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Your instrument is due to start Nov 16.
Committed Completion: Jan 18, 2027
Projected Completion: Dec 21, 2026

  • top, back & sides

  • Radiused fretboard with binding & markers

  • neck

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

 

Wood Grade: Tradition
Wood Availability:

 

Build Schedule

Step

Description

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

  

2

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

  

3

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, join top/back plates

  

4

brace top/back, glue back onto sides

  

5

carve braces, glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

  

6

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

  

7

glue fretboard to neck, glue in back binding

  

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

hand sand and prep for finish, first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

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

  

14

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings