81 Fender Bullet Neck

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:26 am

With the risk of shooting my self in the foot....

There is this 81 Bullet body on ebay for cheap (cheap because the finish is a horror show and body the cool bridge/guard and the body have been mauled for a humbucker). In the listing it is stated that the neck was used for another project. So should I win it I'm thinking about offering the lister Â£X for it. The question is what should X be?

I know it is just a tele neck but I really like these guitars and especially if the Bullet decal is still on the head stock is is worth trying to keep body and neck together. You can get a good replacement tele neck for around Â£100 to Â£170, is somewhere in there fair?

George · Post by **George** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:13 am

I'd been looking on eBay for MIM necks for some time, often seeing them go for Â£120ish. I'd say the region you're after is probably right. Worth seeing what he says anyway.

The problem in the UK is that proper Fender necks on UK eBay are like hen's teeth compared to our friends across the pond. You can also get decent Axesrus necks for Â£90 or Mighty Mite necks Â£75. Tele style, maple gloss finish, 7.25" radius just like the bullet had. Just requires drilling.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:40 pm

Yeah I'll probably do that. Should I win the auction. I mean the guy may very well say "no way I love the neck where it is" or not want the bother of doing a neck change. I think it is worth a try to keep the body and neck together.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:44 pm

bobarsecake was punting my old '82 bullet for not a lot of money a while back and no-one took the bait, perhaps he still has it. worth a PM.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:00 pm

Yep, deal with BobAC; the neck's the best bit. His was unbutchered, too.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:47 pm

Cheers, I'll send a PM,

It's an '82 and therefore a strat shape, but with the same neck, am I right? I mean I know it is the same neck but were all the bullets in 1982 strat shape?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:51 pm

of course, i've no idea if he still has it.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:56 pm

Cheers Stewart,

Just sent him a PM, waiting and seeing now. Looks pretty cool in the photo was that when you had it? Word on the inter nets is they might be mustang pickups, any good?... I just love the shape of the tele-ish '81ers.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:57 am

stewart wrote:

Gratuitous and pointless re-post for 0_0 DO WANT

Why do I always like guitars that have the visual aesthetic of aged 70's white kitchenware and white-goods?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:41 pm

Stuart wrote:Cheers Stewart,

Just sent him a PM, waiting and seeing now. Looks pretty cool in the photo was that when you had it? Word on the inter nets is they might be mustang pickups, any good?... I just love the shape of the tele-ish '81ers.

I can't remember ever examining the pickups closely but they certainly looked mustang-ish. Those guitars have a very particular sound, clangy metallic and brash. I loved it, i just didn't play it much as, i'm ashamed to say, my mustang was nicer looking.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:51 pm

They are indeed mustang pups, cool as fook too, also the neck on on mine is fantastic!

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:30 pm

Won the body for 40 quid, which I though was pretty good. No luck in sourcing a neck/full guitar from Mr Arsecake. Sent the seller a message regarding his. Hopefully I'll get lucky, if not I'll bung a tele neck on it.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:42 pm

has bobAC sold his one?

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:08 pm

stewart wrote:has bobAC sold his one?

yeah done gone sold it.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:39 am

The seller got back to me.. Said the guitar with the bullet neck on was stolen outside a gig..So I'm on the hunt! I'll post a want to buy in the classifieds just in case anyone here has a neck they are trying to shift and then neck stop project thread when I get to stripping and painting.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:25 am

yeah, just get a tele neck for it, and save yourself the headache. if you were to spend a bunch of time and (probably more money) tracking down a bullet neck, you could've done bought a tele neck and been rocking that ol' bag.

George · Post by **George** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:01 am

There's a nice Bullet on ebay now going for Â£240 last time I checked.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-Fender-SQUIR ... 1c1951d249

Can't find the Bullet body though. Did you win it?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:42 am

See if you can find an Allparts tele neck - they're very good. Don't waste your time trying to find a Bullet neck now - they get parted out and sold for builds, as they were the same necks as were on US teles at the time.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:06 am

Yeah, I'm just on the hunt for a decent tele neck for the right price. The plan has always been to stick a tele neck on it, failing getting the original. I'm on my way over to classified just to check if anybody here is wanting to shift one. Well actually I'm on my way to bed so I'll post that up later.

Chorlton · Post by **Chorlton** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:07 pm

Stuart wrote:
stewart wrote:has bobAC sold his one?
yeah done gone sold it.

Yar, he sold it to me. Play it most days. Here it is...