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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 03, 2016
Completed: Feb 11, 2016

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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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Back

Front

Full Front

Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Cocobolo/Curly Port Orford Cedar

Tenor Classic

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Jan 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 25

glue in tail block

3

Jan 26

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

4

Jan 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 29

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

7

Feb 1

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 2

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 3

first coat of oil

10

Feb 4

second coat of oil

11

Feb 8

third coat of oil

12

Feb 9

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 10

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 11

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

Original Wood Set