Lazy AndyOct 23, 20192 minRout MapNext step was to sort out the cavities on the body and tidy up some of the holes. Now, any luthier purists or trained joiners should loo...
Lazy AndyOct 16, 20193 minInvestigationsSo, in quite typical fashion I’ve forgotten exactly what I did 10 years ago... either a sign of age or generally using up the available s...
Lazy AndyOct 12, 20193 minResurrection!!Many moons ago, and I do mean many, a friend at school sat me down to teach me the chords to Hey Joe while he noodled the solos over the ...
Lazy AndyJul 4, 20193 minGold and the OlympicNext step was to add some UV stained Olympic White. Que nerves again. The first step is to damage a perfectly good headstock and key the...
Lazy AndyJun 28, 20193 minHeadstockBeen a few weeks faffing and experimenting with the headstock on the Bullet. One of my first decisions when I started the project was to...
Lazy AndyMay 24, 20192 minLet’s call this a trial runBody, check; neck, check; template, check.... pickguard? I’ve bought a sheet of 2mm white single ply pickguard material from Tonetech Lut...
Lazy AndyMay 20, 20192 minTemplatingThe next step was to transfer the paper CAD template onto ply wood and cut out a more rigid guide for routing out the plastic pickguard. ...
Lazy AndyMay 19, 20191 minSingle PickupNext step on the Bullet project is to cut a plywood template for the pickguard. I could just translate the CAD file onto the plastic and...
Lazy AndyMay 18, 20192 minNeck ItThe neck arrived and the next challenge arose! These early Bullets had Telecaster style necks with the smaller headstock, due in some par...
Lazy AndyMay 17, 20192 minBridge Over... let's not go there.With the neck not yet on my door step I tackled the bridge instead. With the pickguard template complete, it would be foolish to cut it ...
Lazy AndyMay 17, 20192 minHi Tech vs Lo TechThe first job on the Bullet was to get a neck on order, but I’ll cover that a bit later. Whilst I was waiting for that to be delivered, t...
Lazy AndyMay 16, 20192 minBite the BulletSo this is the first post for the first project. I recently popped into a small local guitar shop for the first since I moved house and w...