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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 10, 2012
Completed: Apr 24, 2018

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Mango back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Dec 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 30

glue in tail block

3

Dec 30

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

4

Jan 30

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 30

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

7

Jan 30

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 23

first coat of oil

10

Aug 23

second coat of oil

11

Aug 23

third coat of oil

12

Aug 23

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 23

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 23

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