Post by Tony Ravenscroft on Jul 9, 2022 15:41:40 GMT -6
Soon after spotting the "ice blue" one-pickup Bullet Special, I snatched this up. A more standard config, but I was intrigued because dark blue is NOT a common Fender color.
Some recent random HT appearances on Reverb. Here's a silvery 2002. with the "20th Anniversary" plate that drives "collectors" wild.
And while I haven't taken my Bullet apart yet...
I'd have thought they'd just do whatever rout the factory had as standard -- sss, hss, bathtub. No, the HT had its own lathe!
Seller calls this one a "rare limited edition 2004 release" named in ad copy as "the Squier Bullet Special" -- because (predictably) he's asking $300+.
No skunk-stripe, so sure enough it's a Samick 2004 (my new toy being '04 Cort).
Dark-blue s-s-s, stripe -- yep, Cort '03. (Would it have killed the seller to take a damp rag after it??)
Not a Bullet, light blue, "custom" pickguard, and seller is apparently 2'6" tall because ALL photos are at this angle -- including SIX (
) of the fretboard. Stripe, flatback cast tuners, Cort Indonesia... but odd s/n: "ICSG20x" (final digit obscured); seller says original purchase was 09/20, so I suspect the "G" coded July.
A 2001 s-s-s Samick, no stripe.
Though there's not much of a following, Fender HT Strats refuse to die out completely. Here a 2020 MIM Robert Cray Signature.
And for good measure, a Nile Rogers "The Hitmaker" signature from 2022 (U.S.).
Some recent random HT appearances on Reverb. Here's a silvery 2002. with the "20th Anniversary" plate that drives "collectors" wild.
And while I haven't taken my Bullet apart yet...
I'd have thought they'd just do whatever rout the factory had as standard -- sss, hss, bathtub. No, the HT had its own lathe!
Seller calls this one a "rare limited edition 2004 release" named in ad copy as "the Squier Bullet Special" -- because (predictably) he's asking $300+.
No skunk-stripe, so sure enough it's a Samick 2004 (my new toy being '04 Cort).Dark-blue s-s-s, stripe -- yep, Cort '03. (Would it have killed the seller to take a damp rag after it??)
Not a Bullet, light blue, "custom" pickguard, and seller is apparently 2'6" tall because ALL photos are at this angle -- including SIX (
) of the fretboard. Stripe, flatback cast tuners, Cort Indonesia... but odd s/n: "ICSG20x" (final digit obscured); seller says original purchase was 09/20, so I suspect the "G" coded July.A 2001 s-s-s Samick, no stripe.
Though there's not much of a following, Fender HT Strats refuse to die out completely. Here a 2020 MIM Robert Cray Signature.
And for good measure, a Nile Rogers "The Hitmaker" signature from 2022 (U.S.).
