by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Artists, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
…Choosing the wood and making the blanks… Alec is the front man (guitars and voice) for West coast band Skerryvore. He visited at the weekend to finalise the drawing and spec for his new Bailey Custom. He drew his own headstock shape it will be a unique...
by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Artists, Custom guitars, Electric guitars
…Installing the truss rod… I was asked recently how I install the truss rod. There are many types of rod design each suiting a different style of guitar. The method outlined below is for necks with ‘parallel’ headstocks only. This is not the...
by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Artists, Custom guitars
…..Skerryvore frontman Alec will soon be playing a custom Bailey! We are delighted to announce that Alec, the frontman for Skerryvore, has decided on a custom Bailey guitar for his next new instrument. We first heard about them last year and they have cropped up...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Repairs, Videos
Martin using the guitar to record his latest album Last Train to Hauteville Recently I refurbished Martin Taylor’s guitar which was signed by Chet Atkins. This video shows him using it to record his latest album. The guitar is also on two album covers: Before I...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Repairs
Aug 11, 2009 @ 14:09 Me and Carol delivered the guitar to Martin today. To be honest I was still not sure about the magnets holding on the truss rod cover and the knot-work panel on the side of the guitar. I had left this unglued because it was the only access to the...
by admin | Dec 3, 2010 | Acoustic guitars, Artists, Custom guitars>Custom inlays, Repairs
….Putting it back together again…. Jul 10, 2009 @ 13:58 Conyach: Martin introduced me to this word years ago at the Kirkmichael Guitar festival during a session in the pub. It means when who you are and what you are doing become one…..or to put it...
