Fender Bullet

1981 USA Series 1 Fender Bullet Deluxe
Manufacturer	Fender
Period	1981–1982
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Scale	25.5"
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood or Maple
Pickup(s)	One humbucker, two humbuckers, two single coils, or three single coils
Red/White, Cream/White, Red/Black

The Fender Bullet was an electric guitar originally designed by John Page and manufactured and marketed by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was first introduced as a line of "student" guitars to replace the outgoing Mustang and Musicmaster models.

Fender marketed two original models made in the U.S.A.—the Bullet Deluxe and a standard Bullet. These two models had a single cutaway body shape similar to that of the Fender Telecaster with a 21 fret rosewood neck and Telecaster-style . Similarly to preceding student models like the Mustang, Bronco and Musicmaster, cost savings were made by using inexpensive hardware and parts that were quick to assemble and labour saving. The standard model originally retailed at $199.00. The Bullet Deluxe had a plastic pickguard with a separate, traditional hardtail bridge while the standard model featured a metal pickguard-bridge combo painted white or black, with separate saddles for each string. Both models had 2 single coil pickups with a three-way selector switch. The pickups the same enclosed units used on the Mustang. Series 1 Bullets were available in red (with a white or black pick guard) and ivory.

In 1982, Fender introduced a revised version of the Bullet, including two bass models. This series featured a double cutaway body similar to the without body contouring. Headstocks retained the version one (Telecaster) profile. Five models were marketed—the Standard Bullet, Bullet Deluxe (S-2), S-3, H-1, and H-2—in addition to the two new bass models (a regular scale "B-34" and short scale "B-30"). The standard Bullet had the previous style metal pickguard-bridge combination with two single coils and three-way switch. The Deluxe (S-2) had a plastic pickguard and separate hardtail bridge with the same pickup configuration. The new S-3 had a separate plastic guard, traditional hardtail bridge, and three single coils with a five-way switch. The H-1 sported the metal pickguard-bridge combination with one humbucker. It also had a coil tapping button. The H-2 had a plastic guard, traditional hardtail bridge, and two humbuckers each with their own coil tapping button. The humbucking pickups were really two single coil pickups with alnico rod magnets side-by-side. All models in 1982 used the Fender "F" logo chrome tuners, made by Schaller in W. Germany. The basses each had plastic guards and traditional bridges. They had the old Mustang bass style pickups. They differed only in scale. The popular second version Bullets were available in standard colors of red, ivory, brown sunburst or walnut, as well as in custom colors.