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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 03, 2014
Completed: Apr 22, 2014

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Curly Myrtle

Baritone Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 2

glue in tail block

3

Apr 3

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

4

Apr 7

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 9

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

7

Apr 10

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 14

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 15

first coat of oil

10

Apr 16

second coat of oil

11

Apr 17

third coat of oil

12

Apr 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 21

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 22

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