" Just wanted to pass this along and say Merry Christmas. Carols with my wife cannot be more fun with this. We're playing for an opened house in San Diego this weekend. Can't wait. Cheers!"

- Matt M.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 12, 2012
Completed: Apr 10, 2012

  • Fiddleback Maple top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Fiddleback Maple

Tenor Resonator
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 10

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 10

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Mar 14

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

  

4

Mar 15

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 19

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

7

Mar 20

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 21

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 26

first coat of oil

10

Apr 3

second coat of oil

11

Apr 4

third coat of oil

12

Apr 8

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 9

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Apr 10

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set