Posted by: mark bailey Posted by: John L Now I am the Master! Careful now... ? Hahaha....... I can’t believe you’ve only just seen this Mark! I am joking of course! ??

Posted by: John L Now I am the Master! Careful now... ?

Hot slags....? ? ? ? Joking aside..... Budget PU's can sound great. I've had similar experiences wit Wilkinsons and Toneriders.

They do sound great for inexpensive hotness!

Posted by: John L The pickups I used in this Bailey Bandsman are Hot Slags from Iron Gear. Attachment : 5B1E892E-41AA-4336-801F-589B1139CCC9.jpeg I do like a couple of hot slags ? I bet sh...

Thank you very much Herb. Yes it is Mahogany and it is a particularly nice piece. When I put the Finishing Oil on, that lovely grain just popped out at me, it really does make you proud of all the sa...

Nice build John! Look at the grain on that, I assume, mahogany! Nice headstock design too... so hard to come up with something special! And... brave to do a refret. I'm in the process of that with my ...

No? Ok, I was only joking! Attachment : 9DC88516-F4AD-46A8-B7D5-71F5FB8079CB.png Attachment : 8E54EFF2-B736-461B-A2EA-7B4E09B5B427.png

After playing the guitar for a while, I realised that the frets I had installed were too small for my liking so I did a complete refret with some much bigger ones. Attachment : E468AEA8-6809-4F9C...

Here are some pictures of the finished guitar. Attachment : 29822F3F-6DB3-494D-A508-5E28B353D825.jpeg Attachment : FFDFEE3B-E48A-4E91-9148-994DFB4BF294.jpeg Attachment : 1C5A32D4-B330-...

Installed all the hardware. Attachment : D030380D-28DB-4E33-B205-4C2E12D50CE8.jpeg Attachment : 67B6696F-20E8-447A-B462-CBAACAFC79EF.jpeg Attachment : 4A8E16AE-BF66-4765-8918-C026CA1AF...

I put a coat of Finishing Oil onto the guitar whilst I made the electronics. Attachment : 03E2BCDC-5E41-49F5-A05C-45752E27552D.jpeg Attachment : 2A1A1E1F-46CA-4F2C-9B0D-573F03F8270A.jpeg ...

I made sure I got the pickups into exactly the right position before drilling the holes for the retaining screws. I used masking tape so they didn’t move during drilling. Attachment : EAC96E78-FD...

Fret level, crown and polish. Attachment : FD2D84D3-4D32-4825-8540-C67838060D50.jpeg Attachment : BDDE214F-F926-439A-A9AA-5438BD2D8357.jpeg Attachment : 74D26CE0-6480-4E4C-96E3-D427A4...

Time to install the bridge. I put masking tape on the body in the area where the bridge was to be installed. I then used a long ruler to mark out the exact scale length onto the masking tape. From the...

Before gluing the neck into the body, I checked the angle to and alignment with the bridge. Once that was done, I took the plunge and set the neck in place with wood glue. The cat wanted me to believe...

Routed the neck pocket, carved and sanded the body. Attachment : 6D584AE3-32A5-47D9-B7EB-F7B0C37FF36B.jpeg Attachment : B947DFAC-5979-43BA-93E1-FBCE202EA455.jpeg Attachment : 0A11B93B-...

I cut out the body on the bandsaw and used the body pattern to guide the router for the perfect body shape. Attachment : 5B9A4E93-51D4-488E-ABEE-A744ADCD945D.jpeg Attachment : A9724743-5926...

Levelling the fretboard and installing frets. Attachment : 739FA38B-A71C-4DFC-8061-D3084EB977AE.jpeg Attachment : 73C80BD5-5F5B-4FE8-A208-DF9CC2CFA8EA.jpeg

Carving the neck. Attachment : E4AB698A-8435-4568-822D-CDA7D2757F74.jpeg Attachment : 371D8660-9584-44BE-A145-647B91633A4D.jpeg Attachment : A101BEEC-8813-4CD3-BF1D-B3F898BB0BEB.jpeg ...