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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 12, 2022
Completed: Oct 07, 2022

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Graphtech Ratio 6:1 tuners

  • 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 12

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 13

glue in tail block

3

Sep 15

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

4

Sep 19

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 24

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

7

Sep 26

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 27

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 28

first coat of oil

10

Sep 29

second coat of oil

11

Sep 30

third coat of oil

12

Oct 3

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 4

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 6

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

Original Wood Set