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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:46 am
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I only have three tremolo springs in place and I would like to buy 2 more. There are lots of vendors on ebay and elsewhere that sell packs of springs. I just want to make sure that I get the right size springs - I realize that different ones might work out. But here is a pic with the dimensions of my springs. I would guess that my action will come down a little more. I will also need to buy another new saddle wrench - I forget the size, anyone know?

Here's a pic - the spring area is 2" (about 5 cm long). I show some other dimensions of the spring from one of the three I took off to measure.
Thanks for your help.

Here is a link to a pic of my spring with the dimensions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankyguit ... 103087592/


SquierBulletGuy2 wrote:
There's something that bothers me about that site though: they never mention Korea. Are they lumping Korea and Japan under Japan? If so, then we have a problem. Or did they just leave it out? Mystery there.
http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html


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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:09 pm
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SquierBulletGuy2 wrote:
I only have three tremolo springs in place and I would like to buy 2 more. There are lots of vendors on ebay and elsewhere that sell packs of springs. I just want to make sure that I get the right size springs - I realize that different ones might work out. But here is a pic with the dimensions of my springs. I would guess that my action will come down a little more. I will also need to buy another new saddle wrench - I forget the size, anyone know?

Here's a pic - the spring area is 2" (about 5 cm long). I show some other dimensions of the spring from one of the three I took off to measure.
Thanks for your help.

Here is a link to a pic of my spring with the dimensions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankyguit ... 103087592/


I don't know. I never use the trem. Could have sworn I read something about this recently though. Pretty sure it had something to do with spring tension options and spring length. Hmmm... hopefully I'll remember and get back to you.


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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:08 am
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SquierBulletGuy2 wrote:
I only have three tremolo springs in place and I would like to buy 2 more. There are lots of vendors on ebay and elsewhere that sell packs of springs. I just want to make sure that I get the right size springs - I realize that different ones might work out. But here is a pic with the dimensions of my springs. I would guess that my action will come down a little more. I will also need to buy another new saddle wrench - I forget the size, anyone know?

Here's a pic - the spring area is 2" (about 5 cm long). I show some other dimensions of the spring from one of the three I took off to measure.
Thanks for your help.

Here is a link to a pic of my spring with the dimensions:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frankyguit ... 103087592/


SquierBulletGuy2 wrote:
There's something that bothers me about that site though: they never mention Korea. Are they lumping Korea and Japan under Japan? If so, then we have a problem. Or did they just leave it out? Mystery there.
http://www.guitarnucleus.com/fenderserial.html


According to the book "How to make your electric guitar play great":

legit Fender springs are broken up by color and have a different diameter and tension. Silver ones (larger diameter) are for vintage trem bridges And Black ones for american standard strats. They are not supposed to be interchangeable. The writeup didnt mention anything about spring length.

Also the book recommends 2 silver springs for .009 strings and 2 or 3 silver springs for .010 gauge strings.

I'd get a small ruler in 64ths of an inch from Home Depot and measure your current saddle heights and then after putting the extra 2 springs on readjust the saddles to match your previous heights.


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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:54 pm
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I have to chime in here... The Squier bullet 1 strats were as follows:
1981-1983 were made in the USA. 1984-1986 they were made in Japan. 1987-up were everywhere else. The buzz is the Japan ones are the most sought after. Squier right? Yup Squier. They were the best quality. I own a 1986 Bullet with S/S/S pups. Bought it new in 1986. The neck is amazing. These days my gigger is my 2008 American Standard strat. But still have the Squier (in mint condition). Only thing I've done to it is put in a lace pup in the bridge position. It's an awesome guitar. People hear they're now collectible. They are. Don't confuse them with the Squiers of today. These are good guitars. The neck (which is actually a tele neck) is much better than my American strat. I'll never part with it. Saw one today on ebay for $999. That's high but they're getting up there in price. Someone here asked if it had mojo. You better believe it! I've recorded dozens of songs with it, most recently one I did back in 2010. The link to the song is below. The clean guitar in the first half of the song is it. It sounds amazing. Listen to it. (and yes the song sounds a lot like the Foo Fighters' "something from nothing". Before you say anything, mine was copyrighted and released 4 years earlier than theirs. But back to the guitar. They're awesome guitars don't be so quick to poo poo them...

the song...

http://www.reverbnation.com/alascar11/songs


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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:58 pm
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I have to chime in here... The Squier bullet 1 strats were as follows:
1981-1983 were made in the USA. 1984-1986 they were made in Japan. 1987-up were everywhere else. The buzz is the Japan ones are the most sought after. Squier right? Yup Squier. They were the best quality. I own a 1986 Bullet with S/S/S pups. Bought it new in 1986. The neck is amazing. These days my gigger is my 2008 American Standard strat. But still have the Squier (in mint condition). Only thing I've done to it is put in a lace pup in the bridge position. It's an awesome guitar. People hear they're now collectible. They are. Don't confuse them with the Squiers of today. These are good guitars. The neck (which is actually a tele neck) is much better than my American strat. I'll never part with it. Saw one today on ebay for $999. That's high but they're getting up there in price. Someone here asked if it had mojo. You better believe it! I've recorded dozens of songs with it, most recently one I did back in 2010. The link to the song is below. The clean guitar in the first half of the song is it. It sounds amazing. Listen to it. (and yes the song sounds a lot like the Foo Fighters' "something from nothing". Before you say anything, mine was copyrighted and released 4 years earlier than theirs. But back to the guitar. They're awesome guitars don't be so quick to poo poo them...

the song...

http://www.reverbnation.com/alascar11/songs


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Post subject: Re: 1980's Squire bullet 1 series tele style body
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:59 pm
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I have to chime in here... The Squier bullet 1 strats were as follows:
1981-1983 were made in the USA. 1984-1986 they were made in Japan. 1987-up were everywhere else. The buzz is the Japan ones are the most sought after. Squier right? Yup Squier. They were the best quality. I own a 1986 Bullet with S/S/S pups. Bought it new in 1986. The neck is amazing. These days my gigger is my 2008 American Standard strat. But still have the Squier (in mint condition). Only thing I've done to it is put in a lace pup in the bridge position. It's an awesome guitar. People hear they're now collectible. They are. Don't confuse them with the Squiers of today. These are good guitars. The neck (which is actually a tele neck) is much better than my American strat. I'll never part with it. Saw one today on ebay for $999. That's high but they're getting up there in price. Someone here asked if it had mojo. You better believe it! I've recorded dozens of songs with it, most recently one I did back in 2010. The link to the song is below. The clean guitar in the first half of the song is it. It sounds amazing. Listen to it. (and yes the song sounds a lot like the Foo Fighters' "something from nothing". Before you say anything, mine was copyrighted and released 4 years earlier than theirs. But back to the guitar. They're awesome guitars don't be so quick to poo poo them...

the song...

http://www.reverbnation.com/alascar11/songs


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