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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 09, 2021
Completed: Mar 11, 2021

  • Quilted Cherry back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Graphtech Ratio 6:1 tuners

  • Leopardwood & Cherry 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: #2675

Completed Work Demo: #2675, Cherry and Redwood Soprano Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 10

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 11

glue in tail block

3

Feb 19

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

4

Feb 22

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 23

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 25

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

7

Feb 26

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 2

first coat of oil

10

Mar 3

second coat of oil

11

Mar 4

third coat of oil

12

Mar 5

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 9

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 10

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