by admin | Aug 29, 2015 | Custom guitars
Bandsman Custom Electric Guitar with Horn Carve and EMG Pickups Sandy supplied his own pickups for this and I built the guitar around them. It has one humbucker and two single coils instead of the normal two humbucker arrangement and an extra bit of carving on the...
by admin | Jun 2, 2015 | Custom guitars
The Buck-eyed Beauty!…or is it a Beast ? This guitar is a Custom version of the Bailey Bandsman Custom Bandsman Buckeye Burl Cap Rothwell ACT Custom inlay on headstock Black pinstripe Thru neck construction Closeup of headstock inlay Hiscox case Buckeye Burl...
by admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Custom guitars
Gordon is one of our regulars down at Acoustic Bliss and can often be found bashing out tunes for us on acoustic guitar just for fun – but really he plays bass in the band Preacher who are due to support the mighty Status Quo very soon. I have a deadline for the...
by admin | Oct 21, 2014 | Custom guitars
Making the body Part 1| Part 2 Marking out Control holes Pickup routes Trem route The back Trem spring cavity Routing complete Next job – glue fretboard I glued the body wings and cap on (including black pinstripe) last week as reported in part 2 – so...
by admin | Oct 17, 2014 | Custom guitars
Gluing up the blanks and starting construction on the Buckeye’d Beauty Part 1 Laminations Gluing up the neck blank Planing the neck blank Headstock angle The ‘neck stick’ Neck/body angle Gluing the body wings Gluing the Cap The cap is glued to the...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Custom guitars
Design session and wood selection Ian He loves her this much! Based on the Bandsman Something like this… The drawing Close up of body drawing Mahogany Buckeye Burl Ian and his lovely woman Sam visited recently for a design session in the workshop. Sam is...
