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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 28, 2019
Completed: Mar 20, 2019

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 2

glue in tail block

3

Mar 3

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

4

Mar 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 6

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 7

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

7

Mar 13

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 15

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 15

first coat of oil

10

Mar 16

second coat of oil

11

Mar 17

third coat of oil

12

Mar 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 19

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 20

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