@markbailey

Lockdown Lucy will be a big miss I'm so used to seeing it in the background on every live stream. Please take a photo and put it where we can all see it. I was trying to think of a few words to make a song but every tune just sounded like an Eric Clapton song.

@markbailey and Carol

Thank you for all these livestreams and the online courses and the chance to win lockdown lucy. Had it not be for lockdown, I would never have found you and I wouldn't be building guitars. It's kept me busy when I couldn't do anything else, not just due to lockdown, but while I've been waiting for and recovering from the two times I've had surgery since the first lockdown. As a premium member, I may be helping you, but both of you and all the forum community have certainly helped me too.

Robin

Well said Robin I think we would all agree

Please re-enter/allocate any tickets allocated to me to be among others who enter.

Whilst it would be a privilege to play a Bailey guitar, I'm overrun with guitars and my wife likes the little bit of wall she can see.

Someone is going to have a treasure for sure!!

Wishing all the best with knurled knobs on to you all.

Warmness 

🎟️🎉🎸🎶😁🙏🎉🎟️

Thanks Mark and Carol. What a great bunch of super cool guitar enthusiasts. 😎 I’m here because of your livestreams during the lockdown as well. Life is good as I am getting ready to start my first guitar very soon.  All the best of luck to everyone in the contest and stay safe.  Cheers! 

Woo-hoo!

@markbailey & Carol,

What an enormously generous thing to do! I of course hope that I will win but as I never win anything at least I won’t feel down if I don’t. 😂

Best of luck to everyone and thanks so much for the premium courses, the entertaining, personal livestreams and your cheery faces through all of this!

Cheers!

Matt

Hi Mark and Carol,

This last year has been just awful for so many people but, certainly for me, having your livestreams to look forward to and the clubhouse/classroom feel of the livechat, including all the badly behaved members, has really helped to reduce the feelings of despondency and isolation that might otherwise have been even more overwhelming. I really hope that it has achieved a similarly therapeutic effect for the both of you and I can’t express enough my admiration for your efforts and determination in the face of some really serious challenges. Thank you.

With regard to LDL I didn’t even know/remember that you had an annual subscription option but the lure of four extra draw tickets has forced me to upgrade immediately!

Hope to see you soon to share some beer and lentils and thank you once again.

Darren

I have to agree with Darren on this - the live streams gave/still gives me something to look forward to amidst the gloom.......

The GM Community has also been totally brilliant!

Thanks to everyone who contributes to the live streams, the members on here and of course Carol and Mark for something so positive!!!!

Thank you Mark and Carol for giving us something to look forward to in life amidst the current state of the world. Truly appreciate all that you guys do and the sense of kinship with all the members. Good luck All! LDL will be one for the books for sure. 

So, just to confirm, "Lockdown Lucy", aka LDL, that's the walnut guitar, right?

😊

It was a choice of Alder or Mahogany. Majority vote was Mahogany and I remember it rang a really nice tap tone compared to the Alder that did not ring so much.

So it's 300 year old Mahogany @clinton?  

😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 

@tv1 I have boards of century old Koa that I use for my necks. Each time, I have to square and quarter saw them. Luckily next door the furniture shop let me use their bench joiner for a small fee. One day I am going to just do them all. Still have enough for 2 bodies and 2 necks I think. Sure is beautiful wood, or should I wait 2 more centuries? 

@TV101 

So it's 300 year oldMahogany

We've been in lockdown a long time now, must be nearly 400 years old by now.

@tv1 OMG! took me awhile I am such a dodo. Yes yes yes Lucy will be the 300 year old walnut guitar.

@clinton

Its best to cut all the wood you want to use to near finished sizes and let it air dry to ensure the moisture content is even both sides. Cutting just before you use means that an outside face will be drier than an inside face and could lead to twisting. I've made this mistake.

@tv1 OMG! took me awhile I am such a dodo. Yes yes yes Lucy will be the 300 year old walnut guitar.

😆

Right then, I'm definitely in ...

Please re-enter/allocate any tickets allocated to me to be among others who enter.

@eddiesixstring

I had a similar issue with "too many guitars really", but I'm a greedy bastard, so will put that reservation to one side if I'm the lucky one.

Actually (and slightly more seriously) ...

If I win, my thinking is that I'll send the guitar out on tour.  Anyone* who wants to borrow it for a few months can do so.  That way, lots of people should get a chance to try it out, play it, see how it's put together (etc), and generally enjoy having it around.  When they're done, then it goes on to the next person to similarly enjoy it.

Seems like that would be consistent with the community watching it get put together, then the community gets to actually enjoy it in their hands.

*Anyone - obvs, there might be some difficulties/costs sending it on a worldwide tour, and I'd probably prefer to keep it within the known community so that it doesn't get "lost" somewhere.  Might also create an opportunity for some of us to actually meet, face-to-face for handovers, etc.