Squier FSR Bullet Telecaster Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde

For the price you get a guitar that makes noise. But if you want something that actually sounds like a telecaster, that doesn't break the bank, try Harley Benton, Prince HS Anderson, Cozart, etc etc.

This guitar sounds and plays nicely, exactly what you'd expect from modern-day Squier. The action is a little higher than I would like, but this is adjustable and playable right out of the box. It stays in tune very well, and both coils sound great. The finish on the guitar has no apparent cosmetic flaws, nor does any of the chrome hardware. The finishes appear to be limited to this one color, but they managed to do this well enough. The grain is visible through mine, but this is not as apparent in images online. The big issue I have with this guitar is the natural maple neck. They wood they used feels as soft as poplar, but is apparently maple. Your fingernails will very easily dig into the wood. If you wear rings, or keep your guitars around anything edgier than a pillow, just keep in mind that this neck is going to take some damage. Since the neck is completely unfinished and unprotected, it will also absorb any residue on your hands QUICKLY. DO NOT use string cleaners with this guitar, because any drippings will immediately stain the neck if it comes into contact. This applies to the fretboard, too. Big'ole C neck, by the way. Feels large in the hands, but I have large hands... so it works out.

Rx'd my squier fsr bullet telecaster today- made in Indonesia. The back of the maple neck looked like it had pencil marks on it, and there was a dirty smudge on the back where the headstock meets the bridge. The fret ends are sharp and all of them will scratch you both sides of the neck. The pick guard had scratches on it like someone was playing thrash metal on the guards themselves- but luckily it was on the plastic sticker that was meant to protect the guard- but some scratches made it through. There was also back of the body scratches on the paint job as well as the neck plate. I don't recall seeing my purchase as a used demo model? I also bought a epiphone les Paul classic that has fret buzz and an unusable output jack that I had to bring to the local GC to fix. …. I have a Harley Benton Indonesian guitar and it's fret job is a vacation compared to this squier guitar- but on that note I have old squier strats from china that blow this guitar out of the water. Also scratches on back of the tuners and the rear strap button is lose- spins freely.

Recently got into electric guitars after playing acoustic for 20 yrs. This purchase was the third of five electrics I've bought in the last 12 months. Four of which were budget guitars. With this purchase, I expected more since it had better brand name recognition. My initial take was not good. Fret board and neck were very rough, $100 strat had considerably better finish. In the end, 30min with 800 grit sandpaper made the neck/fret board were as satin as the strat. The frets were a surprise. I expected to be filing some edges but they were fine. Gritty yes but playing took care of that. No issues. Setup was ok. Pickups were good enough. Clean neck tone was ok but weak. Bridge tone was much better. I had always intended to swap pickups given that I viewed this purchase as a means to learn how to mod a guitar. Tone improved significantly after adding new pickups especially the neck pickup. Tuners were a disappointment. Not good when you feel the cogs grinding. Replacing the tuners was at the top of my todo list. Whether it's tuners or the nut (more likely the nut), it didn't stay in tune very well even after adding graphite to the nut. In the end, mostly because I viewed this purchase as means to learn how to setup and mod a guitar, I changed out everything except the bridge. Here's all the changes I made: 1. Locking tuners, 2. Pickups, 3. Nut, 4. All electronics and wiring, 5. Added treble bleed, and 6. While only cosmetic, I hated the pale white neck so I darkened it with brown shoe polish (see YouTube). I would have changed the bridge but the replacement I purchased didn't fit without routing the body which I decided against. Even after all the changes and negatives, I am happy with the purchase. It's the one of the first guitars I pick up when playing. All the changes I made improved it greatly. Would I buy another low end Squier guitar? No, I expected more from a Fender associated brand. Several other off brand quitars I purchased were much better. 4/5 stars because it was cheap, and its weaknesses were expected.

I was very pleased. I bought the Squier because I needed a Telecaster for a class I'm taking. I usually play acoustic and I didn't want to put a lot into an electric guitar that I might not use much in the future. I was blown away with the how well this guitar matched up to actual Fender Telecaster. Don't get me wrong, it's nowhere near as good as a real Fender but it does sound and play close enough for what I need. I would definitely buy it again under the same circumstances.

i use the product to learn different music so I can play for my family or just for fun. I am a beginner so taking the steps to learn the different finger placements, the chords. which fret is which, I just love this guitar because i can play the music I enjoy listening to everyday.