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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 23, 2019
Completed: Sep 19, 2019

  • Milo back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Koa body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • MiSi with LR Baggs undersaddle pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: Currently not in stock. Natural Wonders Series when available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Aug 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 26

glue in tail block

3

Aug 28

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

4

Aug 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 5

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

7

Sep 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 11

first coat of oil

10

Sep 12

second coat of oil

11

Sep 13

third coat of oil

12

Sep 16

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 18

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

Original Wood Set