Squier Sonic Mustangs?

LessPaul

Thinking of picking one of these up solely as a bit of fun / modding platform? Has anyone tried one - are they any good?

I know they’re cheaper than a decent pedal, so not expecting too much, but just wondered peoples experiences / thoughts?

guitargeek62

I’ve got an earlier one with the laurel fingerboard from when they were labelled as Bullets, great little guitars and a perfect modding platform. Expect to need to tidy up the fretwork with a polish perhaps, but otherwise perfectly serviceable

monquixote

My son had the previous gen.

It's very good for the price. The only issue with the old one is that the bridge is crap and non standard. I think that might be better with the new one though.

LessPaul

guitargeek62 said:

I’ve got an earlier one with the laurel fingerboard from when they were labelled as Bullets, great little guitars and a perfect modding platform. Expect to need to tidy up the fretwork with a polish perhaps, but otherwise perfectly serviceable

Yeah’ I had a one of the earlier ‘Bullet’ one’s to, as you say’ they’re great little guitars. I like the maple and SS pickup set up on the newer sonics. 

LessPaul

monquixote said:

My son had the previous gen.

It's very good for the price. The only issue with the old one is that the bridge is crap and non standard. I think that might be better with the new one though.

Agree, I changed the bridge on my old one for something a bit more retro looking, it just didn’t look right to me either.

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t1000

My mate has and asked me to give it the once over, it was pretty good setup just needed a truss rod adjustment, I found the standard pickups (HB) a bit meh so put some vansons in and it sounded excellent afterwards. I really enjoyed playing it and I quite fancy one for the money you can't go wrong.

thermionic

monquixote said:

My son had the previous gen.

It's very good for the price. The only issue with the old one is that the bridge is crap and non standard. I think that might be better with the new one though.

My niece has one and I gave it a quick setup - I thought the bridge was terrible. Unnecessarily fiddly to thread the strings through it and an inexperienced player would struggle with restringing. Hopefully that part has been improved.

joetele

I have one of the Bullet ones - fantastic little guitar. I upgraded the nut on mine, and the tuners to Wilkinsons - I've used it as a platform to try pickups etc. 

I'm actually selling it for £80 if you're interested?