" Love the uke!!!! Thank you! it sounds awesome and I love the grain of the woods!"

- Michael S.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 21, 2012
Completed: Dec 19, 2012

  • Red 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: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is currently not available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Patrick Dethlefs & Martin Gilmore

They cover Neil Young’s “Tell Me Why”
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 26

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

3

Nov 27

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

4

Nov 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Dec 3

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

7

Dec 4

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Dec 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Dec 6

first coat of oil

10

Dec 10

second coat of oil

11

Dec 11

third coat of oil

12

Dec 12

fourth coat of oil

13

Dec 13

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

14

Dec 17

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