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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 23, 2017
Completed: Mar 15, 2017

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar 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.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 15

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 20

glue in tail block

3

Feb 21

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

4

Feb 22

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 23

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 27

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

7

Feb 28

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 6

first coat of oil

10

Mar 7

second coat of oil

11

Mar 8

third coat of oil

12

Mar 9

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 14

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