by Caz | Jul 5, 2011 | Build Your Own, Guitar Making Students
Colour test- Wine red Looks pretty good to me! The neck and body are sealed Logo’s The makers mark… Fake binding The back is also coloured Red wine Stage 3 Red wine stage 2 Red wine stage 1…. The guitar is disassembled again ready for spraying Kevin...
by Caz | Jul 5, 2011 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
Build your own custom guitar in the Bailey workshop- Read the full story Moonshiner custom Gold tuners Laminated neck The neck runs smoothly into the body Excellent access to top frets Sky Blue Burst Ebony bridge and fretboard 1st fret 3rd fret 5th fret 7th fret 9th...
by Caz | Jul 4, 2011 | Build Your Own, Guitar Making Students
…No rest for the wicked… Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 On the course everyone works at their own pace, making something totally unique, so it is not unusual to have a few minor snags in the seven days. Just in case we do run over we now...
by Caz | Jul 3, 2011 | Build Your Own, Guitar Making Students
The last day! (nearly) Soon afterwards… End of Day 7 Dave glues in his headstock inlays Looks pretty good on… Tuning up for the last time Go Dave… Gluing the nubs for the coverplate screws Routing for the inlays Re-crowning the frets Marking out the...
by Caz | Jul 1, 2011 | Build Your Own, Guitar Making Students
…Last day tomorrow!… Day 6 Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 The excitement is mounting now. Six days of hard graft have brought us this far- everyone now has something resembling a guitar and tomorrow we will see and hopefully hear the fruits of our...
