The new Bailey website is now LIVE!! I hope you agree that the overall effect is stunning and enjoy browsing the new site. BIG THANKS! MASSIVE THANKS to our webmaster – and the Greatest Guy on the Web! He has gone way beyond what we ever thought was possible and we...
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Bailey baritone custom acoustic
by Caz | Mar 20, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Artists, Baritone, Custom guitars, Preston Reed Signature Editions
Preston Reed gets a new Bailey Guitar Way Down Deep Preston Reed called and asked me to make a new guitar to replace his old one that he'd used for about the last 13...
Bailey name a guitar competition-prize winners
by Caz | Mar 19, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, News and Events
The imminent launch of the new website means it is time to announce the winners of the Name a Bailey Guitar competition. Thanks everyone for your patience- this has taken a lot longer than anticipated but we are finally ready to launch the new site on Monday. Scroll...
Bailey custom one string bass-3/7- making the neck-2
by Caz | Mar 17, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Bass guitars, Custom, Custom guitars
...Work continues on the one string wonder... The neck is almost finished after completing the headstock, radiusing the board and carving the neck- It feels great and its a lot of fun to make. I'm starting to...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore…Design Session
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...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore-truss rod
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 easiest type of rod to...
Bailey custom one string bass-2/7- making the neck-1
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...
The Original Superglue Corp Feature Bailey Guitars
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 goes..... The...
Bailey Guitars on Second Life
by Caz | Feb 7, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, News and Events
....is it me or is life getting weirder? While you are saving for a real one why not get a virtual Bailey?. Great idea -I have to confess that I don't understand most of this but a friend of ours has created an animated Bailey guitar on 'second life'. This is him...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore…
by Caz | Jan 20, 2011 | !Bailey Guitars, Artists, Custom guitars
.....Skerryvore frontman Alec will soon be playing a custom Bailey! We are delighted to announce that Alec, the frontman for Skerryvore, has decided on a custom Bailey guitar for his next new instrument. We first heard about them last year and they have cropped up...










