Gordon is one of our regulars down at Acoustic Bliss and can often be found bashing out tunes for us on acoustic guitar just for fun - but really he plays bass in the band Preacher who are due to support the mighty Status Quo very soon. [gallery columns="4"...
Solar Eclipse over Bailey Workshop! Three things happened today which led me to a new idea for a guitar: 1. I managed to shoot this video of the solar eclipse over Ayr this morning 2. The Heathergem material has arrived 3. I heard about the Eclipse Flower [gallery...
Making the body Part 1| Part 2 I glued the body wings and cap on (including black pinstripe) last week as reported in part 2 - so after removing the clamps I could crack on with...
Gluing up the blanks and starting construction on the Buckeye'd Beauty Part 1 The neck blank for this guitar is made from laminating together three pieces of mahogany with two very thin...
Design session and wood selection Ian and his lovely woman Sam visited recently for a design session in the workshop. Sam is particularly lovely - especially to us because she has...
Tap Testing wood for Preston Reed's new signature custom baritone acoustic guitar Preston visited the workshop this week to choose some wood for the next project. We are basing it on the Signature Baritone I made for him last time but with a few changes. He loves the...
This Guitar was custom made for Mark Screeton and just finished last week. He came to collect it and brought the most amazing rig into the workshop to test it out. I did shoot a little video of the guitar in action which still needs a little editing but I will publish...
Surfing Upside Down! It's going to be so cool you could surf on it! Chris loves 'surf' music and had an idea for a custom guitar he would like me to build for him - upside down! (not me, the guitar) He came across us on the...
The Tricky Bits [gallery link="file" ids="http://baileyarchive.teapotdev.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_3108-e1389290207935.jpg|Ready to spray,http://baileyarchive.teapotdev.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/custom-electric-4-e1396439514175.jpg|Base coat...
Big D for Stevie B [gallery link="file" columns="4" ids="http://baileyarchive.teapotdev.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sevie-big-d00001.jpg|Joining the Cedar top,http://baileyarchive.teapotdev.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sevie-big-d00002.jpg|Marking out the...