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Scheduled Start Date: May 27, 2020
Completed: Jun 19, 2020

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

May 26

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 27

glue in tail block

3

May 29

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

4

Jun 1

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jun 9

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

7

Jun 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 11

first coat of oil

10

Jun 12

second coat of oil

11

Jun 15

third coat of oil

12

Jun 16

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 18

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