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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 29, 2013
Completed: Jun 03, 2013

  • Pau Rosa back & sides

  • Red Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Very limited quantity availble.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Red Cedar/Pau Rosa

Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 25

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 29

glue in tail block

3

Apr 30

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

4

May 5

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 6

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 6

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

7

May 8

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 14

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 14

first coat of oil

10

May 14

second coat of oil

11

May 23

third coat of oil

12

May 27

fourth coat of oil

13

May 30

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 3

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