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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 06, 2016
Completed: Oct 26, 2016

  • Cascade Series Wood Walnut rim & neck stained with a hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Brass hardware

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

  • Abalone inlays

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Oct 3

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

Oct 5

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

Oct 5

drill hardware holes in rim

4

Oct 10

sand rim

5

Oct 10

install frets

6

Oct 11

glue fretboard onto neck

7

Oct 12

shape neck

8

Oct 13

shape & glue in dowel stick

9

Oct 17

first coat of finish

10

Oct 18

second coat of finish

11

Oct 19

third coat of finish

12

Oct 20

fourth coat of finish

13

Oct 24

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

14

Oct 25

put on strings, (put in pickup, if any)

Original Wood Set