by admin | Oct 10, 2015 | Build Your Own, Other News
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...
by admin | Oct 2, 2015 | Build Your Own, Other News
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...
by admin | Jul 2, 2015 | Build Your Own
Not bad for a first go! John came on one of our workshop courses to build his very first acoustic guitar based on the Bailey Bootlegger. The extra binding around the headstock and fretboard adds a lot of work but the result is fantastic – topped off by a custom...
by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | Build Your Own, Build Your Own Guitar
A first for all of us! John came on our workshop course to build his first guitar – it is the first classical style instrument made here at Bailey Guitars – It came out so well he immediately started planning his second build! Build Your Own Classical...
by admin | Apr 26, 2015 | Build Your Own
It was a long time coming… Stevie was one of the first people we met when we moved here to Ayrshire – it took a while before he took the plunge…but we are glad he did. It was a pleasure to have him around the workshop and what a beastie! Black Ash...
by admin | Apr 25, 2015 | Build Your Own
Bookmatched Jarrah cap and headstock veneer Marking out the neck Cutting out the neck Carving the neck Half way there! Flamed Jarrah Cap – custom f-hole Headstock matches body This could be you! Mike lives in Scotland but a bit too far to come on our one day...
