Sad news..... I bought the second edition of his book quite a while back. It planted the idea about building guitars but it was only an idea until I found Bailey’s Guitars.

@jonhodgson - you & me both (buying it). I'd registered a few months ago (his website, IIRC) to be informed when it's released. From all that I'd heard, his contributions to the book were done, ...

@tv1 It is a shameI think I'll be buying that third edition, I don't know if he's leaving family behind that it will help, but the original was a part of the journey that brought me here to this forum...

Is there any information on what happened? I believe it was cancer. He'd been struggling for a while, but had hoped to see the 3rd edition of his book finished and published. Sadly, he didn't make it...

Is there any information on what happened? I can't find any mention, the last post on his facebook page from 11 days ago about the imminent release of the third edition of his classic book.

That's sad news. I had that book, I never built anything out of it, but maybe one day I'll build an 8 string bass in tribute.

I just read of the passing of Melvyn Hiscock. Very sad. He wrote a great book on Guitar Building Attachment : 544B1830-F76C-4F32-BC0C-33283DCA2143.jpeg

Very sad to hear that - he inspired a generation...

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