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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 27, 2018
Completed: Mar 15, 2018

  • Striped Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

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

Jan 29

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 29

glue in tail block

3

Jan 30

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

4

Jan 31

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 31

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 28

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

7

Feb 28

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 2

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 5

first coat of oil

10

Mar 6

second coat of oil

11

Mar 7

third coat of oil

12

Mar 8

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 14

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