So far so good.... The tail block and heel block are both glued and clamped in the same way, then the sides can be glued down. There is a bit of work in fitting the sides- The kerfed lining is removed where it touches the bracing, and...
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Alone in the workshop – part 4 – The black art of tap tuning
A functional work of art - 'scalloped' bracing brings out the tone of the guitar It's a shame that most of the really important work on an acoustic guitar is never seen, as it is on the inside.....The braces are carved roughly first, then graduated to weaken them and...
Alone in the workshop – part 3 – Evil magician visits workshop!
Bending the Sides - Uri Geller? Eat your heart out mate! Thought I'd update you on progress of the four guitars I started last week. The side bending went well - as you can see they are all roughly guitar shaped. It is a great feeling...
New (nearly) Bailey Video found on you tube!
Adam came on the build your own guitar course back in May 09. He has put together a brilliant slide show of the whole process. Billy also put together a slideshow of his Archtop build Click here to see other Bailey related videos
Welcome to the New Bailey Blog!
Read All About It! Thanks to our webmaster for setting up this Blog for us. We are still busy transferring everything from the old page, bringing this blog right up to date, and working on the overall appearance and functionality. There is a new lightning fast BYO...
Manchester Guitar Show – Haydock Park
Best ever stand at a show...... Jon played his Bailey and demoed for us on the main stage. He was absolutely brilliant and blew us all away with his great songs and obviously fantastic guitar. Thanks for that Jon! Joe came along to...
New weather dome for solar tracker!
All good things come to those who wait....... Carol found this glass dome in our local Charity shop (I knew one would turn up eventually!). It used to be the cover for an ornament - but I nabbed it for my weather dome. I'm just hoping...
Win a Bailey Guitar at the Darvel Music Festival
Celebrating 10 years of the Darvel Music Festival................ Bailey Guitars have donated one of our custom R1's for a raffle to raise money for the event. The guitar has been airbrushed with a unique design by local artist John...
North West Guitar Show
Before the show opened I went round and took some pics...... Oops...forgot to take any pics while the show was actually open. Oh well you can see how we set up our stand anyway. We had the entire basement...
Solar Tracker
Nearly there...... This is our dual axis solar tracker. We made it ourselves in the Bailey workshop. Billy has a mig welder so he took care of sticking it all together. It should enable our panels to generate 30-50% more than a fixed...