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Scheduled Start Date: May 09, 2017
Completed: May 25, 2017

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa 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.

 

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Front

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 9

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 9

glue in tail block

3

May 12

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

4

May 15

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 15

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 16

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

7

May 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 19

first coat of oil

10

May 20

second coat of oil

11

May 21

third coat of oil

12

May 23

fourth coat of oil

13

May 24

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 25

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