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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 08, 2014
Completed: Sep 30, 2014

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

Sep 17

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 17

glue in tail block

3

Sep 18

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

4

Sep 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 22

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

7

Sep 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 24

first coat of oil

10

Sep 25

second coat of oil

11

Sep 26

third coat of oil

12

Sep 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 29

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