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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 28, 2017
Completed: Oct 19, 2017

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • 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

Sep 9

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 10

glue in tail block

3

Sep 11

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

4

Sep 12

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 26

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

7

Oct 4

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 6

first coat of oil

10

Oct 9

second coat of oil

11

Oct 10

third coat of oil

12

Oct 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 18

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

Original Wood Set