Happy Sunday everyone https://www.musiciansfriend.com/gui..._P8dr52FlrvNQSWOg&CA_6C15C=420003170002158431 this caught my eye. Aesthetically speaking, I LOVE it. Anyone played one? Any good? I have an SG, so don’t know if I need another HH setup in my life right now, but if this is awesome, I might have to pull the trigger at this price! Also, description says top loader, Pics clearly show string thru. Again, thoughts?
I love mine. I put some GFS Retrotrons in it to make it my poor man's Cabronita. Beware of bad switches though. I bought two Bullet Teles and this one, and two of the three had bad switches that I had to replace.
That looks sharp! Switches might not be a dealbreaker - going for this would mean selling my FSR Surf Green bullet, so I'd consider a pup and pot upgrade, and potentially coil tap to get the best of both worlds
Those are very good looking guitars. They check a whole lot of the boxes, Tele, bright orange (something different than my usual NC Strat colors), blackout metal parts, HH, until you get to the nut width, 40.6mm. Sadly, a total dealbreaker for me. Just like a maple fretboard, anything less than 42mm is unacceptable, for me, with virtually zero wriggle room. Good luck with your shopping.
Don't do it! Coil tap never sounds right IMO. And, I love my Bullet Teles even more than this one, but I'm a single coil guy at heart.
A fine collection! What drove the purchase of two bullets? Just color, or did you mod both in different ways?
They were impulse buys. I bought the Surf Green one first, but I liked the LPB so much, I got that one then too. And I got the Orange Affinity last. I bought all three before they went on sale, but got a refund to equal the sale price, because I bought them all within the 45 day price match period. I put the Tonerider CV Alnico 5s in the Surf Green one, and Fender Yosemites in the LPB one. The CV ones are fatter sounding and the Yosemites are brighter.
That looks really nice. I can barely fit my chunky fingers on a 1.65 nut width so I could never do 1.60. It is really nice lookin though. Best wishes whatever you decide.
I think the nut issue is going to be a dealbreaker for me... I'm 6'3" with shovel like hands! My SG is great at 1.69" the bullet is fine, but anything less will likely end up with me sounding way worse than I am already
Had to get a new gas range installed last week, so my guitar budget is nil right now, but I was eyeballing the black one really hard a minute. Would really like to get it, then replace the pickguard, bridge and controls with mirror/chrome ones so it would match my 04 Std black/chrome Tele. I guess I'd get a chrome-covered neck humbucker for it too, to complete the look.
I think I've lost it... just can't stop myself when I see these MF sales on Made In Indonesia (MII) Teles. Great guitars! I just ordered a black one. Thanks.
