" Beautiful instrument, superb design, flawless construction. Plays like a dream! Hats off to all at Mya-Moe! Nothing short of professionalism at its finest. Bravo! "

- Jodie K.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 01, 2014
Completed: Oct 15, 2014

  • Cascade Series Wood Cherry rim & neck with a hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Brass hardware

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Abalone inlays

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Sep 10

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

Sep 25

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

Sep 25

drill hardware holes in rim

4

Sep 25

sand rim

5

Sep 25

install frets

6

glue fretboard onto neck

 

7

Sep 29

shape neck

8

Oct 6

shape & glue in dowel stick

9

Oct 7

first coat of finish

10

Oct 8

second coat of finish

11

Oct 9

third coat of finish

12

Oct 9

fourth coat of finish

13

Oct 13

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

14

Oct 14

put on strings, (put in pickup, if any)

Original Wood Set