Jim Cairnes will not be forgotten- his work will out live us all. Our warmest thoughts and sympathies are with the Cairnes...
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Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p5
by Caz | May 30, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bootlegger, Custom paint jobs, Materials
...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 from 40,000 year old Kauri-p4
by Caz | May 16, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Custom inlays
...Mother of Pearl 'Southern Cross' inlay... Read Part1, Part 2, Part 3 The guitar is now fretted and inlaid ready for finishing... Sandy had mentioned some kind of...
Guitar Sunday at The Firehouse- Sunday 15th May
by Caz | May 14, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, News and Events
Venue: The Firehouse Date: Sunday 15th May Time: 12pm- 6pm The last Guitar Sunday was such a success the Firehouse invited us to do another one! We will be there tomorrow with a collection of instruments so come along if you want to try out a Bailey guitar. We will be...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P1
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 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
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...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore- Wine red burst
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...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p2
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 Sandy was kind enough to provide a link to this web page...
Highland Hot Club visit to check progress on The Spaceship
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...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore- working on the body
by Caz | Apr 27, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
...Getting the feel of it...... Alec from Skerryvore popped in to see how his custom job was going and finalise a few outstanding issues. The main point was to check the feel of the neck...










