" Undoubtedly the best sounding (and looking) banjo ukulele ever built. Thank you again, Gordon, Char, and Aaron for your fine work!"

- Fred T.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 09, 2013
Completed: Nov 01, 2013

  • Cascade Series Wood Walnut rim & neck with a hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Brass hardware

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Special Inlay inlays

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

 

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 9

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

Oct 10

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

Oct 14

drill hardware holes in rim

4

Oct 15

sand rim

5

Oct 16

install frets

6

Oct 22

glue fretboard onto neck

7

Oct 23

shape neck

8

Oct 24

shape & glue in dowel stick

9

Oct 25

first coat of finish

10

Oct 28

second coat of finish

11

Oct 29

third coat of finish

12

Oct 30

fourth coat of finish

13

Oct 31

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

14

Nov 1

put on strings, (put in pickup, if any)
Original Wood Set