What a fantastic little documentary on your background and the history of Bailey Guitars. You must put a link to that on your website. Darren

Hi Russ,Have fun and make guitars. There’s nothing better!Darren

Hi Mark, How about a simplified explanation of how to voice a soundboard? This is definitely one of the black arts of guitar making but I have yet t...

Have you seen Joel's new pickup winder? Awesome!

Hi Guys, I just wish some one had a 3D modelled front/back available off the peg as it would then be very simple for me to CNC the moulds and start ...

The first stage of machining has been completed and the two halves glued together. It takes about 15 minutes to machine each half and the finished pie...

A quick update on fret slot cutting saw table. I mounted the motor and splindle on some scrap MDF to check positions and ran it for a few minutes but ...

Thanks Mark, Watch this space! Darren

I have been looking at the shape of the floating bridge for my Maccaferri and it really lends itself to being made in two halves (split lengthways vie...

Hi TV, Thanks for the appreciation and I can confirm that they sure as hell have a lot more bits!!! Just to show that I can still make dust by hand...

Hi Bill Shallow chamfers through multiple layers are always going to look a bit odd, mainly because they expose a significant width of glue line. Be...

Hi there, You'll have a lot of fun here and great support. It's a fantastic community and everyone is very helpful. I think I'm on pretty safe groun...

Thanks guys! I have often thought that the tiny sound hole on the petite bouche was a bit of a 'FU!' to Mario Maccaferri who had fallen out with, an...

Hi Chris, Fab! I use VCarve Pro 9.5 (Vectric.co.uk) to generate the 3D toolpaths for my CNC router and it can import native Rhino files and whole ho...

@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 le...

Hi Bill, given the shape I would go for a chamfer. I think it has enough radical curves in its frontal elevation so the contrast should look pretty ...

I watched today’s session on catch up and it was wonderful! Mark, you are changing peoples lives and if that isn’t worth getting emotional over then w...

Beautiful work! Awesome wood Darren