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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 08, 2011
Completed: Sep 29, 2011

  • Master Grade Curly Mango top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple 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: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Mango

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 23

glue in tail block

3

Nov 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 24

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 23

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

7

Nov 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

Jan 30

first coat of oil

10

Aug 23

second coat of oil

11

Aug 23

third coat of oil

12

Aug 23

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 23

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 1

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