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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 08, 2011
Completed: Dec 15, 2011

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

  • Nickel Plated hardware

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Pearl 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)

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Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 8

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

Nov 8

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

Nov 28

drill hardware holes in rim

4

Nov 28

sand rim

5

Nov 28

install frets

6

Nov 28

glue fretboard onto neck

7

Nov 28

shape neck

8

Nov 23

shape & glue in dowel stick

9

Nov 24

first coat of finish

10

Nov 25

second coat of finish

11

Nov 28

third coat of finish

12

Nov 28

fourth coat of finish

13

Dec 4

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

14

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