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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 19, 2012
Completed: Feb 19, 2012

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • 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: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Jan 19

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 19

glue in tail block

3

Jan 24

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

4

Jan 25

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 27

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 30

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

7

Jan 31

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 8

first coat of oil

10

Feb 10

second coat of oil

11

Feb 13

third coat of oil

12

Feb 15

fourth coat of oil

 

13

Feb 16

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 18

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