...Bracing the soundboard... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 After the rosette is sanded flat and sound hole cut out then the top can be braced. The...
Bootlegger
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P3
...Gluing the back braces and the rosette... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The back braces are curved so when they are glued to the back it too becomes curved. The...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P2
...Making the top, back and sides... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The body is made up of these three parts Top (bearclaw sitka spruce), back, and sides (ziricote) I...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p5
...Finishing... Read Part1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Sandy had originally asked for an oiled finish but this guitar is so special I thought it deserved to be given the...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P1
...Decisions, decisions... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 Euan chose Ziricote for the back and sides of his custom Bootlegger and Bearclaw Sitka Spruce for the soundboard. The bootlegger...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p3
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...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri
...Amazing honour bestowed upon us!... Sandy turned up about five weeks ago to tell us he was moving to New Zealand and he had...
Alone in the Workshop – Part 15 – Spraying the Guitar
...Shinier than a shiny thing in shiny land (on a particularly shiny day) Achieving a mirror like finish is not easy. It takes a lot of patience and practice. All our guitars are finished 'in house' by Billy who has spent years...
Alone in the workshop – part 6 – Assembly 2
Today we will mostly be.....gluing the back on...... The back should fit like a glove. There is a satisfying 'thunk' as the lid goes on, almost like closing a jewellery box, as the brace ends tuck into the notches on the lining. This...