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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 10, 2014
Completed: Aug 12, 2014

  • Striped Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler 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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Front

Full Front
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Striped Myrtle

Tenor Cutaway Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 4

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 7

glue in tail block

3

Jul 9

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

4

Jul 10

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 10

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 12

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

7

Jul 14

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 15

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 16

first coat of oil

10

Jul 19

second coat of oil

11

Jul 21

third coat of oil

12

Jul 22

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 23

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 11

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