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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 17, 2018
Completed: Jan 19, 2018

  • Walnut back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Maple body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & No markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

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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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 25

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 25

glue in tail block

3

Nov 26

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

4

Nov 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 27

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 1

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

7

Jan 2

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 3

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 4

first coat of oil

10

Jan 8

second coat of oil

11

Jan 9

third coat of oil

12

Jan 10

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 12

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 15

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