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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 09, 2012
Completed: Feb 21, 2012

  • Quilted Cherry back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
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

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Feb 8

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 9

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

3

Feb 10

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

4

Feb 11

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 13

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

7

Feb 15

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 16

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 16

first coat of oil

10

Feb 17

second coat of oil

11

Feb 18

third coat of oil

12

Feb 19

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 20

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

14

Feb 21

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings

Original Wood Set