how much do bullets go for?

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:20 am

in the wild west they were worth a shot of whiskey! ha!
srsly tho, saw this while cruising around the used g.c. gear website.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/In-Store-Vi ... 2993134.gc

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:39 am

Paging Robroe. Paging Robroe.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:27 am

People tend to part them out for the necks - they used old-stock tele necks, so it's a cheap way for tele purists to get a vintage tele neck.

I used to have one and very much was not in love with it.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:02 pm

There was one on Ebay a little while ago, looked exactly the same as this but with a black pickguard. It was the absolute TITS. If only I didn't already have far too many guitars...

George · Post by **George** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:29 pm

anywhere from Â£250-Â£350 i've seen them go for on the uk bay

seems like an average deal maybe

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:28 pm

That's about, if not a little more than what I bought an '82 one from Stewart a few years ago.

jculpjr · Post by **jculpjr** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:54 pm

That is an '81 series-one modified guitar. All series one's came with two pickups, so this has a non-original third middle pickup and probably has a non-original 5 way switch. It has a steel pick guard that doubles as the bridge. '81 was the only year of the Tele body. '82 versions had the Stratocaster bodies. But you can also find '81's with Strat style bodies, but all '81's (except deluxe models which were string through bodies) had the steel pick guard doubling as the bridge.
I bought my '81 and '82 for $350 each. The parting out of these guitars has really slowed down as the values have started to creep up some, and the parting out has helped the values of unmolested examples. My '82 has the highly sought-after red bobbin pickups- which are worth about $150 per pickup these days. With patience, I could get $500 for it on the high end- same with the S1.

Anyway- my opinion is that guitar is worth about $200 due to the mods.

If you want to learn more about these guitars- here's a thread with more than you ever wanted to know:

Bullets
Ex Fender guy and Bullet designer John Page posts and responds to questions on that thread BTW.

jculpjr · Post by **jculpjr** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:07 pm

Here's one guy's Bullet collection on the thread link above.

Shows the varieties of pickup configurations that were available on early '80's Bullets. These are all original guitars except the blue one with polished pick guard and non factory color.