Duncan made this acoustic guitar here at the Bailey workshop on our Build Your Own Guitar course
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- Nice work Dunk!
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- Duncan’s collection
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- Custom headstock inlay
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- Myrtlewood
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- Myrtlewood back
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- Rear view
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- Sitka Spruce top
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- BYOA-017
Duncan has been a few times before to build electric guitars, but this is his first acoustic. The shape is based on the Bailey Bootlegger but he designed his own bridge and chose a larger headstock than the standard. He also carefully selected every piece of timber from our wood store to make what has to be one of the most spectacular guitars ever made on the BYO course.
The body has Myrtlewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top and is bound with rosewood. As if the wood itself wasn’t beautiful enough Duncan also used abalone for the rosette and crown inlays, not forgetting the elaborate ‘Watson/Eagle’ logo on headstock.
Imagine playing a guitar you have made yourself? Now you can!