MODEL NUMBER
031-0000-(Color#)
031-0003-(590) were also used for some Baltic Blue units
BODY
Body Material: Laminated Hardwood
Body Finish: Polyurethane Finish
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane
Neck Shape: “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.61” (41 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust (Black Plastic Insert only on guitars made at Cort Factory with IC Serial Number)
Skunk Stripe: Only on guitars made at Cort Factory with IC Serial Number
HEADSTOCK, SI SERIAL NUMBER
Type: Small
Logo: Black Silkscreen Logo
Other Decals, front: “BULLET”, “BY FENDER”
Other Decals, back: “Crafted in Indonesia”, “Designed and backed by Fender”, Serial Number “SI”
HEADSTOCK, IC SERIAL NUMBER
Type: Small
Logo: Black Silkscreen Logo
Other Decals, front: “BULLET” in bold letters, “by Fender”; “Affinity SERIES” on late 2006 models
Other Decals, back: “Designed and backed by Fender”, “Crafted in Indonesia”, Serial Number “IC”
Truss Rod Black Insert
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Middle Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Top-Loading Hard-tail 6-Saddle Bridge, Thin Block
Saddles: Die-Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Standard Covered Tuners
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard, Indonesian Guitars, SI Serial Number: 3-Ply White, 11-Hole
Pickguard, Indonesian Guitars, IC Serial Number: 3-Ply White, 10-Hole
Control Knobs: White (a few guitars had small dots under the numbers)
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate, SI Serial Number: 4-Bolt, Plain
Neck Plate, IC Serial Number: 4-Bolt, Plain “Squier”
COLORS
(506) Black
(558) Torino Red, until 12/2001
(590) Baltic Blue, from 1/2002 (This color had different hue depending of the factory where the guitar were built)
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009 to .042
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Only guitars made at Cort factory (IC serial number) had the skunk stripe and truss rod black plastic insert at the Nut. Guitars made at Samick factory (SI serial number) lacked skunk stripe and black insert
A few guitars made in 2002 had the commemorative neck plate “20th anniversary Squier BY FENDER Freedom of Expression Since 1982”
Even though other Bullet Stratocasters were included in the Bullet Series, these units made between 2000 and 2006 were listed in the Affinity Series
FENDER SAYS
Our Bullet is a simple, affordable and practical guitar designed for beginners and students. Bullet Series guitars feature a laminated hardwood body, chrome covered tuners, 21-fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and a hard- tail bridge. The Bullet features three single-coil pickups and five way switching.
031-0000-(Color#)
031-0003-(590) were also used for some Baltic Blue units
BODY
Body Material: Laminated Hardwood
Body Finish: Polyurethane Finish
Body Shape: Slightly Slimmer Stratocaster
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Polyurethane
Neck Shape: “C”
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5” (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.61” (41 mm)
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dots, Wide Spacing
Truss Rod: Standard, Head Adjust (Black Plastic Insert only on guitars made at Cort Factory with IC Serial Number)
Skunk Stripe: Only on guitars made at Cort Factory with IC Serial Number
HEADSTOCK, SI SERIAL NUMBER
Type: Small
Logo: Black Silkscreen Logo
Other Decals, front: “BULLET”, “BY FENDER”
Other Decals, back: “Crafted in Indonesia”, “Designed and backed by Fender”, Serial Number “SI”
HEADSTOCK, IC SERIAL NUMBER
Type: Small
Logo: Black Silkscreen Logo
Other Decals, front: “BULLET” in bold letters, “by Fender”; “Affinity SERIES” on late 2006 models
Other Decals, back: “Designed and backed by Fender”, “Crafted in Indonesia”, Serial Number “IC”
Truss Rod Black Insert
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Middle Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil Pickup, Symmetrically Staggered
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck), Tone 2. (Mid)
Switching: 5-Position Blade
Configuration: SSS
HARDWARE
Bridge: Top-Loading Hard-tail 6-Saddle Bridge, Thin Block
Saddles: Die-Cast CBS Style
Tuning Machines: Standard Covered Tuners
String Tree: #2, Wing
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard, Indonesian Guitars, SI Serial Number: 3-Ply White, 11-Hole
Pickguard, Indonesian Guitars, IC Serial Number: 3-Ply White, 10-Hole
Control Knobs: White (a few guitars had small dots under the numbers)
Switch Tip: White
Tremolo Arm Tip: None
Pickup covers: White
Neck Plate, SI Serial Number: 4-Bolt, Plain
Neck Plate, IC Serial Number: 4-Bolt, Plain “Squier”
COLORS
(506) Black
(558) Torino Red, until 12/2001
(590) Baltic Blue, from 1/2002 (This color had different hue depending of the factory where the guitar were built)
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: .009 to .042
ACCESSORIES
Less Case
COMMENTS
Only guitars made at Cort factory (IC serial number) had the skunk stripe and truss rod black plastic insert at the Nut. Guitars made at Samick factory (SI serial number) lacked skunk stripe and black insert
A few guitars made in 2002 had the commemorative neck plate “20th anniversary Squier BY FENDER Freedom of Expression Since 1982”
Even though other Bullet Stratocasters were included in the Bullet Series, these units made between 2000 and 2006 were listed in the Affinity Series
FENDER SAYS
Our Bullet is a simple, affordable and practical guitar designed for beginners and students. Bullet Series guitars feature a laminated hardwood body, chrome covered tuners, 21-fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and a hard- tail bridge. The Bullet features three single-coil pickups and five way switching.
ENG: History of the Squier made in China and Indonesia and the first Bullet Strats made in USA and Korea
ITA: Storia delle Squier Made in China e Indonesia e delle prime Bullet made in USA e in Korea
ITA: Storia delle Squier Made in China e Indonesia e delle prime Bullet made in USA e in Korea
2002 Squier Bullet made in Indonesia at Samick factory (so SI serial number). Note the dotted knobs and the 3-ply 11-hole pickguard. Courtesy of Reverb (Palmer Music Co)
2005 Indonesian Squier Bullet made at Cort factory. Note the decals on the headstock, the skunk stripe, the black insert at the nut and the 10-hole pickguard, Courtesy of Reverb (Buffalo Music and Guitars)
Late Squier Bullet with "Affinity Series" decal
