" Wow!!! What an amazing piece of art!! It looks and sounds great!! You guys definitely scored me some points!!!! Thanks again for making this such an amazing experience for both of us! We have a new member of the family!!"

- Mike B.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 26, 2016
Completed: Feb 03, 2016

  • Master Grade Curly Mango top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding with Abalone purfling on top and back

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • MiSi with LR Baggs undersaddle pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Mango

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 13

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 14

glue in tail block

3

Jan 18

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

4

Jan 19

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 21

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

7

Jan 25

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 26

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 27

first coat of oil

10

Jan 28

second coat of oil

11

Jan 29

third coat of oil

12

Feb 1

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 3

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