Seriously.
Just been messing about here at home and I can play that Mustang so much better than either my Musicman St Vincent or Gretsch Pro.
Probably because I’m such a short arse and have tiny sausage fingers but it’s genuinely effortless on the Mustang, it has a small neck, fairly big frets, flat radius, everything that works.
Dare I say it the pickups sound just as good as well.
Seriously tempted to sell the others and get a couple of these, maybe a nicer Mustang just because. They just work for me.
Anyone else have similar experiences? Am I mental. I know they’re great guitars for the money for sure.
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Thinking of putting a single coil in the neck.
Having had a Bullet when I was younger, I'm scratching my head as to how you can prefer it!!! But I guess, it's all personal isn't it.
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Other guitars can be as high end as they can be but still won't be any more like your preferred shape.
That's why I say beginners are better off buying a few different cheap guitars to find which model they prefer. Once they know that they can decide how high end they want to go on that model.
They are great little guitars though, a little fettling out of the box and they're perfectly usable. They're also a superb basis for more intense modification, though watch the topcoat on the finish as it's brittle AF!
Really hoping to have my new pickups this month, so (fingers crossed) will be able to complete the fretwork and setup.
I do think there is mileage in the "simple, light and accessible" guitar being good for a beginner (I am have been playing consistently badly for years).
And when in the hands of an accomplished player...
No matter how good they are for the price, and putting personal sentiment aside, there is no comparison to a £2300 Musicman.
But if the guy likes the Bullet more he likes it more, and that's absolutely fine.
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it was better than it had any right to be out the box, but definitely benefited from some attention to the nut and frets.
Its even better now its fully modded and upgraded.
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My personal feeling is that modern day cheap guitars keep getting better and better, and that lofty premium to the higher end stuff gets more and more difficult to justify.
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However no amount of that can compensate if there’s something about the cheaper guitar that works for you.
I’ve always preferred a flatter radius and honestly I feel like that and the shorter scale length just fits my hand like a glove.
If anything, it's more ridiculous that people are prepared to pay upwards of £2000 for one than that you can get a decent one for under £200. Yes, they're better - but it's utterly diminishing returns before you even get to a fraction of that price.
That's fantastic. It wouldn't raise many eyebrows if you said it was a 60s Duo-Sonic with some changed parts. (OK, they never did the Duo with competition stripes either...)
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