I have the first ever produced 1986 squire e series bullet with a 000001 serial,
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illmcchickens
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RoyC
Senior Stratmaster
Or sell them just the plate to put on another guitar. 
illmcchickens
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.Or sell them just the plate to put on another guitar.
lol I’m sure they can make there own, this ones real deal man
Vintage reissues, Clapton, Mayer, Johnson, custom shop. Shoot for the stars.
Caint hurt to ask mane, give em a holla
I had one in 1987 (my 1st electric guitar) and recently priced one for out of curiosity. They go for about $400-500 now. IICR, I paid like $159 back in the day. Not sure this one being an early model will increase the sale price much, but one never knows.
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Thrup'ny Bit
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I reckon it's worth the same as any other 1986 Bullet, depending on condition.
nutball73
Senior Stratmaster
Am I missing something here? The pictures show a Tele neck on a strat body, wonky tuner, wrongly placed screws on the trem cover.
Is that what an old bullet looked like?
Or is everyone just talking about the neck plate?
Is that what an old bullet looked like?
Or is everyone just talking about the neck plate?
Thrup'ny Bit
Grand Master Curmudgeon
There were several flavours of Bullet. The first generation had Tele shaped bodies, the second was Strat shaped. Most of them just gathered dust on shop walls here, including the original US one, which looked like this. It had the cheapest bridge ever.
There was discussion of a Chris Fleming guitar in another thread. Coincidentally, I spotted this ad (link below) on Reverb today.
The description says it's a Chris Fleming build, and it may well be (I can't confirm or refute), but looks very much like a standard mid-to late-80s bullet to me (same odd back plate, tuners, body shape, etc.)
https://reverb.com/item/31148982-chris-fleming-strato-jr-sunburst
The description says it's a Chris Fleming build, and it may well be (I can't confirm or refute), but looks very much like a standard mid-to late-80s bullet to me (same odd back plate, tuners, body shape, etc.)
https://reverb.com/item/31148982-chris-fleming-strato-jr-sunburst
I remember those... You couldn't give them away...There were several flavours of Bullet. The first generation had Tele shaped bodies, the second was Strat shaped. Most of them just gathered dust on shop walls here, including the original US one, which looked like this. It had the cheapest bridge ever.
... Because they weren't pointy enough
No bridge humbucker nor Floyd.
And had a Country-Guitar headstock on it.
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Thrup'ny Bit
Grand Master Curmudgeon
It was actually more that it wasn't a Strat or a Tele and at the time the Japanese produced much nicer guitars that were, for the same or less money.
Fenderbaum
Senior Stratmaster
I bid $000001
illmcchickens
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I have to disagree , the market is much different now and fueled by demand , I’ve already recieved several offers for MUCH more than a regular e series is worth , that’s why I’m trying to get as much information as possible , how can you say a guitar with the first ever serial , in mint condition is worth the same as any other , seems a little ill informed to me , I think people don’t realize how much things have changed in the past ten years , especially for the demand for Japanese guitars
Thrup'ny Bit
Grand Master Curmudgeon
I've been playing Japanese guitars since before you were born and I love them
To you it may be a wonder, to me it's just another guitar.
Blue Beagle
Senior Stratmaster
Because it’s a Squier at the end of the day buddy.
It’s not a sought after brand or model and there aren’t many people out there who’d be willing to pay over the odds for it just because the neck plate says number one.
There’s absolutely no evidence that this is the first one anyway. A thousand could have shipped with an identical neck plate, record keeping from manufacturers then was shocking, it could be that the neck plate numbers on that line at that time actually refer to batch or something.
There’s also zero chance of Fender wanting to buy it off you either so I’d save myself the effort.
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