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Scheduled Start Date: Dec 07, 2018
Completed: Jan 07, 2019

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Special Inlay markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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CWD: #2540 feat: Robbie Gjersoe

Completed Work Demo of #2540. Guitarist Robbie Gjersoe stopped by to sample this Quilted Maple Concert with a Curly Port Orford Cedar top
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Dec 7

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 11

glue in tail block

3

Dec 12

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

4

Dec 13

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Dec 14

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Dec 17

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

7

Dec 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Dec 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Dec 21

first coat of oil

10

Dec 26

second coat of oil

11

Dec 27

third coat of oil

12

Dec 30

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 3

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 7

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