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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 19, 2017
Completed: Apr 07, 2017

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom 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: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 19

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 19

glue in tail block

3

Mar 21

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

4

Mar 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 24

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 27

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

7

Mar 28

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 30

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 31

first coat of oil

10

Apr 1

second coat of oil

11

Apr 3

third coat of oil

12

Apr 4

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 6

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 7

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