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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 15, 2018
Completed: Mar 06, 2018

  • Curly Myrtle back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 4

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 5

glue in tail block

3

Jan 5

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

4

Jan 8

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 16

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

7

Feb 17

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 20

first coat of oil

10

Feb 23

second coat of oil

11

Feb 27

third coat of oil

12

Feb 28

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 5

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