by Caz | Mar 27, 2015 | !Bailey Guitars, Bass guitars, Custom, Custom guitars
Gordon is one of our regulars down at Acoustic Bliss and can often be found bashing out tunes for us on acoustic guitar just for fun – but really he plays bass in the band Preacher who are due to support the mighty Status Quo very soon. I have a deadline for the...
by Caz | Mar 26, 2015 | Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
…Side bending……. left to right: cocobolo, ziricote, maple and mahogany not yet trimmed to length In a Nutshell Most guitar shapes have only 3 bends to cope with. The lower bout, the waist, and the upper bout. All the bits in between are usually...
by Caz | Mar 20, 2015 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Custom inlays, Eco Practice, Moonshiner, News and Events
Solar Eclipse over Bailey Workshop! Three things happened today which led me to a new idea for a guitar: 1. I managed to shoot this video of the solar eclipse over Ayr this morning 2. The Heathergem material has arrived 3. I heard about the Eclipse Flower Heathergem...
by Caz | Dec 4, 2014 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, News and Events
Acoustic Bliss and Bailey Guitars Acoustic Bliss is the name of our ‘open mic’ night which is now over 7 years old. I always wanted to make guitars by day and play them at night and Carol loves singing so it was our escape from work – a night out and...
by Caz | Nov 17, 2014 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Specials, Ukulele
Paul’s Second Uke The Mark of Quality Baritone Uke Laminated neck Jarrah Cedar of Lebanon Grover ‘geared’ tuners Matching Headstock 14th fret body join Jarrah Closeup This uke was half made at the time he bought the soprano so he put his name down on...
