" I cannot help myself. It is fun to have a unique instrument made to your own specifications and to have luthiers such as the Mayers to bring life to the unique wood selections. I love both my Little Koa-Moe #247 and my Master Blue Pond Tenor Moe #414. It took a while for it to open up but it sounds great and appears to be aging well. Both ukes allow me to escape my regular high stress day and wonder off somewhere."

- Eddy M.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 28, 2011
Completed: Mar 29, 2011

  • Master Grade Blue Pond Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • High gloss polyester finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • MiSi, LR Baggs undersaddle pickup & volume control

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 23

glue in tail block

3

Aug 23

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

4

Aug 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 23

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 23

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

7

May 1

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 30

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

Jan 30

fill pores twice

10

May 1

first coat of poly topcoat

11

Aug 23

second coat of poly topcoat

12

Aug 23

sand & buff finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Aug 23

glue on bridge

14

Aug 23

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