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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 10, 2018
Completed: Jan 12, 2018

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Biscuit Ridge Fire Port Orford Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple 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: 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

Nov 11

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 12

glue in tail block

3

Nov 24

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

4

Nov 25

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 25

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Dec 18

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

7

Dec 19

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Dec 20

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 1

first coat of oil

10

Jan 2

second coat of oil

11

Jan 3

third coat of oil

12

Jan 4

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 8

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 9

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