I don’t think anyone has recommended to give the frets and neck some love. Cheap Squiers can have fret sprout, less than level frets, and gloss necks (this is more preference but roughing down to satin with a dish scrub pad or very fine sandpaper feels great to me). I would definitely recommend doing these and making sure your truss rod is properly adjusted so it becomes a guitar you actually want to play rather than a guitar with great electronics that plays terribly.
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Fretwork and stuff is up next! This Squier actually feels a bit better to me than my Fender Player Telecaster, which was slightly difficult to realize. The deets are great, though they could be smoother, so I want to polish them up nicely. No sprout or anything, yet.
I recommend wiring the bottom pot as a tone control for the bridge pickup. It's just a matter of adding a jumper to the 5-way switch. Some strats ship this way, not sure about the Bullet but I think not.
I made this change to a Squier Affinity Strat recently. Well worth it to have tone control on the bridge pup and it only took about 10 minutes.
Yeah, it's great to be able to roll some of the icepick off of the bridge pickup. Much more flexible.