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Scheduled Start Date: May 03, 2012
Completed: Mar 20, 2015

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Mango back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
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

May 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 4

glue in tail block

3

May 7

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

4

May 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 11

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jun 12

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

7

Jun 13

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 14

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 18

first coat of oil

10

Jun 19

second coat of oil

11

Jun 20

third coat of oil

12

Jun 21

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 25

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 26

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