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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 28, 2015
Completed: Nov 19, 2015

  • Quilted Mahogany back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 13

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 20

glue in tail block

3

Oct 28

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

4

Oct 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 2

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

7

Nov 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 10

first coat of oil

10

Nov 11

second coat of oil

11

Nov 12

third coat of oil

12

Nov 17

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 18

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 19

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