" Hi guys, just wanted to let you know I received my new uke and it is flawless!!! My son named it Birdy. I've been playing Birdy for 3 days now and can already hear it opening up some. The whole building process was great from picking out wood to watching y'all build it was great!"

- Dusty S.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 04, 2016
Completed: Jun 16, 2016

  • Bird's Eye Maple back & sides

  • Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • High gloss finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Ebony & Maple 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 15

glue in tail block

3

Mar 16

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

4

Mar 17

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 22

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

7

Mar 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 24

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

fill pores

  

10

gloss topcoat

  

11

buff finish

  

12

Jun 8

glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Jun 14

glue on bridge

14

Jun 15

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