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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 01, 2014
Completed: Sep 22, 2014

  • Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Custom 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.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 25

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 25

glue in tail block

3

Aug 26

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

4

Aug 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 31

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

7

Aug 31

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 1

first coat of oil

10

Sep 17

second coat of oil

11

Sep 18

third coat of oil

12

Sep 19

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 20

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 21

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