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Your instrument is due to start Jun 30.
Committed Completion: Aug 25, 2025
Projected Completion: Jul 28, 2025

  • Chocolate Heart Myrtle back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Mesquite fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Walnut neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

 

Build Schedule

Step

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

  

2

glue in tail block

  

3

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

  

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

  

5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

  

6

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

  

7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

  

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

  

14

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