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Scheduled Start Date: May 26, 2017
Completed: Jun 04, 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

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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 27

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 27

glue in tail block

3

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

  

4

May 28

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 28

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

7

May 29

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 30

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 30

first coat of oil

10

May 31

second coat of oil

11

Jun 1

third coat of oil

12

Jun 2

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 3

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 4

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