Fender Pawn Shop Bullet
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:27 am
I figured I'd start a build thread of my next project. I haven't really done anything but draw a few designs. Any input is welcome.
Back in the mid 90s I was in college and had a Fender Bullet. It was the double cut away version made in the USA with a thin tele style neck. The body sort-of resembled a strat with a hard tail bridge though there were no belly or forearm cutouts.
Not mine, just a pic I found online of one similar.
I sold it about 10 years ago and wish I never would have. Every once in a while I'll cruise evilbay looking at them, but I'll probably never pull the trigger just because nice examples are getting expensive. Anyway, I was thinking about what I should do for my next project and I came across this picture of a strat with a tele neck then it dawned on me, I need to build a bullet!
Instead of reinventing the wheel, I've decided to start with a Fender Pawn Shop 51. It's what I would call the modern day bullet.
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I've decided that I wanted to change up the pickguard a bit. Here's a quick sketch I did of the pawn shop 51 control plate and how it sits overlayed with a bullet pickguard and a strat pickguard. In the end, I'll probably go with a strat style on the top and a tele style on the bottom.
Also, in the mid 90s, I was playing a lot of Local H, and always wanted to do a setup like Scott Lucas with a separate bass pickup and control circuit. Here's a sketch that I colored in with the pickguard.
Give or take the color and I'll probably lose the stripes, I just did it up in the same color as the above strat.
Well, thoughts, suggestions?
Back in the mid 90s I was in college and had a Fender Bullet. It was the double cut away version made in the USA with a thin tele style neck. The body sort-of resembled a strat with a hard tail bridge though there were no belly or forearm cutouts.
Not mine, just a pic I found online of one similar.
I sold it about 10 years ago and wish I never would have. Every once in a while I'll cruise evilbay looking at them, but I'll probably never pull the trigger just because nice examples are getting expensive. Anyway, I was thinking about what I should do for my next project and I came across this picture of a strat with a tele neck then it dawned on me, I need to build a bullet!
Instead of reinventing the wheel, I've decided to start with a Fender Pawn Shop 51. It's what I would call the modern day bullet.
.I've decided that I wanted to change up the pickguard a bit. Here's a quick sketch I did of the pawn shop 51 control plate and how it sits overlayed with a bullet pickguard and a strat pickguard. In the end, I'll probably go with a strat style on the top and a tele style on the bottom.
Also, in the mid 90s, I was playing a lot of Local H, and always wanted to do a setup like Scott Lucas with a separate bass pickup and control circuit. Here's a sketch that I colored in with the pickguard.
Give or take the color and I'll probably lose the stripes, I just did it up in the same color as the above strat.
Well, thoughts, suggestions?
