.....Skerryvore frontman Alec will soon be playing a custom Bailey! We are delighted to announce that Alec, the frontman for Skerryvore, has decided on a custom Bailey guitar for his next new instrument. We first heard about them last year and they have cropped up...
....Here are the pics of the latest Bailey Custom.... Started back in September this one has been a long time coming but mostly it has been hanging in the drying room. You can see pics of this guitar being made if you click here
....All good things come to those who wait.... This is guitar is finished and was meant to be delivered for xmas, but unfortunately it was delayed by the severe weather when nothing was moving....We have arranged to deliver it...
Hope you like it Tony! Yesterday we took advantage of the thaw to courier the guitar. Fingers crossed, Tony should be recieving his new custom Bailey right about now....It was supposed to be with him for xmas but unfortunately the...
...Putting it all together... After assembling and fret dressing the guitar it's time for the final set up. This is basically setting the action and the intonation which didn't take more than 15mins. So there it is -Tony's new custom...
...This colour is very cool and quite easy to do... The back and sides were first sealed so if any colour runs onto these areas it will easily come off. Then colour is applied to the front of the body and the headstock. In this case...
.....Carving the top...and the 'belly carve'..... This is what I call a full carve - it works on virtually any shape. Carving the top like this a 3 stage process: Carve a facet - I use a rasp and flat plane for this. Carve the...
Aug 11, 2009 @ 14:09 Me and Carol delivered the guitar to Martin today. To be honest I was still not sure about the magnets holding on the truss rod cover and the knot-work panel on the side of the guitar. I had left this unglued because it was the only access to the...
Martin using the guitar to record his latest album Last Train to Hauteville Recently I refurbished Martin Taylor's guitar which was signed by Chet Atkins. This video shows him using it to record his latest album. The guitar is also on two album covers: Before I got my...
...Tony's Custom Bailey Xmas Special.... This is a custom job for Tony - he came on the course a couple of times and saw one of my guitars which is now sold. Now he wants me to make him one just like the one he saw and tried last time...