It’s alright

The strat itself is a classic guitar, however the specific version I have is fairly cheap. Plays alright but always has jack issues. Plus the neck feels odd, no idea how to explain it. The hotrail I installed in the bridge position makes this at least worth playing sometimes. In short, this guitar is better modded than it is stock.

Honestly, it's a great guitar for the price. Obviously, it’s not a good guitar, but considering what I paid for it, it’s great.

I'd say compared to other cheap beginner guitars this one has to be like the best one I've played so far. Far better than the beginner epiphone guitars at around the same price.

Acceptable first electric guitar

The CNC machining and quality control of Chinese/Indonesian made Squiers has improved a lot in the last couple decades. The early-mid 2000s Bullet line was pretty bad. In particular I remember the frets were so sharp you could cut your hands on them, and the pickups were weak and inarticulate. Plus the body had a thinner profile and was made out of some cheap laminate wood; these two factors combined to give it SG-level neck droop. It was my first electric guitar and it was playable, but never inspiring.

I've played newer Bullet strats in guitar shops and they're still pretty underwhelming. I think spending the extra couple hundred on a Classic Vibe is well worth it.

The best Bullet Strat you can find

The COB Bullet Strats were only made for a short period of time in China and are praised to be the best Bullets you can find (for example see https://www.squier-talk.com/threads/2008-cob-bullet-strat.192370/). I can totally agree on that. The maple Neck feels and looks great (slightly flamed) for the price I paid, for the guitar (roughly 50$ for a used one), a fret job can be useful but is not required as much as with other Bullets. I had to do a little setup (adjusting the trussrod and bridge for action and intonation), but after that it plays great. It has staggered pole piece Single Coils and they do sound very much like what you expect from a real Strat. Some people argue that the Tuners are shitty, but if you don't Kerry King the shit out of the Trem-bar it stays in tune very well. It also has a rosewood fretboard instead of Indian Laurel which is usually found in contemporary Bullets, I don't know if it makes that much of a difference, because I never tried IL but it feels nice. I really wanted a Strat but could't afford an American or Mexican made, so I bought this as a compromise. I do not regret. If you find one try it, but they won't be as cheap as a later manufactured Bullet when the seller knows what he or she got there.

The love of my life.

My other electric guitars, including my only other mainstay, a Matsumoku-made ES-330 clone acquired in adolescence, are mere slutty mistresses, whereas I have been married to my Squier since childhood. Hers is the rare NC4 model with full Fender thickness, which has allowed for revitalization in adulthood with professional-grade hardware. The set of stock tuners, being reliable and the one kind to fit the peculiar headstock, is the only component of old that remains, aside from the main points of our physical contact--body and neck--through which we developed our chemistry and have grown accustomed to each other's touch over our three decades together. In spite of all the work done, I look at my Bullet and can still see my dearest lifelong companion.

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Recieve more hate than it deserve

Its not a awesome guitar, of course! Its a entry level guitar! But for what it is its a good one, I already even gig with one of those and wast that bad Hte biggest problem with this model is the tuning stability! The pickups actually have a good clean tone and you can get over with a little distortion! (But hte tuning machines are really bad lol) The neck feels good, better than some affinity series I had

It’s a good guitar!

It’s a good guitar, I’ve used it live and in the studio, good quality material and very comfortable!

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Amazed as a beginner, but fell off with it.

This was my first electric guitar, and when I first had it, I loved it and always thought playing it was great. But now with a couple years experience, the neck quality is noticeably poor from the factory, with frets coming off or sticking too far out. The pickups are okay, but they lack the warmth of a higher end squier or Fender strat. A good beginners guitar, if you get lucky.

Decent for a first guitar

I enjoy it, the tone isn't amazing, but not bad. There was some fret buzz out of the gate.

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