Cascade Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 02, 2015
Completed: Jun 29, 2015

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Leaf Inlay 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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle

Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 31

glue in tail block

3

Jun 1

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

4

Jun 5

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jun 6

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

7

Jun 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 7

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 8

first coat of oil

10

Jun 25

second coat of oil

11

Jun 26

third coat of oil

12

Jun 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 29

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