That’s all looking very good!

Anyone old enough to remember this project? It is actually over a year since I did any work on this guitar, having stopped to think about how to shape the sides to take the pliaged soundboard. The sha...

Which is going to fit on top of this body (made earlier) ...

... and then I tried it out with a sanding bar on a nice top ...

... I went and made a jointing board ...

Once upon a time, a long long (long) time ago - OK, about 2007 - I made my first guitar, on my first Bailey BYOG course. Back then, if someone gave me a piece of wood, and a saw, and asked me to cut t...

Build #1 taught me that I *could* build a guitar. To be honest, and despite all the assurances from Mark and Carol prior to the course, I'd never really believed that I *could*, so that was a big ste...

Back at home, in my very own shed, my first build was a cheat. A (Cherry) Tele - because guitars don't get much simpler - with I think a bought-in neck. You can call me a cheat if you like, but I...

And self-build #2 ... Yes, it's another Cherry Tele. But this one was a little more adventurous, being a chambered Tele body and my own neck. You can tell it's my own neck, because I *always* p...

I built a few more Teles, but that bit of the journey is like a train trip through some really boring countryside. Best skipped over. Back to Mark's workshop for Build #3. This was just a self-treat...

So of course there have been more ... ... and as soon as I can work out how to embed more images from a different image hosting site, I'll be back with some more photos ...

... back with some more! These are a mixture of builds and saves - guitars rescued after someone else had got a so far, and then realised that something had gone a little awry on their way there A...

You’ve been busy - lovely lot of guitars...... Been on two Baileys workshop courses and hope to do another next year. Agree about the friendliness of the whole experience.

Wow - what a fantastic guitar collection!

Refined my design a wee bit tonight after hours of looking at pictures of these. I'm gonna push on and try doing this flat like the originals. My heights are 9mm at the nut, and 9.8mm is the lowest I ...

@chrismcconnell1011 Hi Chris, Have you ever thought about producing a 3D model of a Gibson 335 back and/or front? I know lots of people (OK, at least two!) who would be very grateful if you could prod...

Started my neck carve - ends need sorting but middle bit feels OK - need to compare it to my other guitars... Attachment : 27E6E3CD-7449-46AF-9926-87ECF3D32C87.jpeg Attachment : 1392EFFB-085...

Good morning, It is just possible that I may now have enough walnut and African mahogany neck blanks to last me the rest of my life!! The European walnut started out as a 100mm thick x 650mm wide by 2...

As I've seen a lot, and chatted to a few, of the names here during Mark's excellent online sessions, I thought I'd join and introduce myself. tv1010101 - Tony. My first Bailey course was a few years...

Hi Mark Thanks for the email reply. Yes panic over. After I tried sanding back and spraying it again I got the same result. When I tried again with the sand back (600 wet/dry) and respray and found t...