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- Anthony P.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 03, 2013
Completed: Jun 27, 2013

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Walnut & 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Curly Koa

Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 4

glue in tail block

3

Jun 5

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

4

Jun 12

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jun 14

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

7

Jun 17

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 18

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 19

first coat of oil

10

Jun 20

second coat of oil

11

Jun 24

third coat of oil

12

Jun 25

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 26

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 27

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