c Jordan Millar

Build Something Awesome!

I love the challenge of building things that I've never done before. I hope I can present some ideas that others perhaps haven't thought of. That even if you don't have all the tools to do the job there are ways to work around that.

Pressing in the shape of the cutaway to let it dry.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 1

Sides pressed into the shape after steam bending.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 2

Sanding the slabs with a simple drum sander I built.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 3

Cut out for the rosette

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 4

 Attaching the face to the body

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 5

I-joist bracing. I couldn't make up my mind which way to run the kerfing on the binding. So i tried every way! Haha

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 6

 

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 7

Radius of the fretboard on the router table

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 8

Binding on the outside and almost ready for glue up.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 9

Headstock inlay

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 10

Installed the stainless steel frets and fret markers

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 11

Glue up

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 12

Used a Black Dye to bring out the wood grain and then a urethane finish.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 13

hand carved bone pins, nut, bridge.

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 14

 

Hummingbird and Thistle Acoustic Guitar — Figure 15