I’m in debt but it’s nothing to do with guitars, honest! @boo - I’m not in debt, despite trying hard by spending on guitars, tools, wood, .... 😆

(and I got the 59 LP as well whilst I was at it) Does that mean that you can recreate the carved top of a 59 LP?

Exciting news guys! Look what I've found! Yup, finally, a really good, oven ready (not like Brexit!), CNC friendly 3D model of an ES335 (and I got the 59 LP as well whilst I was at it) Bought it, dow...

@darrenking I would like to build an acoustic too, but I'm going get another couple of electrics under my belt first.

It does look stunning Tony, I'm guessing it was your first Bailey build. Sort of @robin, but not in the way you meant. Only one man can put this logo on a headstock ..

@tv101 It does look stunning Tony, I'm guessing it was your first Bailey build.

Excellent Tony. I don't imagine my first build will be as good but I can but aspire........ The name on the headstock should have given it away @russ - this wasn't one of *my* builds, this one was bu...

And the story behind it all ... Way back in 2007, I attended my first Bailey BYOG course. In the evenings, we'd sit around in the cottage, talking, drinking (tea, obvs), and playing the odd guitar t...

Excellent Tony. I don't imagine my first build will be as good but I can but aspire........ 🙏🎶🎸🙂

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Some of you will have recognised a few clues already ...

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If I've timed this right, my 5,000 rep point is earned by this post. And I wanted to mark that milestone with something a bit special. This is my #1 guitar. It has been since the day I got it, and I ...

Welcome to the forum @chrisot. That Tele looks way too nice to be a Tele ... in that I normally think of Teles as being quite basic and unbling, and yours looks like a very tasty piece of work. Look f...

Hello, that Tele is really nice. I’m in Northamptonshire too but haven’t made a guitar yet.....just one kit!

I am talking to Mark and Carol about the possibility of them supplying preformed laminated back and side sets as thinking about how to accurately bend the sides, especially of a cutaway, is probably t...

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Iv'e just had another learning opportunity. I sprayed a clear lacquer onto my headstock / truss rod cover and some areas of the decals fizzed up Iv'e been to Toolstation and got a can of Plastikote ...