Sweet P - Pod Mahogany - Handmade by Mark Bailey. Our Greenest Ever Guitar! This guitar is a version of the Bailey Sweet P - in this age where traditional timbers are getting...
Materials
Crack or split repair and prevention
....OUCH...A guitar makers nightmare... The Problem: It is very sad when after all your hard work something like this happens...it shouldn't but it does. It is surely equally upsetting for the owner. This is only the second...
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...
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...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri-p3
Working on the neck Read Part 1, Read Part 2 After the neck was carved, I strapped it into the string tension simulator. This simply holds the guitar firm while pushing up on the back of the headstock and pulling down...
Bailey custom acoustic from 40,000 year old Kauri
...Amazing honour bestowed upon us!... Sandy turned up about five weeks ago to tell us he was moving to New Zealand and he had...
UV Gloss Lacquer – procedure
Like conventional finishes UV cured lacquer can be tricky to use but if done succesfully it has many advantages. Top tip: The problem most likely to occur is that the lacquer fails to dry hard enough. If this happens it feels waxy and is easy to scrape off with a...