shawntaulicus
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Joined Sep 2020
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I make weird music.
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My fiance took me guitar shopping for my 35th birthday and from the second I played this guitar, I knew it was **the one** . I tried several other Telecasters and this one felt the best.
The neck pickup is clear and silky smooth. A few of the higher priced Telecasters that I tried had much muddier sounding necks. I've been using it to make weird ambient guitar music and I'm able to perfectly make synth pad sounds by dialing the tone knob down. The Bridge pickup has a wonderful vintage tone to it and that Tele twang is just gorgeous.
The guitar feels nice to hold/play. The selector switch doesn't feel cheap and the volume/tone knobs are excellent. Even slight adjustments on the tone knob can drastically alter the sound. I've been playing guitar on and off for about 18 years and this is easily the best guitar I've ever touched. For the price, you can not go wrong with the Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster
I picked this up for 250 Canadian because I wanted a Jackson and it came in blue.
Out of the box it was set up beautifully. The neck was nice and smooth with no fret sprouts. The finish was impeccable. It handles distortion beautifully and clean with some delay it sounds very pretty and warm on the neck pickup.
It's becoming one of my favourite guitars. I can not believe how cheap this thing was. YMMV and you may want to try one out in stores first but the one that I got is incredible. I'm in love.
Pedals 10
Amp/Interface 2
Strings 5
Misc 1
Sold 4
I bought this at the start of quarantine because I wanted an offset but didn't want to pay an insane amount of money for one. If you're just starting out and looking for a beginner guitar you absolutely can not go wrong with the Bullet Mustang. The pickups sound great, it's insanely comfortable to hold and it plays like a dream.
I'd recommend getting this guitar and a decent amp for your beginner's journey. I haven't had an issue with my tuning stability but it's something I see people mention so results may vary on your guitar.
I'd also recommend this guitar to people who've been playing for a while and want a solid modding platform for cheap. The body is excellent and it has the boat routing so you can do pretty much anything to it.
Pros:
A lot of guitar for a small price.
Pickups sound great.
Super comfortable.
Enjoyable to play.
Cons:
Scratchy frets (this is a quick fix).
Tuning stability (I don't have this issue, but I see it in a lot of reviews).
Overall:
I paid 250 Canadian for this guitar brand new and next to my classic vibe 50s Telecaster, it's my favourite guitar. I've been playing off and on for about 18 years now and wish I had started on something like this.