And I thought you were a nice guy Darren........

Hey Marcel, Don't you have a spare key to her house? She'll never know!! ? ?

Perhaps you could talk her into it one day. Haha, no I won't. I don't make guitars and basses for a living so I don't mind too much about the money. In this case I was ok just to get the money I ha...

Thanks for your kind words John. Yes I've built some guitars and basses over the last 10 years. Will post some more of it soon.

Shortly after finishing my first build at home I started working on a Strat model and a Jazz bass. Strat: Mahogany body, maple neck and fretboard, Tonerider Pure VintageTRS1 pick-ups, Gotoh tuners an...

We've been friends for more then 40 years, and when he unwrapped the present it was the first time in all those years he was speechless for the first time in all those years. @marcel I’m not surprise...

@markbailey Thanks Mark, I'll give that a go. Looks like I'll be spending the rest of the afternoon sharpening old abused chisels.

all the yotube videos I can find on sharpening have the bevel on outside, can anybody point me in the right direction. Try this

@david-johnson09 thanks for that, I got my flat chisels sharp enough to shave my wrist. Now that I've watched that video I'll have another go at the gouges.

Hi all. So. That Walnut guitar Mark’s been building on TheTube that TV wants!!! Turns out that the piece of GreenHeart (Stage right on the bench behind Mark) is not going to work for the neck. S...

I am enjoying it more and more. I’ve built a few in a row recently and I think that is a great way to hone the skill and reinforce my understanding of the process. Indeed it is good to try and build d...

Wow! This site is a template for making friends - I never expected that but it is true - thanks folks for all your kind words - it really makes it all worthwhile...Big Up the Guitar Making Revolutioni...

One day there will be a guitarmaking.co.uk convention, I can feel it in my bones!! @darrenking “So it shall be written, so it shall be done!” “If you build it, they will come!”

And all the protective equipment (for wearing when Carol’s watching) Don’t mess with Miss....?

Six years ago I made a guitar for my good friend Ab (abbreviation for Albert) for his 60th birthday. Swamp ash body, figured maple top, maple neck with a ziricote fretboard. Attachment : image.png...

Great live stream today team Bailey... it’s good to know how to do these things but I’m so glad I just bought one!

Just come across this for those in Europe

@tv1010101 There are quite a few UK suppliers, just need to have the patience to search for them. Some only have limited supplies and it's often repair guys who have made their own tools then decide ...

Yes, it's my own design based on the last two basses (which I designed) I made in the Bailey workshop.

Interesting to see a design that works for both bass and guitar though. I spent many hours with pencil and paper (and an eraser!) figuring out the shape of my bass. And many years later when I had st...