Cascade Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 23, 2014
Completed: Nov 21, 2014

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • 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

 

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Quilted Maple/Bearclaw Sitka Spruce

Tenor Cutaway Classic

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Oct 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 22

glue in tail block

3

Oct 23

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

4

Oct 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 29

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

7

Oct 30

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 3

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 4

first coat of oil

10

Nov 5

second coat of oil

11

Nov 6

third coat of oil

12

Nov 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 12

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 13

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

Original Wood Set