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...
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Bailey Custom Carved Top – Faded denim – 4/4
...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...
Bailey Custom Carved Top – Faded denim – 2/4
.....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...
Bailey Custom Carved Top – faded blue denim – 3/4
...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...
Bailey Custom Carved Top – Faded denim – 1/4
...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...
Darvel Music Festival 2010
...The 'Bailey Room' at the Darvel Music Festival..... Thanks to Neil and Sheila McKenna and all the other Darvel volunteers for inviting us to such a great event and giving us such a wonderful space. We had a large room all to...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P15
...Fitting the mother of pearl Bailey logo... We decided the logo looked better across the top so I went ahead and did it. Inlaying is great fun....It's a very simple process but it does take a bit of practice to get really good. It...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P14
....Bailey Logo....decisions....decisions... I'm ready to put the mother of pearl logo on today - I should have done this before the guitar got sprayed (obviously) but I wanted to get it through to Billy ASAP so the lacquer has plenty...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P13
...'Fake' or 'Faux' binding... Fake binding (note: deleted rant - don't ask) is when the cap is stained on the front but the side is left uncoloured so the natural wood appears like binding. It's a gorgeous effect used by most top end...
Custom Build – Set neck, Single cut, Flamed Cap- P12
...More colour tests....the back... The cap, fretboard and headstock are all masked up and the back is ready for spraying with red mahogany. Will post more pics after the stain goes on.....