by Caz | May 13, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bootlegger, Custom guitars
…Decisions, decisions… Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 Bear Claw Sitka Spruce-1 Bear Claw Sitka Spruce-2 Ziricote-back and sides Mahogany neck blank Euan chose Ziricote for the back and sides of his custom Bootlegger and Bearclaw Sitka...
by Caz | May 11, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bootlegger, Custom guitars, Custom inlays, Materials
Working on the neck Read Part 1, Read Part 2 After the neck was carved, I strapped it into the string tension simulator. This simply holds the guitar firm while pushing up on the back of the headstock and pulling down over the nut area. The amount of pressure is...
by Caz | May 8, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Custom paint jobs, Electric guitars
…Finishing… Billy wrote a full explanation of how we do this colour if you are interested in reading about it. The only difference is that this one only has the face of the body coloured, not the back or the sides. We now need to wait at least 3 weeks for...
by Caz | May 5, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Custom guitars
Making a new custom guitar from the oldest workable wood in the world! Read Part 1 first The fretboard is glued on and left to dry The neck is now ready for the fretboard to be glued The headstock is marked out with a pencil The extra pieces are planed level to the...
by Caz | May 4, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Archtop guitars, Custom guitars
Steve wants his guitar to light up like a 50’s UFO! Steve and Evelyn from the Highland Hot Club came down from Inverness at the weekend for a blistering series of gigs and dropped by to see how the Spaceship was getting on. Me and Steve spent the Sunday...
