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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 20, 2021
Completed: Aug 26, 2021

  • Master Grade Curly Mango back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Rubner tuners

  • Leopardwood & Cherry Signature Headplate

  • MiSi, LR Baggs undersaddle pickup & volume control

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 Mango

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 22

glue in tail block

3

Jul 23

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

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

  

5

Jul 26

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 27

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

7

Jul 29

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 14

first coat of oil

10

Aug 17

second coat of oil

11

Aug 18

third coat of oil

12

Aug 19

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 23

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 24

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