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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 20, 2012
Completed: Sep 19, 2012

  • Master Grade Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: These one-piece sets are gone but Master Grade Myrtle is available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Master Grade Koa & Master Grade Myrtle

Concert Classics
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 19

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 20

glue in tail block

3

Aug 22

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

4

Aug 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 2

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 3

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

7

Sep 4

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 11

first coat of oil

10

Sep 13

second coat of oil

11

Sep 14

third coat of oil

12

Sep 17

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 18

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 19

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