Squier Sonic vs. Bullet Strat- Is the Sonic any better?

I always appreciate your honest opinion and reviews Keep them coming, great job

Thanks for the nice thorough look at the new Squier Sonic Stratocaster, Joe! I like the color too-Enjoy it! New Guitar Day is always a good day---LOL!

Great analysis! Thank you so much!

I just got one. Great adjustment, intonation and nice set up out of the box. The colour is pretty, the guitar sounds wonderful, for the money there is not mistake. Loved it.

Great review Ive been thinking about these and the new 12 string Jazzmaster. Squier did a good job this year.

Excellent review! Straight to the point and you answered all of my questions. I have a couple Squier Bullets, great practice guitars for my needs. I was curious about the Newer Sonic Series. I may get one, just because of the color lol.

Thanks for the great review. I’m convinced to buy one now.

Great review, I own a Bullet from 2019 and can attest that the main body thickness is measured by my digital calipers to be 40mm. The tuners are square boxy in shape. The guitar does go out of tune and needs to be readjusted often. Mine has a rosewood fretboard, which was standard, the Sonics seem all to come with pained maple necks, which for me seems like a "stripper" version. Colors are nice.

Nice review, I think it's more of orange creamsicle but it looks great! ProAudioStar has a few Sterling CT50s (probably old/remaining stock) for ~$350...but that return policy is not very consumer friendly.

I like the color too. Very nice. I just realized that 2024 will be the 70th anniversary of the Strat. I wonder what special editions Fender and Squier are cooking up. Will we be able to resist?😉

I have both a bullet & squiersonic mustang and the difference between them is significant to say the least. 1. New colors (like mentioned in this video, found only in custom shop guitars) hence slightly costlier. 2. Tuners are new and different (no screwholes in the back of headstock) , and slightly better. 3. Neck is fabulous, much smoother & refined than the bullet series. More choices of maple color fretboard combinations. No fret buzz. Intonation much better & issues easier to fix. 4. Quality of bridge is better. 5. Better paint job. Laquer finish is smoother & colors look much better. 6. Lesser perceived noise in single coil pick ups. Upon opening pick guard, pick up looks like a newer version and labelled (neck-bridge) in a different way. 7. As a result of all these, my squiersonic mustang definitely looks and plays better than the bullet, which im soon gonna sell at half price.

Nice demo!!! 👍😎🎸 Excellent sound and color.

So I have 3 of these Sonics now, 2 strats blue and black, wanted the black for the maple fretboard and will mod it along with the blonde telecaster, very comfortable playing guitars, light and sound good to me at least as I am a hobby player at best

I just bought this same exact guitar today. Mine says its got black nickel hardware, will see. The color grew on me too. I wanted what you did Maple neck with small head and satin finish HSS pickups Made in Indonesia I'll be putting a Floyd Rose nut on it, and my locking blick giving me the functionality of a Floyd Rose with a standard bridge. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Everyone says the pickups are better, which it seems like it. Hard to tell in the videos. I’m going to buy the hard tail and mod it. Definitely making it a string through body like the fender noventa

Sweet playing!

Just recently got my sonic telecaster in scrambled egg yellow, Love it.

Looks like an Affinity with a good looking headstock.

Even between the Strats I did feel a noticeable difference. The neck feels a sharper on the edges and rougher on the Bullet. The plastics feel a bit better quality of the Sonics. The pickups are a lot better on Sonics, especially the humbucker.

The only Sonic vs. Bullet that I have to compare is my Sonic Mustang SS and my Bullet Mustang-90. If I'm completely honest, I like the Bullet Mustang-90 better. It was obviously originally an HH, but I put P90s in it and it's just a terrific instrument. The Sonic isn't bad, it's actually quite nice, I just connect better with the Bullet. Also, as a man with a bit of a belly, I appreciate the contour cutouts of the Bullet. The Sonic Mustang doesn't have any, it's flat on both sides.