81 fender bullet ?? made in usa?

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81 fender bullet ?? made in usa?

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hey folks need some help to establish the value on this badass fender bullet! im considering a major trade for it and a blonde deluxe reverb and head. any thought on what id pay for this in a store or on random net classifieds. it looks to be an 81 and the condition is decent with original hs case..
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Looks dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope. Does not compute, though. I'm not sure that stuff goes together.
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from what ive researched its actually an 82 the 81s had tele bodys.. theres one on "the bay" but thats not the best judge of value. i dunno?? i believe it to be the way it was out of the factory. they came with humbuckers too, another option i guess. i dig it tho its different and its not one of the squier ones. anyone else??
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the bullets came in a few different styles. there were weird tele-shaped ones, strat ones with one humbucker, two humbuckers, two single-coils, etc. not exactly sure what they're worth, but $600 seems fairly reasonable for one. i wouldn't go much over that unless i was particularly in love with it.
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thanks bubbs i think im gonna go for it. i dig that its different and the deal seems good to me.
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its full of single coil goodness.
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Post by More Cowbell »

I wish I had a pic of my old MIA bullet (HH), it had instead of what appeared to be humbuckers, they were just 2 single coils under robroe style covers, and had coil tap switches. It had a strat body and a tele neck just like yours. Played awesome. I think I sold it to buy my jag-stang, I surely miss it.
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i'm eyeing a single humbucker version on ebay right now.
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lol "robroe" style pickup covers, fender should start calling them that
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one time i went into my local music store looking for a set of "robroe covers." they just kinda looked at me until i said "solid covers." then they still looked at me like a doofus.
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lol killer ! u guys rock.
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Mo Rocca wrote:one time i went into my local music store looking for a set of "robroe covers." they just kinda looked at me until i said "solid covers." then they still looked at me like a doofus.
+1 - I've done that a few dozen times - they still haven't joined the damn forum.

I had a 82 squier like that - awesome guitar with a great sunburst, but I had a lot of fenders at that point and wanted another amp (bad move). The necks on the bullets are loverly.
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Post by Ninja Mike 808 »

I asked Robroe if he could make me some covers. Then he told me, that he doesn't make covers, they're jus named after him. I was so depressed.
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he should def start to make em!
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I love that logo.
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+1, STARWIPE
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Post by jamrine »

I have a friend who kind of collects these. He loves them.
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... whereas I had a made in USA tele style one, and hated it. Sorry.
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Post by dawnofzion »

I have a tele style one that has been raped beyond believe. When I got it..it was bright yellow and I decided to make it look even more rediculous.

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Here is how it looks now.
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I've tried one of these..didn't dig the combined scratchy & bridge, but it was kinda cool none-the-less. Pickup selector was a bit borked though, so didn't get all the couplatones I could've.