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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 05, 2017
Completed: Jun 29, 2017

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone 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: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 30

glue in tail block

3

May 31

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

4

Jun 8

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jun 8

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

7

Jun 8

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 10

first coat of oil

10

Jun 11

second coat of oil

11

Jun 12

third coat of oil

12

Jun 13

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 29

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