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Scheduled Start Date: May 09, 2017
Completed: Jun 15, 2017

  • Brazilian Rosewood back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Special Inlay 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Apr 26

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 27

glue in tail block

3

May 1

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

4

May 3

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 8

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

7

May 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 6

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 6

first coat of oil

10

Jun 7

second coat of oil

11

Jun 8

third coat of oil

12

Jun 12

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 14

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

Original Wood Set