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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 07, 2014
Completed: Jan 23, 2014

  • Camatillo Rosewood back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Dec 31

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 2

glue in tail block

3

Jan 3

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

4

Jan 6

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 7

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 8

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

7

Jan 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 14

first coat of oil

10

Jan 15

second coat of oil

11

Jan 16

third coat of oil

12

Jan 21

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 22

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 23

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