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August BYO
Wow this was a hard one - mainly because of the bound neck and tricky shaped body. This all adds time and led to several late nights in the workshop. Binding the neck makes the fretting take longer as each fret must be undercut both sides. There may have been a few...
Wickerman Fest July 08 – Solar and Wind Powered Guitar building.
Mark was invited to build a guitar as a live demo over the weekend. Not to make things too easy he decided to use only power generated by solar and wind. The guitar was signed by most of the main stage acts including KT Tunstall! Yup. Building a guitar in a tent using...
July – End of split course started in June.
Scott continues with his acoustic. Brian, Tony and our Rock Radio prize winner Rebekah all completed their guitars. The guys from Rock Radio and Elixir strings came down to see R's finished instrument. All were mightily impressed with the result. Scot is about half...
June BYO Course – Another First For Bailey
First thru neck bass in 5 days! Also the first time we have had a bass, 6 string, archtop and acoustic all at the same time. Dave returns once again to get some more done on his archtop. This pic was taken at the start of the five day course. During this time He...
London IMS Elixir Stand – Jade Gallagher Joins Us
Bailey guitars used to demo Elixir strings at the London International Music Show. Jade Gallagher goes for a 'B1'. LMI - Try out a Bailey Guitar! Bailey Guitars on the Elixir stand! We decided against going to the show this year and are putting the money into helping...
Early June Split Course – Rock Radio’s Rebecca
Bailey guitars teamed up with Elixir strings and Rock Radio as part of their 'Rocktober' promotion. The winner designs and builds their dream guitar. This is the first half of the course. Left to right: Scot, Tony, Rebecca and Brian....
Other News….
We are currently working toward making Bailey's the first guitar workshop to use only power generated by ourselves. Mark had a spare 10 mins recently and built this out of scrap. It's an old satellite dish covered with reflective mylar supplied by Duffy after a...
May BYO Course
Patrick and Mike are the only brothers we have had on the course which made for all sorts of jolly japes. Dave making an archtop and Paul a 'double cut' made up the full compliment with Scott popping in for a few days to work on his maccaferri.[gallery link="file"...
North West Guitar Show – Manchester 11th of May
The Bailey Stand always causes a bit of a stir. Like us NWGS is celebrating it's 10th anniversary year - the new 1 day show and venue were a great success. These shows are a good way to try or buy a Bailey guitar. Pictured are some of our electrics. The acoustic and...
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...