" I'd like to thank you all for truly flawless piece of playable sculpture.    It's very difficult to envision the uke "opening up" over time, already has beautiful tone and sustain. "

- Dan F.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 14, 2014
Completed: Feb 09, 2014

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

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

 

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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Jan 13

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 14

glue in tail block

3

Jan 19

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

4

Jan 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 26

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

7

Jan 28

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 28

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 2

first coat of oil

10

Feb 3

second coat of oil

11

Feb 4

third coat of oil

12

Feb 5

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 7

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 9

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

Original Wood Set