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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 14, 2014
Completed: Sep 23, 2014

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Maple fretboard with Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

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Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 18

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Aug 19

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

4

Aug 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 25

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

7

Aug 26

shape neck, glue in back binding

8

Aug 27

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 28

first coat of oil

10

Sep 1

second coat of oil

11

Sep 10

third coat of oil

12

Sep 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 15

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Sep 22

cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set