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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 05, 2012
Completed: Jan 26, 2012

  • Brazilian Rosewood back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • High gloss polyester 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Steve Chung

Steve reviews his brand new Port Orford Cedar topped Brazilian Rosewood Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 30

glue in tail block

3

Jan 30

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

4

Jan 30

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 1

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

7

Jan 30

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 23

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

Aug 23

fill pores twice

10

Jan 30

first coat of poly topcoat

11

Jan 30

second coat of poly topcoat

12

Jan 30

sand & buff finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Jan 30

glue on bridge

14

Dec 30

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