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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 28, 2011
Completed: Nov 19, 2011

  • Cascade Series Wood Maple rim & neck stained Amber with a hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Brass hardware

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Turquoise inlays

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Note: we no longer stain the banjo wood (but we offer several different natural wood choices)

 

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

 

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Aug 23

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

Nov 23

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

Nov 23

drill hardware holes in rim

4

Nov 23

sand rim

5

Nov 23

install frets

6

Nov 23

glue fretboard onto neck

7

Nov 23

shape neck

8

shape & glue in dowel stick

 

9

Dec 30

first coat of finish

10

Dec 30

second coat of finish

11

Dec 30

third coat of finish

12

Dec 30

fourth coat of finish

13

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

 

14

Jan 30

put on strings, (put in pickup, if any)