Squier Stratocaster - Argos

[Mervynskidmore]

Just wondering if anyone has come across these squiers before? Argos is a chainstore in the UK and Ireland and they stock a squier stratocaster that's neither a Bullet nor an Affinity. Anyone ever play one? Very cheap and tempting.

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8624464/Trail/searchtext>SQUIER.htm

 

[drewcp]

Looks like a bullet hardtail with different saddles and a gold logo. Maybe a sign of changes coming. Interesting

 

[Block Head Ike]

Very interesting...doesn't say STRAT on the head stock or BULLET...almost as if it is a hard-tail standard. Says:

• Full size 42in electric guitar .
• Bolt-on construction.
• Hardwood body.

No serial number in the pictures, so no prefix clues. No skunk stripe on the back of the neck. Looks like the SE / Affinity type tuners, not trapezoids. Some interesting reviews posted up, mostly positive.

 

[Mervynskidmore]

Looks like a bullet hardtail with different saddles and a gold logo. Maybe a sign of changes coming. Interesting

I think this is an Argos exclusive thingy so I doubt it's a change. No serial number either. Wonder what the quality is like. Maybe other UK or Irish posters have come across these?

 

[Block Head Ike]

Also, no plastic insert for truss rod adjustment hole like a Bullet...more like an SE maybe? Also has single string tree, Bullet has two.

 

[Las Palmas Norte]

Their ad claims 21 frets … photos show 22 frets. Can you get into a store and check one out?
Cheers, Barrie.

 

[Mervynskidmore]

Their ad claims 21 frets … photos show 22 frets. Can you get into a store and check one out?
Cheers, Barrie.

Definitely can't at the minute due to Covid 19. Also, Argos is a catalogue retailer. Not sure if you have them in North America. Basically, you turn up at the "shop" and order the item from a desk. They then fetch it from the warehouse. You don't get to try out or see products until after you've bought them. They are generally very good with returns though.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

Just wondering if anyone has come across these squiers before? Argos is a chainstore in the UK and Ireland and they stock a squier stratocaster that's neither a Bullet nor an Affinity. Anyone ever play one? Very cheap and tempting.

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8624464/Trail/searchtext>SQUIER.htm

This IS a Bullet - it's a very standard Squier Bullet HT in Fiesta Red - readily available everywhere

They have upgraded the tuners and logo on the newer models

 

[Mervynskidmore]

This IS a Bullet - it's a very standard Squier Bullet HT in Fiesta Red - readily available everywhere

They have upgraded the tuners and logo on the newer models

I really don't think it is. It's something else. Maybe the description is wrong but there are some differences with the bullet. Might buy one when the shops open again. If it's junk i'll just return it.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

I really don't think it is. It's something else. Maybe the description is wrong but there are some differences with the bullet. Might buy one when the shops open again. If it's junk i'll just return it.

I'm the most knowledgeable here about Squiers - it's a Bullet......with 22 frets if the pic is right......

 

[Mervynskidmore]

I'm the most knowledgeable here about Squiers - it's a Bullet......with 22 frets if the pic is right......

Ok so it's a bullet with 22 frets, 1 string tree rather than 2, different logo, 3 ply pickguard rather than single, no truss rod insert, no skunk stripe, no serial number, and made in China rather than Indonesia. They haven't been made in China in a few years I think.

 

[Guitarmageddon]

Ok so it's a bullet with 22 frets, 1 string tree rather than 2, different logo, 3 ply pickguard rather than single, no truss rod insert, no skunk stripe, no serial number, and made in China rather than Indonesia. They haven't been made in China in a few years I think.

No different logo than normal, and China made guitars regularly have no skunk stripe, and no truss rod insert is common on China made stuff too (of the lower end Squier variety), YES they have been made in China.....don't forget upgraded better tuners which the newer Bullet HT's have - trust me that photo is a mock up. There will be slight variances with the actual product. This new Squier logo is going to be on all bullets, the solid black logo is being phased out.....

 

[Block Head Ike]

No different logo than normal, and China made guitars regularly have no skunk stripe, and no truss rod insert is common on China made stuff too (of the lower end Squier variety), YES they have been made in China.....don't forget upgraded better tuners which the newer Bullet HT's have - trust me that photo is a mock up. There will be slight variances with the actual product. This new Squier logo is going to be on all bullets, the solid black logo is being phased out.....

So are "newer Bullet HT's" also losing the "Bullet" name on the headstock?

 

[Guitarmageddon]

So are "newer Bullet HT's" also losing the "Bullet" name on the headstock?

Yes!

 

[Marko60]

I really don't think it is. It's something else. Maybe the description is wrong but there are some differences with the bullet. Might buy one when the shops open again. If it's junk i'll just return it.

You can still get home delivery

 

[Marko60]

I'm the most knowledgeable here about Squiers - it's a Bullet......with 22 frets if the pic is right......

Ok, well I know more about plastering on here than anybody else, anybody else have a super power that's top of the ST tree?
Lol by the way, totally tongue in cheek

 

[Beagle]

Bulk order Bullet. Nothing unusual about it, Squier have supplied chains for years.

 

[5ofeight]

Headstalk looks similar to my SE, but the one in the picture only has one string tree. priced at a shade under 90GBP it could be worth throwing your money at ...
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/862...hhlPl3pkQHr+ txbFK4WdMSuEsO0suXzEfZvusiIJkbo=

 

[Mervynskidmore]

You can still get home delivery

Unfortunately home delivery not available in Ireland yet it seems.

 

[Hesoneofourown]

It's neither Bullet, affinity or SE, it's an MM. I have no idea what it means but probably a special run just for argos. They are a large national chain in UK, with 850 stores. It's quite conceivable they ordered a few thousand.