My 1st bass of the new year - a vintage Squier Bullet

Very nice...congrats!!!

Ah the Fender shim! I am sure after 35 years there is no feared “ski jump”. Shim away people!!

 

Just pulled trigger on one of those used at GC online today same color black with white guard. Thinking of having new guard made for it also. Tort would look great that or black pearl or 3 ply black on black. Anyway Any way I'd be interested to find out what your observations are about the instrument thus far and what if any upgrades are repairs were necessary to get it into playing well.

 

Thanks for the reply. Will definitely be posting pics as I plan to change out the guard and make kind of a Blackout style with a 3ply black white black and found some inexpensive replacements for the pickups as I've heard they can be kind if lacking.

 

COngrats on the new boomsticks guys

 

Everything is on order and should be here in a few days. I will get some shots of her once completed.

 

Well it finally arrived and sounds pretty good aside from the A string being a little weak comparatively. However I did run into quite the conundrum on the replacement pickup and pick guard. The pickups were too big for the standard pickguard that came with it and the replacement pickguard was way too small did not even try to match up. So those will both be going back but in the meantime I think it looks fine as is and we'll take a look at the pickups see about that string but here are some pics as promised.
Love the natural relic of the hardware. And it came with thumbrest installed.

 

There's a blast from the past! I had one back in the mid 80's and it was a great playing bass, but I had to upgrade the pickup with an EMG p-bass pickup, which required some pick guard surgery. Great playing bass--congrats!

 

Oh yea the neck is nice. Flatter than I expected but smooth edges and no sharp fret ends so far. Plays smooth and easy. Will return the parts and prob keep it stock til can get a guard made to fit.