@sperciavalle I'm very proud to present my first creation Quite rightly you should be proud of it, did you just jump right into the deep end and build an acoustic without building an "easy" electric...

Very Nice. Looking forward to seeing your video too. 🙂 👍

Wow! Amazing job!

Thanks Matt, it is 40mm thick, I think that the area that maybe too thin is the neck pocket and how much glue contact area there is, but still toying with using it. A bit more done, carved the belly c...

@peebee 40mm isn’t too bad, there are thinner ones out there for sure. What‘s the thickness of the bottom of your neck pocket? 10mm minimum will do and judging from the photos it looks like you have ...

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Attachment : IMG_2304.MOV Walnut and Poplar, rough sanded. My 2nd attempt to a bolt on parallel headstock neck. The bolt on neck course Rocks!!!

Cautionary tale: When building the prototype Electric Lady Signature model in 2009, I thought how cool to extend neck to accommodate supporting 22nd fret. I made the mistake of using the standard gui...

Can be tempting just to do another bit and then rush things...... I tried to be disciplined and finish a task and then tidy up, put tools away if appropriate, sweep up/vacuum before switching off the ...

Hi guys, something that I can really recommend is a one on one Zoom meeting with Mark. Until now I have built 2 Bandsman guitars and started to design a bolt-on Tele style guitar. The video courses an...

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Firstly, I would like to wish everyone a slightly belated Happy new year. Mind you I wished that upon loads on people at the start of 2020 and look how that worked out! Secondly, having been unable to...

Another satisfying moment carving the vellute today. I watched the course video again last night, then followed Mark's instructions and the vellute miraculously appeared. Attachment : 20210106_182...

Hey Folks - Heads up. As part of our 5000 sub celebrationaries (WOOP!) - this week we'll all be getting...drum roll pls... New superfast dedicated host for The Guitar Making Academy! Yawn... OK might ...

There’s nothing quite like it. So Mark Bailey I thank you, for putting together this course and community who have been so amazingly helpful and kind spirited during my ‘learning experiences’. @chees...

Today I played a guitar I built with my own hands. She’s far from finished, no cover plates and the nut isn’t even glued in yet, but I plugged her in and she played like nothing I’ve ever experienced....

How do you make a Canadian hobby guitar builder happy you ask? He goes home for lunch and gets a package from the bailey workshop delivered. 🙂 Attachment : 20210705_132849.jpg Attachment : ...

The neck is roughed out. Now on to the body. 🙂 Attachment : 20210621_202849.jpg Attachment : 20210622_194350.jpg Attachment : 20210622_204740.jpg Attachment : 20210622_203924....

Storing the back - TIP! After gluing the braces on to the back you should not carve them until you are ready for assembly - If you are leaving it for some time there is a danger of it changing shape.....

@Tej I think the general rule for s/h kit is "older is better". More modern tools are made down to a price (apart from those brands that can charge the price for maintaining quality) because so many ...