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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 19, 2024
Completed: Mar 14, 2024

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

 

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Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Michael August

Michael August Demos the Koa Tenor built for the Ukulele Gent Play-Along
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 22

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 23

glue in tail block

3

Feb 26

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

4

Feb 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 29

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 6

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

7

Mar 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 7

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 8

first coat of oil

10

Mar 8

second coat of oil

11

Mar 9

third coat of oil

12

Mar 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 12

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 13

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