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.

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

Great analysis! Thank you so much!

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.

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.

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!

I own both. Poplar is a good tonewood for the buck. I upgraded a Bullet Strat to an Anico V prewired pg gig grade. My "Mike Rutherford". 😆 Hardtail sustain. Great guitars to share at my former open stage. Laurel fretboards are porous. Use oil sparingly. Doesn't really need conditioning (much). Indonesian builds are historically good.

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.

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.

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?😉

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

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.

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

I think the Sonics are the same specs as the last gen Bullet, just rebadged as a Sonic. When the name change happened, there were a couple of school mass shootings. The Bullet product is targeting the beginner's market, which more often than not are "children". As we all know, legal & marketing departments are going to avoid negative connotations and any connections to negative events. Mom & Dad are most likely buying this guitar for their child. That's my theory on it pretty much. What I have is a 2005 Bullet. Specs are different for the fretboard, mine is a pre Rosewood ban guitar, so it has the Rosewood fretboard & not the Indian Laurel. The Body is Basswood for that generation of Bullet, so another difference would be mine is not Poplar. I do have the SSS HT version of a Bullet Strat. Let's see, what else do I know of that is different ? The 2005 has a gloss poly finish, not the matte finish. That said, the gloss also yellows over time & being 18+ years old, there's a slight yellowish brown gloss poly tint to the neck. I couldn't say mine has the same tuners. I believe some of the 2005 Bullets had the hex shaped covers (Samick) factory & not the round sealed tuners that perhaps the Indonesian CORT factory produced. I have an IC = Indonesian CORT. Where mine differs, a prior owner, replaced the tuners with the Fender Retail, laser etched tuners. They are pretty much the same tuners the Fender Player MiM's have on them for non-locking tuners. To be fair, these tuners are no better than the tuners on my 2016 Affinity which also has the Rosewood fretboard. The Rosewood ban was 2017, All my Squier guitars are 2016 & earlier. I do have a 2017 Epiphone LP that has Rosewood that was 1st week 2017 build, it's a Rosewood fretboard run out on inventory before Epiphone ceased to spec Rosewood fretboards for the LP version that I have. Anyway, for tuners, mine say Fender on them, I'd like to think that is better, but I really can't tell the difference between them & any other Chinese guitar. Those would be the Monoprice Telecasters that were under $ 100. And this is the information I have to share for anyone running across an older Bullet vs Sonic. I prefer the gloss finish of my 2005 Bullet to the matte poly of the Affinity. I think in time the Affinity may disappear as well. All depends upon how the Sonic sells vs the Affinity. The Affinity get the gold label, Bullet & Sonics are the black label Squiers. Also Bullet & Sonic have hard tail bridge plates vs Tremolo models, the Affinity is a Tremolo bridge only.

I just purchased the Tihitian Coral Strat. And I'm super happy about the Feel and sound. More importantly yes I fell for it due to the Unique colour it has. And in different light environments it looks like a different color each time. It's amazing that way. ❤ And this review has just made my point of everything I've experienced in the last few days.

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

Looks like an Affinity with a good looking headstock.

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

I have the same..but its black..and i absolutly love it

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’ve got a Bullet Mustang HH and a Sonic Mustang SS. I think the frets are slightly better on the Sonic and the bridge is definitely better but there’s not much in it.

Id say the sonic took the place of the affinity. Fit and finish are great. As an owner of multiple affinities and mim strats. The Bullets feel alot cheaper. I picked up a sonic P and was not let down. Great fretwork and a solid feeling body at 8.8lbs

No bullsh*t review, just cut to the chase, I like that. Thanks!

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

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.

Thanks for sharing. I would say the frets are are thin and small. Baby frets.

i would buy it for the same reason...color(in my case surf green) and maple board.All the rest can change in due time in favor of way better parts if it needs to and frankly these types of guitars just need a new nut and tuners(and of course a setup) and they ll serve you as good as anything although i would mod the living crap out of it,reradiusing the board to 12 inches,installing stainless steel frets,new nut,tuners..the works....and i think thats the beauty of guitars in this price range.You can do whatever you want with it without dreading something happening to them.....i would still prefer 50 bucks off though from their asking price although i have to say the cool colors they offer for this line compensate for that(this color is killer too by the way and not common) but i ll probably buy one of them second hand.

i got one in lime green. So far pretty epic. Only problem is some cracks in the finish on the neck pocket but thats why they're 200$ lol.

Having bought and sold a number of Squire Strats over the years, i have had good and bad samples. The worst by far was a Chinese made Affinity, it was so bad that i returned it the same day for a refund. The best was a Gold on Gold classic vibe, apart from some setup tweaks it played very well out of the box, and it is the only one that i have kept. Th original made in Japan samples are now collectors items with prices to match. Would i buy this one, probably not, i have far too many budget guitars to justify another one.

Sweet playing!

I just start watching. In 2016 Idid performances with a Bullet. So, if this is even better, great! Got so dissapointed with the Harley Bentons. 4 in a row with uneven frets and a lot more.

I'm sorry I still like my bullet strat.

Hey man, I am a beginner that wants to get his first guitar and I would like a hss configuration so I would HONESLTY like to know if this guitar is any good and if you would recommend it or not (p.s I want a versatile guitar to play multiple genres on but I mainly would be looking to play grunge, alternative metal, metal, rock and shoegaze on my first guitar so if you could take that into account before you give me an answer I would appreciate that) I would also like to know how well the guitar stays in tune and if the guitar has suffered from any fret sprout now that you have had it for a couple months please and thank you

Could you advice me? I'm really not sure if I should shoose HT or Trem and should I go fo HSS instead of SSS in terms of actual noise reduction? Cuz I'm not such metal guy.

Nice, is this Garageband you're using on your phone?

Difference between squier affinity FMT hss and this one?? and which is better?

Please, I would like to ask you whether I should buy a Squier Bullet Stratocaster or a Squier Sonic Stratocaster.

I am seriously considering buting a cheap THIN body strat to substitute my normal one😂 (just the body) and strip the paint. I really want a smaller /lighter strat... Or maybe i should just keep hunting for Japanese Junior on a color i like

Hey I need a guitar with comfortable height of string, what guitar did u recommend?

what pedals (or emulators) do you use for this video?

How about the frets. Are they Medio jumbo?

Squier Affinity is better???

How do you think the Monoprice comoares to Squier buget guitars?

The nut width is wider than affinity

Without even holding one, I felt this was just another rebranding of the Bullet. These Sonics are just keeping the tremolo system since all the Bullets are hard tails now.

frets are miles better

need better colors