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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 12, 2015
Completed: Mar 23, 2015

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple 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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 26

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 2

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

3

Mar 4

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

4

Mar 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 9

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 10

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

7

Mar 11

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 12

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 13

first coat of oil

10

Mar 16

second coat of oil

11

Mar 17

third coat of oil

12

Mar 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 19

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

14

Apr 6

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings

  
Original Wood Set