Making the neck Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The neck started as a roughly 2"x4" piece of mahogany which was first slotted...
Custom guitars
Bailey Custom Electric – Manuel – P2
Making the body Read Part 1 Manuel's custom guitar is now hanging in the drying room waiting to be coloured and glossed - I will post more pics when I can. Read Part 3
Bailey Custom Electric – Manuel – P1
My old wife, she is very sick...I need new wife! Manuel's first wife is a guitar. She is a little battered after an amp fell on her in the van on the way back from a gig. So Manuel needs a new wife, a younger, sexier,...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Ancient Kauri
A guitar made with the oldest workable wood in the world! Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 The Ancient Kauri Bailey Bootlegger Custom guitar is now finished and has already flown the nest. Sandy came to our...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P5
Assembling the body Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The courses are finished for a few weeks so It is time to carry on with this...
Custom Bailey for Skerryvore- completed pictures
Here it is... Skerryvore custom from the Bailey workshop Alec from Skerryvore came on Thursday to collect his new shiny custom guitar He will be using this guitar in large venues so the EMG's will be excellent- very loud...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P4
...Bracing the soundboard... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 After the rosette is sanded flat and sound hole cut out then the top can be braced. The...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P3
...Gluing the back braces and the rosette... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The back braces are curved so when they are glued to the back it too becomes curved. The...
Bailey custom acoustic guitar- Ziricote and Bearclaw Bootlegger-P2
...Making the top, back and sides... Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 The body is made up of these three parts Top (bearclaw sitka spruce), back, and sides (ziricote) I...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p5
...Finishing... Read Part1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Sandy had originally asked for an oiled finish but this guitar is so special I thought it deserved to be given the...