Ten piece, 'five pointed star'- Abalone and Mother of Pearl The Idea We recently had Fiona on our build your own acoustic guitar course and she had an idea for an inlay design for the 12th fret. I had to make a blog about...
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Bailey Promo – Build your own Custom Guitar
by Caz | Nov 13, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
....If you ever wondered what it's like coming on our course, just watch this.....
It’s not raining – by Marcel
by Caz | Nov 10, 2010 | Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
(Marcel) I wrote this song during my holiday in Scotland July and August 2010, It's dedicated to Carol and Mark. No matter what the weather is like, their kindness, and hospitality make you feel like it's a warm and sunny day. Thanks Marcel - That fair warmed the...
Build your own guitar – 9 oct – 1 day
by Caz | Oct 9, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
Steve has come to finish his guitar while Ciaren continues with his acoustic Today is mainly dedicated to getting Steve's 'Red Wine Burst' guitar finished but Ciaren came as well as he wants to get his done before Christmas - we'll do...
Build Your Own Custom Guitar – Sept 2010 – P2
by Caz | Sep 13, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
...Trial by wiring.... This course is certainly not getting any easier....We have been running build your own guitar courses for over 10 years now, but as time goes on the guitars get more and more complex. The course went really well...
My Dads Guitar
by Caz | Aug 24, 2010 | !Bailey Guitars, Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
...Dale credits us as the inspiration behind his book! Coming Soon.... Dale came on our course when we were back in Coventry. In fact he is in our film 'Guitar Magic' building the very guitar which inspired the book! At the time he was a manager for a well know soft...
Stephen’s Guitar-Red Wine Burst-cellulose gloss
by Caz | Aug 22, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
...Stephen built this guitar on our BYOG course.... he wanted a stain and full gloss so he left it with us to spray. When a body is made by joining...
Build your own custom guitar – Part 2 of 2
by Caz | Jul 4, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
We got there in the end! It was not easy though, the last 2 days were especially hard work. With hindsight I wish we had worked a bit later on previous days, so I will bear this in mind for the next 'custom' course.Headless Hans, Paul...
Build your own custom guitar – Part 1 of 2
by Caz | Jun 30, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
2 Dutch guys, 1 French and an Englishman walk into a bar........eventually. Hans is making a 5 string headless bass, and Paul a thru neck 5 string. They are our Dutch guys.....both are first timers. Luc and Steve are building 6 string...
This guitar has no pickups! (…..or Rosie does a No.2)
by Caz | Jun 17, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar, Guitar Making Students
Rosie completes his second guitar-BYO 284 Rosie bought one of them new fangled variax things from ebay so we could use the electrics for his BYO. He took great delight in ripping the bits out, and building them into his new guitar was...








