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Your instrument is due to start Jun 01.
Committed Completion: Aug 03, 2026
Projected Completion: Jul 06, 2026

  • Curly Pear top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Mesquite fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Walnut neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Tradition
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is not currently available for custom orders

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Build Schedule

Step

Description

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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