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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 13, 2023
Completed: Mar 13, 2023

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom 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
Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Karl’s one-handed strum

Karl Jackson, aka One-Hand Strum Man, demos his new Koa Concert Resonator

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 13

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 14

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Feb 15

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

4

Feb 17

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 23

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

7

Feb 24

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 28

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 1

first coat of oil

10

Mar 2

second coat of oil

11

Mar 3

third coat of oil

12

Mar 6

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 7

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Mar 10

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set