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No News is Good News…
... we're still here ! We had hoped to have real good news before now, but we are still trying to buy our wonderful workshop. Thanks to all the Indiegogo campaign supporters helping us smash our target, PLUS the musicians who donated a track to an awesome unique...
Preston Reed’s Summer Guitar Workshop: 10-14 July 17
Want to Learn Percussive Style Acoustic guitar ? After a few years break, Preston Reed will once again be hosting and teaching a 4 day workshop in his home town of Girvan, South Ayrshire. Preston is the man who invented the integrated percussive style of playing, and...
The Grenaways go Pan Celtic
Battle of the Celts Earlier in the year, performers across the celtic world battled to find a song to represent their regions at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland in April 2017 - The Grenaways will be representing Cornwall after winning the honour with their song...
Bandcamp Beauty and the Mighty Beast – Indiegogo Update (at last!)
It's been oh so quiet... (sorry) It has been around 10 working weeks since, THANKS TO ALL OUR AMAZING SUPPORTERS, our unbelievable Indiegogo campaign smashed the target. It became "In Demand" which means the whole campaign stays live and apparently less than 15% of...
We’re Officially “In Demand” !!
Thanks to you all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNjil87m-A We are now officially considered to be "In Demand" by Indiegogo after reaching 118% of our Goal - that's £25,807 !! As 2016 finally draws to a close, we just want to say another MASSIVE thank you to all of...
Mark Bailey – Documentary by Gordon Doherty
Mark Bailey from gordon doherty on Vimeo. Mark Bailey - Documentary by Gordon Doherty Just before we started crowdfunding Gordon contacted us and asked if he could make a film about Bailey Guitars. We had never met, and he didn't know anything about what we were...
Save Bailey Guitars -THE ALBUM and press release
ARTISTS UNITE TO CREATE ALBUM IN SUPPORT OF BAILEY GUITARS "We have been blown away by the generosity of everyone who has contributed to making this AWESOME album- THANK YOU" Mark & Carol SAVE BAILEY GUITARS - Compilation Album by Sam Winston A group of artists...
Crowdfunding Update – 7 Days Left!
THANKS FOLKS! Only 1 week to go... The New 2017 Bailey Bandsman for your enjoyment... and as I write this we are 68% towards our goal - fantastic! But now we only have 7 days left... It has been noted that this is probably the worst time of year for crowdfunding...I...
10 Unique Gifts for DIY Guitar Makers from £10
There has never been a better time for building a guitar at home... ... books, DVD's, and Youtube provide a whole range of accessible information. Here at Bailey's we have been running courses since 1999 and enabled nearly 800 people across the world to build their...
10 Unique Gifts for Guitarists and Guitar Lovers from £10
Guitarist Gifts Galore ! Here at Bailey we specialise in great gifts and special surprises - many an unsuspecting guitar player has had a Bailey Guitar surprise...you dont even need to choose for them - from custom design sessions, to gift vouchers (on offer until...
The Guitar Making Revolution Needs YOU!
Please Support our Crowdfunding campaign... The Guitar Making Revolution! My name is Mark Bailey - I trained with some of the best guitar makers in the world including Trevor Wilkinson, Patrick Eggle, Gary Levinson and Rob Williams. I did my very best to learn as much...
WinterStorm is coming and so are we..to Troon on the 25/26th of November!
WIN A BAILEY CURVE GUITAR, GUITAR 'ER' (FREE GUITAR MOT)...MIGHTY BEAST VEGAN STRAPS...OPEN STAGE...TRY A WINTERSTORM PIE... ACOUSTIC STAGE BAR Winterstorm - A Festival of Classic Rock - by the sandy beaches of Troon, on the West Coast of Ayrshire This is the first...
Ibex Side bending iron
The Ibex Side bending iron - designed by Irving Sloane. On-line Courses In 2015 we launched the online Bailey Academy of Guitar Making, in response to the increasing number of people who want to build a guitar at home. We now have students all over the world who have...
Winter is Coming…part 2 … the spice of life..?
You could say that all our work here is a collaboration of one kind or another - bringing ideas, individual needs, and construction constraints together to create each unique instrument But here at Bailey's, we are always up for interesting pairings and projects,...
Winter is coming…part 1… guitars guitars
It's been a colourful dry autum here at the Bailey workshop, and life has slowed us down a little these last few months, but as always there has been some new arrivals Beautiful BYO's here at home... Check these babies out (the guitars, obvs) - you can see videos of...
Over the Moonshiner!
Bailey Customer Experience? The story: Way back in October last year award winning Scottish photographer Mark Alexander visited the Bailey workshop to research for an article for Guitar & Bass Magazine - he spent an afternoon here, was genuinely interested in what...
The Last Viking
There's buried treasure in this video - You'll be surprised what you can dig up in Ayrshire! Totally blown away by the latest Preston Reed video - I think the Bailey supporters out there will enjoy this one...please share and leave a comment! "The Last Viking"...
The View from the Workshop – April 2016
The View from the Workshop - April 2016 A BIG announcement and more mayhem from Bailey World...
Build Your Own Guitar ONLINE – Review
Can an online guitar making course really work? James signed up in February and has just completed his first ever guitar build - physical proof that indeed it can! Here is what James said after finishing the course: Having never before used either a bandsaw or router...
The Fire & The Icicle
Sam Winston's Debut Album - Ft. his Bailey Custom Custom Bootlegger Acoustic Guitar! Don't miss this... It is not everyday that someone releases an album with one of my guitars on it, but this one is something altogether on another level. If you don't love it then I...
This is the KING of EVERYTHING!
My Bailey Experience by Sam Winston Sam Winston Sam commissioned an acoustic guitar from me a while back and I asked him to film the unboxing - that became the first part of this video. After witnessing such obvious talent I asked him if he would mind sitting in front...
The REAL View from the Workshop
The REAL View from the Workshop My monthly newsletter is called the View from the Workshop - this month I wanted to show you what it really looks like.
Wood like this doesn’t grow on trees you know…
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...
Guitar Making Supplies
Guitar Making Supplies Hard to find Goodies! I have recently added some goodies to the supplies section of our GuitarMaking site - while it is not my intention to compete with other guitarmaker suppliers (most of them are my friends) I want to help my students get...
Jon White – I have made a guitar!
The GuitarMaking revolution continues Jon White is enrolled on one of my online guitar making courses and has just completed his first build - as you can see from the pictures he has deviated quite a lot from the...
Build Your Own Guitar Update – New Video Lessons
Build Your Own Guitar Update - New Video Lessons Two new videos have been added to the course - I hope you find them useful: Clamping the body blank – alternative methods Levelling the Body Blank Clamping the body...
Design Your Own Guitar – Herb
Herb is on my course Design Your Own Guitar Online
Kroum – Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar
Imagine if your first guitar build turned out like this... Kroum has pushed the boundaries of our Build Your Own Guitar workshop courses to the limit with this one! Instead of waffling on about how beautiful it is, I will shut up as I think the pictures speak for...
Build Your Own Guitar ONLINE – Goes GLOBAL!
Want to learn how to make guitars like a pro? Enrol now for lifetime access at Introductory level price - ending soon - more info GuitarMaking.co.uk - The online Guitar Making Academy Although the site has been active for less than a month already we have students as...
Graham Taylor Custom Thru Neck Guitar with Magnetic, Piezo and MIDI Pickups
...This guitar was custom made for Graham Taylor... I make 'em too Y'know! Yes, we run the best guitarmaking courses on planet earth, but people often...
Sam Winston – Custom Bootlegger with Cut-Away
...The first of it's kind... Yes - It's hard to see them go... The guitar is based on the Bailey Bootlegger with the addition of a cut-away for better access to the top frets. Sam also wanted...
David Johnson – Build Your Own Guitar Online – Part 2
...David has what
Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar – BYOA 27 – John Graham
...Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar - The Finishing Touch. This guitar was made on our workshop course here at Bailey Guitars - John's 3rd instrument made under my guidance. John's first...
Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar – BYOA – 23
...Kevin McKeown... Want to Build Your Own Guitar ? So did Kevin - A veteran here at Bailey World - this is his 4th guitar build on our workshop courses. Previously he made...
David Johnson – Build Your Own Guitar Online – Part 1
...David is keeping a photo blog of his build... Build your Own Guitar - Online David Johnson enrolled on my online Build Your Own Guitar course which also includes Design Your Own Guitar - together they...
Build Your Own Guitar ONLINE – UPDATE
GuitarMaking.co.uk - The Academy of Guitar Making by Mark Julian Bailey Hi Folks - Important announcement We have a new website! I have called the new site 'GuitarMaking.co.uk - The Online Guitar Making Academy' As you can probably guess from the name - this will be...
Custom Acoustic Guitar – Bailey Bootlegger with Cutaway for Sam Winston – Part 2
...Sam's Guitar is now ready for polishing This is a custom instrument I am making for Sam Winston - you can read Part 1 here Lantern Inlay The...
Sam
...Dude... Sam is a young player from Cambridgeshire, studying music at college in Manchester, and he has been looking for a guitar. At the start of the summer he arranged to come on a workshop tour with his family, and...
Custom Thru Neck Guitar for Graham Taylor
Custom Thru Neck Guitar for Graham Taylor Custom Thru Neck Guitar for Graham Taylor - Graham is a veteran here at Bailey Guitars - he first came...
Sopranino Ukulele – Cocobolo
When You're smiling...When You're smiling... ....you're probably playing a teeny tiny Bailey Ukulele. A happy song from our most northern-most Bailey player... Thanks Oystein for sending us this video which really made us smile! Our Smallest Uke The sopranino is the...
Build Your Own First Guitar – Keith Tiltman BYO-380 – First timer
Keith Tiltman makes his first guitar on our Workshop Course You think you are making a guitar, but really the guitar is making you. If you want to do this thing I can imagine no better place, no more expert tuition, nor more congenial company. So thankyou so much Mark...
Little Eye – All I Need
Little Eye - All I Need (is my Bailey Bootlegger Acoustic Guitar!) Here is a video of the exceptionally cool Little Eye playing their original song 'All I Need' These guys are going places - and we are really happy that they will be taking a Bailey guitar with them....
Build Your Own First Guitar – BYOG 379 – Andrew Braidwood
Andrew Braidwood made this guitar here in the Bailey Workshop on our Build Your Own First Guitar course Where to start? I built a Bandsman with maple cap (bookmatched) Swamp Ash body maple neck - she is a real blonde beauty. I loved this course - it was...
Custom Acoustic Guitar – Bailey Bootlegger with Cutaway for Sam Winston
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Build Your Own Guitar? Not like this!
Tip of the day: Not like this... There is more than one way to kill a cat... One of the students on my workshop course sent me this pic recently (Thanks David!) - OK. This is one way to clamp the body - but not the way we do it here! Let us hope he was wearing safety...
Bailey Moonshiner Acoustic Guitar for The Grenaways
Bailey Moonshiner Acoustic Guitar for The Grenaways The Grenaways The Grenaways are a fantastic band from way down south - Cornwall, to be precise - and are "rootsy storytellers, unique in the folk style,...
Autumn Sale – get your hands on a Bailey Guitar for the best price ever…
It's the Bailey Guitars seasonal Autumn Sale - and It's MASSIVE !! From Wed 23rd September our shop prices are being slashed (for everything but our newest editions) As some of you may know, we have had a difficult few months here this year and we are now at a...