" I love my new custom-built Mya-Moe tenor resonator! It looks and sounds every bit as beautiful as I had hoped for since the day I ordered it. It is a rewarding experience working with Cary throughout the building process. He puts a lot of care in creating each instrument just the way you want it, and when you arrive at the day you get to open the box, . . . you know and feel “it’s mine.” "

- Jim S.

 

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  • East Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Bloodwood markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

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

 

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Build Schedule

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

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

3

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, join top/back plates

4

brace top/back, glue back onto sides

5

carve braces, glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

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

7

glue fretboard to neck, glue in back binding

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

hand sand and prep for finish, first coat of oil

10

second coat of oil

11

third coat of oil

12

fourth coat of oil

13

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

14

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