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...

@seanwhcraig Hi Sean, I have an 8’ x 4’ CNC router with a 360 m3 per hour vacuum pump hooked up to the hold down table. However, when machining such relatively small components as guitar necks or head...

Hi Sean, I run a business called Bagpress and we specialise in vacuum pressing and associated technology. If you can give me a bit more information about what you are trying to achieve, I’m happy to o...