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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 30, 2016
Completed: Jul 23, 2016

  • Fiddleback Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood 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: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 22

glue in tail block

3

Jun 28

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

4

Jun 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 11

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

7

Jul 13

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 14

first coat of oil

10

Jul 18

second coat of oil

11

Jul 19

third coat of oil

12

Jul 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 21

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 22

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