...Frets, side dots, and joining the neck to the body.. The frets and mother of pearl side dots went in with no problems and the heel of the neck has the angle routed into it, so that the strings will arrive at the right height for...
Custom guitars
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P6
...Inlaying a Mother of Pearl Crown set... The inlays look great, I am very pleased how they came out. It's worth taking a little time over to make it look like they just grew there....There are a few stages necessary to make this...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P5
Gluing on the ebony headstock veneer The ebony for the headstock veneer is about 1mm thick. I marked it oversize, then cut it out roughly on the bandsaw before gluing it on. Blocks or 'cauls' are used to protect the wood while the piece is being...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P4
.....The end of another week at the Bailey workshop...... That is about as far as I'm going to get this week. The body is routed and ready for the neck to be fitted to it - I won't do any more work on the body until the neck is nearly...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P3
....Got the fretboard glued on and working on the body..... It's been a very busy week.....I am working on several custom builds at the moment apart from this one. We also had three gigs this week instead of the usual two. Still, making good...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P2
....Working on the neck After gluing the cap on I went back to working on the neck. Cutting out the neck is a two stage process - I sometimes call it 'Profiling' some people call it copy routing......Profile - just means...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P1
...This will be Steve's second Bailey custom guitar.... Here's the spec: 24 3/4 scale length 22 frets Wood Body: Mahogany with flame maple cap Neck: Mahogany with ebony rosewood fretboard and headstock veneer Parts Hardware colour:...
Alone in the Workshop – Part 17 – Ziricote guitar finished!
...On schedule - just in time for Rich's birthday! You may remember some time ago I started making four guitars - well I finally finished one of them today - bang on schedule. I have been concentrating on this one because of the...
Alone in the Workshop – Part 16 – Gluing the neck and bridge on
....The ziricote guitar has been sprayed and polished... The guitar has to be finished tomorrow as we are setting off on Friday to deliver it for Rich's birthday. It has been left as long as possible for the laquer to cure before...
Jon Gibbons Acoustic 12-string – Gluing the bridge
.....Last Kick of the ball.... The bridge must be located very accurately - it's a one shot deal. If it goes in the wrong place the strings will be over to one side or won't play in tune.The only fix if this happens is to remove the...