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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 06, 2022
Completed: Sep 30, 2022

  • Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Leaf Inlay markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

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

Sep 6

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 7

glue in tail block

3

Sep 8

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

4

Sep 12

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 15

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

7

Sep 16

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 21

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 21

first coat of oil

10

Sep 22

second coat of oil

11

Sep 26

third coat of oil

12

Sep 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 29

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

Original Wood Set