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Scheduled Start Date: May 11, 2016
Completed: May 17, 2016

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 22

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 25

glue in tail block

3

Apr 26

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

4

Apr 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 2

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

7

May 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 4

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 5

first coat of oil

10

May 9

second coat of oil

11

May 10

third coat of oil

12

May 11

fourth coat of oil

13

May 12

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 16

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