by Caz | Oct 21, 2014 | !Bailey Guitars, Artists, Bandsman, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
Making the body Part 1| Part 2 Marking out Control holes Pickup routes Trem route The back Trem spring cavity Routing complete Next job – glue fretboard I glued the body wings and cap on (including black pinstripe) last week as reported in part 2 – so...
by Caz | Oct 17, 2014 | !Bailey Guitars, Bandsman, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
Gluing up the blanks and starting construction on the Buckeye’d Beauty Part 1 Laminations Gluing up the neck blank Planing the neck blank Headstock angle The ‘neck stick’ Neck/body angle Gluing the body wings Gluing the Cap The cap is glued to the...
by Caz | Oct 3, 2014 | Bandsman, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
Design session and wood selection Ian He loves her this much! Based on the Bandsman Something like this… The drawing Close up of body drawing Mahogany Buckeye Burl Ian and his lovely woman Sam visited recently for a design session in the workshop. Sam is...
by Caz | Sep 23, 2014 | Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
Design Your Own Guitar! It’s that time of year again…across the world students are embarking on their chosen courses of study…and looking for ways to spend their time (and money!) Here at Baileys, all our customers are students … hoovering up...
by Caz | Sep 17, 2014 | !Bailey Guitars, Artists, Baritone, Custom guitars, Preston Reed Signature Editions
Tap Testing wood for Preston Reed’s new signature custom baritone acoustic guitar Preston visited the workshop this week to choose some wood for the next project. We are basing it on the Signature Baritone I made for him last time but with a few changes. He...
