Cascade Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 02, 2014
Completed: Oct 25, 2014

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Walnut & 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: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Sep 25

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 29

glue in tail block

3

Sep 30

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

4

Oct 1

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 2

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 6

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

7

Oct 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 9

first coat of oil

10

Oct 13

second coat of oil

11

Oct 14

third coat of oil

12

Oct 21

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 22

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 23

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