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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 16, 2016
Completed: Jul 20, 2016

  • Quilted Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 16

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 20

glue in tail block

3

Jul 11

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

4

Jul 15

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 15

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 15

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

7

Jul 15

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 16

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 16

first coat of oil

10

Jul 16

second coat of oil

11

Jul 17

third coat of oil

12

Jul 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 19

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 20

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