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Scheduled Start Date: May 06, 2013
Completed: Jun 10, 2013

  • Master Grade Koa top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • High gloss polyester finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

  • MiSi with LR Baggs undersaddle pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 5

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 5

glue in tail block

3

May 6

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, brace back

4

May 7

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 9

clean up body, rout dovetail, drill tuner holes, glue fretboard onto neck, rout binding channels, glue in top binding

7

May 14

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 23

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

May 23

fill pores twice

10

May 23

first coat of poly topcoat

11

Jun 2

second coat of poly topcoat

12

Jun 3

sand & buff finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Jun 5

glue on bridge

14

Jun 10

make saddle, (put in pickup, if any), cut nut, final fretwork, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set