by admin | Jun 17, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
Moyra and Doreen continue to build……. Doreen and Moyra live locally so are able to come for 1 day at a time. Most people live too far away, so they have to take a train or fly in, and so they prefer to come for 5 days at a time. Carol is brilliant at...
by admin | May 28, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
Rosie’s guitar Ready for spraying first sealer coat Guitar hanging to dry, first colour coat,masking on binding removed Headstock first colour coat Rosie made this guitar on the Bailey BYO course, he wanted a full gloss paint job. As there is only enough time...
by admin | May 27, 2010 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
Rosie’s Guitar Following on from Part 1 – after removing the masking tape a little work is necessary to remove any of the colour which has bled onto the binding. This is done by scraping with a blade. After this I flatted the surface of the colour coat...
by admin | May 24, 2010 | Build Your Own
Rosie, Kevin,Duncan and Moyra continue to build……. Rosie came to finish the woodwork on his second guitar. This one will be fitted with ‘variax’ electronics ripped out from a guitar he bought on ebay. It was quite a bit of work – he...
by admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
Chasing the Dragon……. You have to hand it to him. Tony spent 4 days solid working on that inlay and never complained much at all when i kept telling him to go over it again. I bet his back was killing him and his eyes were strained but look at the result....
by admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
Our youngest ever BYO’erJoe (2nd from right) Left to right: Simon, John, Joe and Theron (his dad) proudly display their new born babes….. All these guitars are set neck (glued in) – This is the easiest style of guitar to make on the course as it...
