by Caz | Nov 5, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom inlays, News and Events
…How I made the Celtic Knot lattices for Martin’s guitar… Jun 5, 2009 @ 11:32 Martin liked the pics of the test pieces I sent him and chose the Koa over the ebony for the lattices to replace the original nasty plastic cover plates. That decision made...
by Caz | Nov 3, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom inlays, News and Events
Starting work on Martin Taylor’s guitar signed by Chet Atkins! Jun 4, 2009 @ 11:29 The first task is to remove all the old parts – easy enough. After 1/2 an hour I was left with the skeleton of a guitar and a large pile of scrap. Now all I have to do is...
by Caz | Nov 1, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom inlays, News and Events
….A custom make-over for one very special archtop guitar…. …Last year Martin Taylor came by the workshop and told me about the plans he had for one of his old guitars which had been signed by Chet Atkins. After several emails he brought it round and...
by Caz | Nov 1, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom paint jobs, Electric guitars, News and Events
…The ‘Bailey Room’ at the Darvel Music Festival….. Thanks to Neil and Sheila McKenna and all the other Darvel volunteers for inviting us to such a great event and giving us such a wonderful space. We had a large room all to ourselves to set up...
by Caz | Oct 28, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Custom inlays, Electric guitars
…Fitting the mother of pearl Bailey logo… We decided the logo looked better across the top so I went ahead and did it. Inlaying is great fun….It’s a very simple process but it does take a bit of practice to get really good. It helps a lot if...
