" I received my ukulele and it is a beautiful thing.  The sound is great and it is really a piece of art. I love looking at it and it feels great in my hands."

- Monnie S.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 10, 2014
Completed: Apr 03, 2014

  • Striped Myrtle back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. 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

 

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Striped Myrtle/Spruce

Tenor Resonator
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 4

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

3

Mar 5

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

4

Mar 6

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 10

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 11

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

7

Mar 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 22

first coat of oil

10

Mar 23

second coat of oil

11

Mar 31

third coat of oil

12

Apr 2

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 7

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

  

14

Apr 3

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