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  1. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    i got a fair bit of Tamo (peanut figured) here, some 1 pc drop tops (5/16), and some that could be milled into back and side sets. if anyone's interested. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSbwpjJj6b9/?taken-by=jillardguitars
  2. Jay Jillard

    Documentary, an entire guitar in a single day

    a week. Thanks eh, I'm over it. it's something i said, but i've since decided to not care what other people are doing at all, and just do my own thing over in a corner. thanks everyone
  3. Jay Jillard

    Documentary, an entire guitar in a single day

    Hey guys, been a while since I posted, but I finished up the documentary where I attempt to build a full guitar in a single 24 hour period. enjoy =] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHb7PHUkUko
  4. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    Teaser trailer for the documentary where I built a guitar in a single 24 hour period. =] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Zb50IQPPc
  5. Jay Jillard

    New Build - something different

    This is begging for fanned frets =P really sweet design, reminds me of Egan guitars
  6. Jay Jillard

    Post Guitars You Built

    first ever video of my acoustic build =] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uWmfiioi5A
  7. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    hehe we shall see! its going ton be tough fighting the tiredness around hour 19 when i'm doing fretwork lol
  8. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    A film is on my bench... Yep. we're doing a kickstarter for our documentary where I am going to attempt to build a guitar start to finish within a single 24 hour period!! On top of that, we're doing some give-aways during the campaign, and when the kickstarter gets fully funded, we are going...
  9. Jay Jillard

    Best Nut Material

    I use a bunch of graph tech stuff for consistency, but brass helps the open strings sound closer to the fretted notes, which in my mind is a plus. I just did a Lignum vitae nut on my acoustic and it sounds great, and looks pretty cool too.
  10. Jay Jillard

    Fan fret classical 7 string electric.

    we had a really cool classical/flamenco guitarist come in today and we filmed three songs, and a quick demo of the pickups.. probably up by the end of summer =]
  11. Jay Jillard

    Fan fret classical 7 string electric.

    Thanks everyone! it was nice for me to get back into some more traditional stuff.
  12. Jay Jillard

    Fan fret classical 7 string electric.

    There are so many things I could say about this build, but the two words that stick out in my mind the most are " challenging" and "rewarding" What started out as a relatively simple build quickly grew into something with so many complexities, and ideas were being pushed creatively between Max...
  13. Jay Jillard

    Fan fret classical 7 string electric.

    I don't know why i didn't document my only lp shape in the last few years here. I'm sorry, its probably because i'm dumb. Anyways... heres a dump of everything.
  14. Jay Jillard

    Canadian source for Radius Dishes???

    these guys are good, located in the GTA Radius Dishes & Work-boards | Canadian Luthier Supply
  15. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    i'm pretty sure i showed a braz. block in one of the shots.. i know I made one lol
  16. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    oh, of course. =P
  17. Jay Jillard

    What's on YOUR workbench right now?

    a video for something new i've developed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBx-B0PmYI&list=UUAl65MCeriXncLtF8vpbH2Q
  18. Jay Jillard

    What's the fastest time hand building a guitar you have done?

    i did this one in 3 days, oil finish. I was trying to get some momentum going with a 24 hour charity build, where i would build a guitar, start to finish in 24 hours on a live stream. the idea never really got the attention it needed though, but i Did have the 24 hours all mapped out and i...
  19. Jay Jillard

    Archtop (L-5) Fan Fret Build

    I think my eventual end goal is to build high end archtops. but for now i'll stick my blocks of pretty wood with strings. fantastic work.
  20. Jay Jillard

    Looking for a good body template?

    some of the best templates goin http://store.potvinguitars.com/

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