by Caz | Mar 17, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Bass guitars, Custom, Custom guitars
…Work continues on the one string wonder… Individual string saddle with piezo pickup, acoustic preamp, and midi circuit The neck is now ready for inlays and frets Carving the neck Checking the shape with a 12″ radius gauge Perfecting the shape with a...
by Caz | Mar 16, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Artists, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
…Installing the truss rod… I was asked recently how I install the truss rod. There are many types of rod design each suiting a different style of guitar. The method outlined below is for necks with ‘parallel’ headstocks only. This is not the...
by Caz | Mar 16, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Artists, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
…Choosing the wood and making the blanks… Alec is the front man (guitars and voice) for West coast band Skerryvore. He visited at the weekend to finalise the drawing and spec for his new Bailey Custom. He drew his own headstock shape it will be a unique...
by Caz | Mar 14, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Bass guitars, Custom, Custom guitars
…Do not adjust your set… Finally managed to slot this one in to the schedule. You may remember the design day when Andy visited to work out the spec…. The neck is now ready for fretting, inlays and carving, the body blank has been thicknessed so it...
by Caz | Feb 16, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, News and Events, Repairs
The American President, a National Medal of Technology and Innovation winner, two legendary guitar players and Bailey Guitars, are stuck together with superglue….(and the Pope…) It’s not often I can stick all that stuff into the conversation but here...
