Since 1998 we have enabled over 300 students, from ages 11 to 70, with no previous build experience to build their own guitars.

  • Wonderful experience. I am delighted with the result
    - Mark
  • I can't remember the last time I enjoyed myself so much...Wait until mum sees it
    - Tony
  • My dreams are now a reality (sitting on the workbench in font of me as I write this)
    - Andrew
  • Sometimes miracles do happen
    - Marcel, Netherlands
  • One of the most rewarding experiences of my life so far
    - Duncan
  • Didn't believe it could be done..best playing and sounding guitar I've tried
    - Tony
  • An unbelievable experience
    - Steve
  • I will never look at a piece of wood in the same way ever again
    - Dave
  • This is unbelievable. I make my own guitar
    - Ulfar, Iceland
  • An experience I will never forget
    - Johann, Iceland
  • WHAT an experience!
    - Ian
  • This is now the only guitar I play
    - Leon
  • You f@**g rock
    - Matt, Australia
  • Definitely an experience I'll never forget
    - Anna
  • What can I say? Probably the most rewarding thing I have done for myself
    - Adam
  • Beautiful beyond merit
    - Paul
  • The whole experience has been way more than great
    - Paul, Netherlands
  • This is an amazing experience. Bailey Guitars are top class
    - William, Brazil
  • It's the best guitar in the world, bar none
    - John W
  • Mark is an amazing teacher...and I am leaving with the perfect guitar
    - Adam
  • People who genuinely care whether you are getting what you want. Brilliant
    - Adrian
  • So much what you do here is truly brilliant and special
    - Charlie
  • Great time to spend to learn how to build my own guitar
    - Luc, France
  • Thank you for 8 days of creativity previously untapped
    - Adam
  • Every day I have felt like a kid at Xmas with the excitement of each stage completed
    - Andy
  • Awesome experience
    - Steve
  • I am in love with an inanimate object! All thanks to Bailey Guitars
    - Andy
  • We enjoyed every minute of it
    - Louis & Tom, Netherlands
  • This course has changed my life
    - Chris
  • Some of the nicest days of my life!
    - Stan, Belgium
  • The most positive and rewarding course I have ever been on
    - Patrick
  • Rewarding and therapeutic even to non-musicians
    - Anne
  • This will change the way I think about the guitar forever
    - John
  • I am still in awe of the finished product
    - Richard
  • Wow,what a ride!
    - Neil
  • I have genuinely had one of the most amazing experiences of my life
    - Neil
  • Mark is a genius
    - Stevie & Annie
  • Once again I am chuffed...quality time with quality people...roll on no 5
    - Duncan
  • I built a guitar to die for
    - Dan
  • Second time, and just as enjoyable as the first
    - Kai
  • My own dream guitar in 5 days. Mark you are a genius
    - Doug
  • Absolutely amazing...an out of this world experience
    - Simon
  • Many of our friends didn't believe that we made the guitar!
    - Arjan & Eric, Netherlands
  • I can't wait to show the boys at the Fender club
    - Phil
  • The best couple of weekends since I don't know when
    - Herb
  • We are both thrilled with the guitars we have created
    - Liam & Andrew
  • I wouldn't have believed it was possible
    - Richard

Bailey Guitars are the UK leader in guitar building short courses, and make some of the finest handcrafted guitars in Britain. We have been running BYO Guitar courses since 1998.

We offer several different courses – each with a different aim, cost and timescale – to respond to all the queries about building and the different types of hobbyist.

We are offering a range of experiences which can be 'pick and mixed' to suit most people's need and budget. All guitars are built from raw wood in a minimum of five days.