Here's Mark putting her through her paces at the end of the final day. Despite the gorgeous performance Carol's comment at the end cracks me up! Attachment : marks_mood (Converted) - Large.mov

Here is "The Tiger" from my second visit to the Bailey barn workshop near Coventry. I don't have any construction images - I took video which I've subsequently lost. Book matched flame maple cap over ...

This is how it turned out... Attachment : HP_Guitars_RIM00033-3.jpg Attachment : HP_Guitars_new_head_front.jpg Attachment : HP_Guitars_guitar 004.jpg Attachment : HP_Guitars_byo_...

Here are some pictures of the construction in no particular order... Attachment : HP_Guitars_Truss rod slot.jpg Attachment : HP_Guitars_Truss rod fillet.jpg Attachment : HP_Guitars_too...

Now I am the Master!

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-...

Nice “How to” guide Mark, nice and graphical with annotations. Maybe your IT team could start putting a Knowledge Base together. (Sorry team! ?)

Time to put the truss rod in, glue a fillet in, plane the excess off when dry and put the fretboard on. This was held in place with clamps and a caul and a couple of pins for alignment whilst the glu ...

As the design of this neck needs a curved transition from the headstock to the fretboard, I used a spindle sander to achieve that. Common sense told me that I couldn’t just put the neck on the machine...

I used a jig and a router with an extended base plate to surface route the front face of the headstock. This is a parallel headstock with the neck (not angled back like a Les Paul) like a Tele or Stra...

I used my drill press to drill the holes for the tuners in the headstock. Attachment : C660A7DF-05F4-403D-9D00-7FCD929411DF.jpeg

Routed the truss rod slot. Attachment : BBB343F6-B29F-4F7F-938E-7A58E91E6750.jpeg

Marked out the neck and double checked all measurements. Attachment : EAA6680F-37F5-47F3-9E5C-031FBA169561.jpeg Attachment : D6C181A2-8826-4A93-AF55-F5C1404F12CF.jpeg

I made some different patterns for this build that were different that the ones used on my original Bailey Bandsman build. I wanted a better bench for this job so I made a sturdier one from an old pal...

Of course, first I made a 1:1 design of the whole thing. Attachment : 61FAA43D-14DA-4428-8C76-7EC69C760AD2.jpeg

I ordered some fantastic woods from Mark Bailey for this project. I used Ash for the body, Spalted Maple for the top, Maple for the neck and Zebrano for the fretboard. Attachment : EF6F621B-9A74-...

I am making a bolt on neck guitar using a lot of same techniques that I learned from doing Mark Bailey’s online Design your own Guitar and Build your own Guitar courses. I took the measurements from a...

On a recent holiday to Scotland, I picked up some second hand machinery. Attachment : 343C9D79-716A-4C3F-ADDA-3B371F1CC3C1.jpeg Attachment : D440C35C-2C8F-4FC0-A0CF-B26DF0B82D5D.jpeg A...

Hmm, what scale lenght are you doing? 25 inch? The plans are laid out for the last fret whether it is 22-24. There really is no rule where pick ups go or where the neck meets the body and this design ...

By drop it down do you mean move it closer to the fretboard? I can, I just didn't know if that would mess anything else up. Do the 2 pickups have to be a certain distance from eachother? If I move i...