by admin | Sep 17, 2014 | Artists, Custom guitars
Tap Testing wood for Preston Reed’s new signature custom baritone acoustic guitar Preston visited the workshop this week to choose some wood for the next project. We are basing it on the Signature Baritone I made for him last time but with a few changes. He...
by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | Build Your Own
Help for Heroes Wood selection Routing the Neck Profile Routing the Inlay Slots Inlays are completed Cutting out the Body Sanding the Body Carving the Body Test Assembly Tim Jones BYO-338 Black Stain is Applied The Black is sanded back Step 1 complete Red is applied...
by admin | Sep 2, 2014 | In national press
The essential guide to bespoke acoustic luthiery in the UK (Foreword by Newton Faulkner) Featuring Bailey Guitars! We are very pleased to be in the book (the first of it’s kind) along with all the best makers in the UK and really chuffed to bits that my old...
by admin | Aug 23, 2014 | Build Your Own
Ever wanted to design and build your own guitar completely from scratch? For the next 8 days we will be making sawdust and mayhem in the workshop. Check back here to see how we are getting on! Day 1: Tom 6 string bolt on Bonno 6 string bolt on John G – thru neck...
by admin | Aug 15, 2014 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Videos
Moon Madness Last weekend there was a beautiful big moon lighting the Ayrshire sky – a perigean full moon – and it was bright enough to stop us in our tracks when we caught sight of it over the trees, before the sunset… In Canterbury, under the same...
