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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 14, 2014
Completed: Nov 03, 2014

  • Quilted Maple top, back & sides

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple 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. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 7

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 7

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

3

Oct 8

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

4

Oct 9

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 14

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

7

Oct 21

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 23

first coat of oil

10

Oct 24

second coat of oil

11

Oct 27

third coat of oil

12

Oct 28

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 29

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

14

Oct 30

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