Made in six days on our Build Your Own Guitar course
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- Custom headstock and logo
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- Serial number: BYO-305
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- Bigsby Vibrato System
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- Glued in neck
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- Mahogany back with satin lacquer
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- Mahogany body and neck
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- Flame maple cap
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- Set neck, single cut style construction
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- BYO-305
This guitar was made in two visits on our split weekend course, which started with 3 days in May, and finished with another 3 days last week.
Martin designed and specified every part of his guitar including the flame maple cap, two p90’s, and Bigsby vibrato arm.
The body was also chambered although there is no f-hole to see it…it makes the guitar lighter and adds an airy tone to the sound.
Martin also requested a satin finish on the back of the neck and body but understandably wanted a gloss on the front. Unfortunately this pushed us right to the edge and then on the last day Martin noticed some damage on the finish…as he was straight off on holiday to Wales we offered to fix it then send it on to him so it would be there when he returned…Here is a quote from an email we just received – (THANKS MARTIN!)
‘I would just like to say that I am absolutely staggered at how good BYO-305 really is. Amazing. I lowered the action a tad and played it at practice last night, it plays amazingly well, better that any guitar I have ever owned in fact (I’ve had a lot over the years, I think I’m up to about 80). It sounded supremely good also, those Wilkinson p90’s are real tone monsters, a most pleasant suprise, I shan’t be changing them out! And, as you know, it looks a million dollars.
Happy? Pig in sh*t? Cock-a-hoop? Over the moon? Pick any one and double it, that’s how I feel.
To all involved, for your skill, hospitality and patience (especially when things went marginally awry), please accept a huge thank you from me.’
One more stunning guitar from the Bailey workshop – Top Job – Martin! More to come…
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We don’t just run courses here! We also make our own unique range of Bailey guitars – If we can do this in six days on a course, just imagine what we could build for you… or to put it another way – if you can imagine it, we can build it.
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