 2017. I believe mine is a 2017 which explains the use of indian laurel on the fretboard. The regulation has since been lifted for guitar companies and they're starting to transition back to rosewood on a lot of model but leaving alternate options for the less expensive stuff.
I'm totally subscribing, I absolutely love your attitude. I'm planning on getting the hss version of this in the same colour, and replacing the standard humbucker with a Seymour Duncan invader. I also plan on putting in a hot rails and locking tuners.
I have the EXACT same guitar (love that sea foam green!!). Most of the Squire Bullet Strat reviews that I see tend to rip on them simply for being the entry level and how they don't have items that are on higher price point guitars. They seem to miss that this IS an entry level guitar and won't have those upgrades. So thank you for doing a (from my perspective) genuinely balanced review on this product. NEW SUB here!!
Yes, it stays in tune pretty well. I have since changed the tuners to vintage style because I prefer them. The neck feels almost identical to my American Strat.
I have a question man. On the guitar center page it doesn't show that the Squier Bullet you have has a tremolo did you modify it or did it come like that because I'm trying to get one but I'm doubtful if it comes with it or not.
Going to pick up one of these guys, budget guitars these days have really improved, wow you get a lot more bang for buck! Have a sub as well, man, great video.
@@VenancioPortalatin So had it for a few days, what's crazy is the difference in quality between a cheap-ish guitar now vs one, say, 15 years ago, outstanding machine, you can tell the $100-200 market is hotly contested, the quality is nuts (for the price).
I’m a little confused on the back. Is this bullet a strung through? I notice the billets that are listed online now have a solid body back no white piece or place where you have unscrewed.
@@VenancioPortalatin Hey damn why would they do that. I've noticed that. Why would you not have a place for tremelo…. On any guitar haha let alone the full body back just seems odd to me. I am in the market for one in a specific color but want tremolo
You can still find this model on a few sites as a limited edition. Also check Craigslist, FB market place, Reverb & EBay. They come up used and are totally worth it. Great guitars for modding. I haven’t done a part 2 video on this guitar but I have since modded it a ton. She’Sa beast and a regular player now.
Hey there Venancio. A few comments on Squires. I've owned loads of guitars. Fenders;Gibbys and other brands dating from 53 to present days. All of them needed some sort of maintenance from time to time. I'm a tinkerer and do all of my setups. The trick with the neck shim is spot on. Fender actually had a stock tilt mech built in on late 70s strats but not reliable. EC/SRV were constantly messing about with their axes. Rory Gallagher beat the dog out his strat. Never changed a thing but strings. My old 60s strats were really clunky compared to today's rigs. The 3 position selector was limited. The old trick was to jam a matchbook cover in the switch to get the different sound. The tuners were junk. The front pickup was noisy. The newer ceramics actually are much less microphonic. Fender would have done a better job back then if strats were engineered as they are today. Now--on to the Infinty strats. Owned 3 of them. Hate the big head stock. The pickups just could not help but dissipate when it comes to a hard grinding solo. I had to files the fret ends on all of them On those points alone, I'm not sold on that overpriced marquee. The price point has gone way up. But prawn shops won't give you anymore than a Squier. My fave axe was a 58 black beauty. Ebony fretboard. Heavier than shite. But it played like a dream. Interesting bit about Laurel vs. rosewood. I did notice streaks on your squire. If it fingers well then it's not a bother. Also, plastic nuts bear better than bone. Bone wears down wicked quick. Jeff Beck used to grind down pencil lead to dust the nut slots. No need for spray. Also like the satin finish neck. Much easier than the gloss for playing that would immediately get sanded off. Way back when, my buddy had a Squire II. I shoulda bought it off him. So. I bought the last seam foam squire yesterday with a fender 20 amp from GC. Nobody else had them. And the price was slashed 20 bucks. I'll let you know after it comes in and I have some playing time in. Thanks for your video Venancio!
I would say they’re on par with each other. The Turser was setup a lot better out of the box but that’s not a deal breaker for me as I always do my own setups even on expensive guitars. Sound and feel wise is almost identical with a slight edge going to the Squier as the pickups sound a tad better but nothing major. Either is a good choice if that’s your budget.
Nice video, just for all Bullet users here. I have two. They both over 10 years old, never changed anything except pickguard. If you set it up properly, don't need to change a thing. I use Vox, Blackstar amps, these guitars are great, if you can't do it yourself, pay $50 for a set up as said.
Love this review! Just picked up a 2017 Indo Bullet yesterday for $50. Did about 30 mins of setup and I can see the potential. It will need a shim. I left the strings on because they were brand new. My last strat was a Harmony about 25 years ago. This is way more guitar for $129 (retail) than you could get 25 years ago lol Keep chugggin my friend! Subbed!
What did you use to oil the fret-board? I'd like to make the Indian Laurel as dark as possible on mine. Just bought a Sea-foam HSS bullet. Would it be counter intuitive to upgrade the humbucker only and not the pots and electronics on this Squier? Thanks dude!!!
I use lemon oil typically but for this guitar i have done a lot of mods which i plan on doing a video on. To darken it I used a coat of kea dye dark brown then one coat of tru oil.
@@VenancioPortalatin I actually really liked the IL fingerboard up close once it arrived. Just put some Music Nomad F-One oil on and it's good to go. Will upgrade bridge and tuners, though completely unnecessary on mine. Leaving the pickups stock on this girl:) Very fun guitar!
Should I get it as a beginner? And if yes what inexpensive amplifier could I get? I've seen the boss katana but the fender frontman 10g is a lot cheaper idk..
A pre wired pickguard from dragonfire and fender staggered locking tuners would solve all this guitars problems. Personally, i think the ceramic pickups are fine. I'd just upgrade the tuners. I dig the fact they are smaller than regular strats.
I almost did that but I wound up with some Tex Mex pickups and an Emerson wiring harness, new tuners and new bridge with a full brass trem block. I’m planning a part two video soon.
Good Vid VP. Great color!!! AND, why-O-why can't Fender spend a few extra dollars and put on better tuners. Yours stays in tune. You're ahead of the game brother.
I agree, it wouldn’t cost then more then pennies to upgrade the tuners. Cost cutting sometimes ain’t worth it. Mine were ok but I did change them out recently because I knew they wouldn’t last long.
Man, I wish I had someone to show me the potential this guitar had when I was in 6th grade. My friends always had "better" guitars and my dad had a Gibson LP custom so I never appreciated the Squier for what it was after playing theirs. I just thought cheap guitar=bad. Ended up just setting it in a closet and not really learning how to play guitar. I was 12, I'm 25 now. I finally revived it this year by doing some learning and cleaning out the insides of dust, lubing up the nut slot, polishing up the fret board, changing the strings, setting the string height, setting the intonation on the bridge. All of the things that I didn't know would make or break a guitar. Any guitar that isn't properly setup is going to play and feel bad, no matter the brand or components. This cheap 13 year old Squire guitar + a battery powered Boss Katana mini makes a nice worry-free traveling electric guitar. It doesn't have nice humbuckers or Alnico pickups on it...but these noisy ceramic coils have their own special place in my heart lol
Great stuff and a beautiful green strat there man! However I need to correct you that the new Fender Player series use Alnico V pickups, as it's part of the upgrade that separates them from the Standard series. I'm actually about to change up my old 2005 Standard Strat for the new Player series :)
Yeah, the player series is taking over for the standards. Haven’t played one yet but definitely curious. Supposed to have some good upgrades. Part 2 of this guitar video will be posted hopefully by next week. I’ve done some major upgrades.
I’m deciding to buy this for my first guitar should I ? I don’t want a higher priced guitar for my first cause I might break it. But should I buy this guitar? Also what type of amp should I get? I don’t want a expensive one
Andre Afshar it’s a great first guitar. When you buy it though take it to the local music store and tell them you want it setup. It’s worth the extra money to get it setup and playing good for you to learn on.
I purchased the squire bullet and the epiphone special sg model. They both have the same problem, having to tune them constantly became too annoying.. So now they sit as artwork in the bedroom..
Venancio Portalatin thanks, I did that with the SG about 5 years ago when I purchased them both(thru amazon). I took it to Sam Ash but still have the same problem.
Mine doesn't like to stay in tunning. But mine is pretty old. It was one of my cousin's that she gave to her brother. I asked him if I could have it and he gave it to me.
Nice guitar ( I have one and I have the same shirt also :) ) I was going to just keep it for a while and then trade up but I really like it, it is my go-to guitar when I am learning something because it is just so nice to play, I love my Epiphone SG and 335 Pro like chicken but the little Strat is my buddy so I decided to upgrade it with a pre-wired pickguard with Alnico pickups, better switch and pots, new tremolo system, Graphtech nut, and string trees. I know that some might say just get a better one but I like it and there is something cool about hot rodding a guitar and making it your own.
It did once I adjusted the nut slots and lubricated them with graphite. I did wind up changing the tuners but that was more cosmetic as the stock ones functioned fine.
Never saw this when you put it out dunno how I missed this but glad you did it. I like the surf green too. I got 1 of those byo tele's in that colour (the 1's they do already painted up). On another not just on friday I got 1 of these bullets that looks much like yours but mines white. Picked it up used at a prawn shop $90 in fairly good shape (they go for $200 or so new here from what I see). I've noticed the tuners on mine (which appear to be same type as on yours) are a lot stiffer than I've had on any of my other guitars. Is that what you've found with yours?
Yeah some are stuff some are loose. I’ve since changed the tuners. In fact I did a complete overhaul of this guitar. Planning on doing a part 2 video with all the changes as soon as I can free up some time.
Sounds good, the tuners are super tight and very hard to turn on mine compared to pretty much any other guitar I've played. It's weird cause the guitars otherwise in decent shape except for dried out fretboard n the strings never having been changed ever.
bluwng I did just that. Stained the whole neck. Vintage amber and added my own logo, new tuners and string tree. New Pickups, pot. Switch, jack & bridge
This is NOT ONLY A BEGINNER GUITAR!!!!! And Fender Standard MIM strats have ceramic magnets....so these aren't "cheap o" pups.....Not good enough player to SAY "this is bad, that is cheap, that is bad" no....theyre great!!!! Terrible review by a "so so" player.
Every time I buy another Squier strat I revisit your videos! It makes me happy that others enjoy them like I do.
Awesome! I appreciate it. Yeah, I’m all about if it’s a good guitar then who cares what it says on the headstock. This strat is still in my collection. I modded it within the inch of its life but that was just more of a personal challenge to see just how great I could make it and not because it really needed it.
Good enough for Mike Rutherford.....says it all.
I literally just bought this exact guitar today! Same color and everything, I’m going to attempt to teach myself 😬
icuh8nplaya getting ready to buy this guitar I wish you the best of luck!
I got it a year ago. Same color too. Pretty dope
Man, 46 seconds in and I subscribed; instantly loved your demeanor and I wish you the best! Back to your vid...
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you dig my videos.
I’ve been gigging with a stock Bullet Strat for 7 years. They are not just for beginners. Great axes for those of us on dental floss (thinner than shoe string) budget.
This is my 5th year playing and I have a lake blue one of this and it’s nothing compared too my epiphone Les Paul 60s standard
Very good, solid, no-frills, straightforward, honest review. Great job and thank you!
Good review you covered all of the things I was curious about thank you!
Thank you for the kind words.
Curious what model year of the Bullet that Fender stopped using Rosewood? I purchased one just like yours in 2016 and I believe it was advertised as Rosewood.
The Cites regulations that restricted the use of rosewood began effecting guitars in 2017. I believe mine is a 2017 which explains the use of indian laurel on the fretboard. The regulation has since been lifted for guitar companies and they're starting to transition back to rosewood on a lot of model but leaving alternate options for the less expensive stuff.
I'm totally subscribing, I absolutely love your attitude.
I'm planning on getting the hss version of this in the same colour, and replacing the standard humbucker with a Seymour Duncan invader. I also plan on putting in a hot rails and locking tuners.
Im planning to do the same... tom delonge custom, right?😂😂 how did it worked?
I have the EXACT same guitar (love that sea foam green!!). Most of the Squire Bullet Strat reviews that I see tend to rip on them simply for being the entry level and how they don't have items that are on higher price point guitars. They seem to miss that this IS an entry level guitar and won't have those upgrades. So thank you for doing a (from my perspective) genuinely balanced review on this product. NEW SUB here!!
Blues Pupil thanks for the kind words and watching. I truly appreciate it.
Does the bullet stay in tune? Also is the neck shape the same as a fender? Awesome video also
Yes, it stays in tune pretty well. I have since changed the tuners to vintage style because I prefer them. The neck feels almost identical to my American Strat.
Thanks for the demo man, sound really good!. Love Squier guitars!.
Really love squiers great value and play great with a good set up 😎🎸🎸
I have a question man. On the guitar center page it doesn't show that the Squier Bullet you have has a tremolo did you modify it or did it come like that because I'm trying to get one but I'm doubtful if it comes with it or not.
Most of the newer bullets don’t come with a tremolo. Although, you can still find them if you do a google search.
@@VenancioPortalatin Thank you.
Going to pick up one of these guys, budget guitars these days have really improved, wow you get a lot more bang for buck! Have a sub as well, man, great video.
Thanks for the kind words
@@VenancioPortalatin So had it for a few days, what's crazy is the difference in quality between a cheap-ish guitar now vs one, say, 15 years ago, outstanding machine, you can tell the $100-200 market is hotly contested, the quality is nuts (for the price).
Great demo thanks mate
I’m a little confused on the back. Is this bullet a strung through? I notice the billets that are listed online now have a solid body back no white piece or place where you have unscrewed.
Yeah, the new ones are hardtail. This one has a tremolo so it’s string through the bridge
@@VenancioPortalatin Hey damn why would they do that. I've noticed that. Why would you not have a place for tremelo…. On any guitar haha let alone the full body back just seems odd to me. I am in the market for one in a specific color but want tremolo
You can still find this model on a few sites as a limited edition. Also check Craigslist, FB market place, Reverb & EBay. They come up used and are totally worth it. Great guitars for modding. I haven’t done a part 2 video on this guitar but I have since modded it a ton. She’Sa beast and a regular player now.
great tone from a very inexpensive guitar. good playing!
Hey there Venancio. A few comments on Squires. I've owned loads of guitars. Fenders;Gibbys and other brands dating from 53 to present days. All of them needed some sort of maintenance from time to time. I'm a tinkerer and do all of my setups. The trick with the neck shim is spot on. Fender actually had a stock tilt mech built in on late 70s strats but not reliable. EC/SRV were constantly messing about with their axes. Rory Gallagher beat the dog out his strat. Never changed a thing but strings. My old 60s strats were really clunky compared to today's rigs. The 3 position selector was limited. The old trick was to jam a matchbook cover in the switch to get the different sound. The tuners were junk. The front pickup was noisy. The newer ceramics actually are much less microphonic. Fender would have done a better job back then if strats were engineered as they are today.
Now--on to the Infinty strats. Owned 3 of them. Hate the big head stock. The pickups just could not help but dissipate when it comes to a hard grinding solo. I had to files the fret ends on
all of them On those points alone, I'm not sold on that overpriced marquee. The price point has gone way up. But prawn shops won't give you anymore than a Squier.
My fave axe was a 58 black beauty. Ebony fretboard. Heavier than shite. But it played like a dream.
Interesting bit about Laurel vs. rosewood. I did notice streaks on your squire. If it fingers well then it's not a bother. Also, plastic nuts bear better than bone. Bone wears down wicked quick. Jeff Beck used to grind down pencil lead to dust the nut slots. No need for spray.
Also like the satin finish neck. Much easier than the gloss for playing that would immediately get sanded off.
Way back when, my buddy had a Squire II. I shoulda bought it off him.
So. I bought the last seam foam squire yesterday with a fender 20 amp from GC. Nobody else had them. And the price was slashed 20 bucks. I'll let you know after it comes in and I have some playing time in.
Thanks for your video Venancio!
Hi! You prefer the squier bullet strat over the Jay turser 300?
I would say they’re on par with each other. The Turser was setup a lot better out of the box but that’s not a deal breaker for me as I always do my own setups even on expensive guitars. Sound and feel wise is almost identical with a slight edge going to the Squier as the pickups sound a tad better but nothing major. Either is a good choice if that’s your budget.
@@VenancioPortalatin Thanks for your reply! You are the best my friend! I went for the JT
Glad to see you back
Hey man i love your guitar builds!!! Do a precision guitar kit man.
thanks for there kind words. Maybe one day i'll do a precision kit. been very curious about them for a while now.
Nice video, just for all Bullet users here.
I have two. They both over 10 years old, never changed anything except pickguard.
If you set it up properly, don't need to change a thing.
I use Vox, Blackstar amps, these guitars are great, if you can't do it yourself, pay $50 for a set up as said.
The thing about Squires, Bullets, Sawtooth and other inexpensive guitars is you can upgrade them and save a ton of money! Great review...
Love this review! Just picked up a 2017 Indo Bullet yesterday for $50. Did about 30 mins of setup and I can see the potential. It will need a shim. I left the strings on because they were brand new. My last strat was a Harmony about 25 years ago. This is way more guitar for $129 (retail) than you could get 25 years ago lol Keep chugggin my friend! Subbed!
Yeah, I wound up adding a shim to mine as well. In fact I gutted it and turned it into a tone beast. Maybe I’ll do an after video at some point.
Sounds great Bro! I could listen to your Texas blues all day!
Beautiful video! Wonderful guitar!!!
What did you use to oil the fret-board? I'd like to make the Indian Laurel as dark as possible on mine. Just bought a Sea-foam HSS bullet. Would it be counter intuitive to upgrade the humbucker only and not the pots and electronics on this Squier? Thanks dude!!!
I use lemon oil typically but for this guitar i have done a lot of mods which i plan on doing a video on. To darken it I used a coat of kea dye dark brown then one coat of tru oil.
@@VenancioPortalatin I actually really liked the IL fingerboard up close once it arrived. Just put some Music Nomad F-One oil on and it's good to go. Will upgrade bridge and tuners, though completely unnecessary on mine. Leaving the pickups stock on this girl:) Very fun guitar!
Great to see you back
Should I get it as a beginner? And if yes what inexpensive amplifier could I get? I've seen the boss katana but the fender frontman 10g is a lot cheaper idk..
A pre wired pickguard from dragonfire and fender staggered locking tuners would solve all this guitars problems. Personally, i think the ceramic pickups are fine. I'd just upgrade the tuners. I dig the fact they are smaller than regular strats.
I almost did that but I wound up with some Tex Mex pickups and an Emerson wiring harness, new tuners and new bridge with a full brass trem block. I’m planning a part two video soon.
Good Vid VP. Great color!!! AND, why-O-why can't Fender spend a few extra dollars and put on better tuners. Yours stays in tune. You're ahead of the game brother.
I agree, it wouldn’t cost then more then pennies to upgrade the tuners. Cost cutting sometimes ain’t worth it. Mine were ok but I did change them out recently because I knew they wouldn’t last long.
Great playing and ya’ all sold me :)
Man, I wish I had someone to show me the potential this guitar had when I was in 6th grade. My friends always had "better" guitars and my dad had a Gibson LP custom so I never appreciated the Squier for what it was after playing theirs. I just thought cheap guitar=bad. Ended up just setting it in a closet and not really learning how to play guitar. I was 12, I'm 25 now. I finally revived it this year by doing some learning and cleaning out the insides of dust, lubing up the nut slot, polishing up the fret board, changing the strings, setting the string height, setting the intonation on the bridge. All of the things that I didn't know would make or break a guitar. Any guitar that isn't properly setup is going to play and feel bad, no matter the brand or components. This cheap 13 year old Squire guitar + a battery powered Boss Katana mini makes a nice worry-free traveling electric guitar. It doesn't have nice humbuckers or Alnico pickups on it...but these noisy ceramic coils have their own special place in my heart lol
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@@lil_weasel219 I spelt it right the first time, thank you very much.
@@TheDetherageDialect missed it. Sry
The Detherage Dialect you sound like you were a spoiled little prick
Thanks - great review - is this the SSS model?
Thanks, yes it’s the sss model.
Does the bridge pickup have a tone control?
No but it’s an easy mod if you want it to.
@@VenancioPortalatin Do you know whats involved? How to do it?
Great stuff and a beautiful green strat there man!
However I need to correct you that the new Fender Player series use Alnico V pickups, as it's part of the upgrade that separates them from the Standard series.
I'm actually about to change up my old 2005 Standard Strat for the new Player series :)
Yeah, the player series is taking over for the standards. Haven’t played one yet but definitely curious. Supposed to have some good upgrades. Part 2 of this guitar video will be posted hopefully by next week. I’ve done some major upgrades.
Mad respect
I’m deciding to buy this for my first guitar should I ? I don’t want a higher priced guitar for my first cause I might break it. But should I buy this guitar? Also what type of amp should I get? I don’t want a expensive one
Andre Afshar it’s a great first guitar. When you buy it though take it to the local music store and tell them you want it setup. It’s worth the extra money to get it setup and playing good for you to learn on.
I purchased the squire bullet and the epiphone special sg model. They both have the same problem, having to tune them constantly became too annoying.. So now they sit as artwork in the bedroom..
you need a setup. probably binding in the nut. take it to a guitar shop and tell them whats going on and get a setup on both guitars.
Venancio Portalatin thanks, I did that with the SG about 5 years ago when I purchased them both(thru amazon). I took it to Sam Ash but still have the same problem.
Mine doesn't like to stay in tunning. But mine is pretty old. It was one of my cousin's that she gave to her brother. I asked him if I could have it and he gave it to me.
Artoria Pendragon yeah, the tuners aren’t the greatest but they work. Check to see if your strings are getting stuck in the nut.
Also try changing out the strings. Old strings do not stay in tune very well.
Nice guitar ( I have one and I have the same shirt also :) ) I was going to just keep it for a while and then trade up but I really like it, it is my go-to guitar when I am learning something because it is just so nice to play, I love my Epiphone SG and 335 Pro like chicken but the little Strat is my buddy so I decided to upgrade it with a pre-wired pickguard with Alnico pickups, better switch and pots, new tremolo system, Graphtech nut, and string trees. I know that some might say just get a better one but I like it and there is something cool about hot rodding a guitar and making it your own.
88Nunya yeah, I’ve done a bunch of mods since recording this video. She’s a beast now. I may do a part 2 showing all the changes I made.
@@VenancioPortalatin I would love to see that video! I bet she wails.
What is the weight? I love light weight guitars, I have a high end stratocaste want to put my neck and pickguard on a lightweight body.
bluwng I haven’t weighed it but it’s very light. I love that as well. Definitely not a back killer.
Venancio Portalatin I just saw your video on your custom guitar, holy F Bomb, that girl is a killer.
@@bluwng Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, the boy custom shop is a killer guitar. I play it a lot.
Awesome demo. One question, does it hold tune well?
It did once I adjusted the nut slots and lubricated them with graphite. I did wind up changing the tuners but that was more cosmetic as the stock ones functioned fine.
Never saw this when you put it out dunno how I missed this but glad you did it. I like the surf green too. I got 1 of those byo tele's in that colour (the 1's they do already painted up). On another not just on friday I got 1 of these bullets that looks much like yours but mines white. Picked it up used at a prawn shop $90 in fairly good shape (they go for $200 or so new here from what I see). I've noticed the tuners on mine (which appear to be same type as on yours) are a lot stiffer than I've had on any of my other guitars. Is that what you've found with yours?
Yeah some are stuff some are loose. I’ve since changed the tuners. In fact I did a complete overhaul of this guitar. Planning on doing a part 2 video with all the changes as soon as I can free up some time.
Sounds good, the tuners are super tight and very hard to turn on mine compared to pretty much any other guitar I've played. It's weird cause the guitars otherwise in decent shape except for dried out fretboard n the strings never having been changed ever.
just a hint for next time.....amp needs to be louder, getting a lot of tone from the strings...just fyi..not a huge deal
Great review! I’d love to see a shootout between this and your American strat once it’s been modded
Great Idea Brother.
Great Idea Brother.
Love the guitar I would probably add a stain to the headstock and call it a day
bluwng I did just that. Stained the whole neck. Vintage amber and added my own logo, new tuners and string tree. New Pickups, pot. Switch, jack & bridge
hey bear
This is NOT ONLY A BEGINNER GUITAR!!!!! And Fender Standard MIM strats have ceramic magnets....so these aren't "cheap o" pups.....Not good enough player to SAY "this is bad, that is cheap, that is bad" no....theyre great!!!! Terrible review by a "so so" player.