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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 10, 2016
Completed: Oct 27, 2016

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & 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: Classic
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

Oct 4

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 5

glue in tail block

3

Oct 10

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

4

Oct 10

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 11

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 12

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

7

Oct 13

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 17

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 18

first coat of oil

10

Oct 19

second coat of oil

11

Oct 20

third coat of oil

12

Oct 24

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 25

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 26

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