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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 28, 2012
Completed: Apr 25, 2012

  • Master Grade Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: These one-piece sets are gone but Master Grade Myrtle is available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 3

glue in tail block

3

Apr 4

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

4

Apr 5

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 9

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 10

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

7

Apr 11

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 16

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 17

first coat of oil

10

Apr 18

second coat of oil

11

Apr 19

third coat of oil

12

Apr 23

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 24

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 15

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