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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 28, 2014
Completed: Nov 22, 2014

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Ebony body binding with Abalone purfling on top and back

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom 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: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 27

glue in tail block

3

Oct 28

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

4

Oct 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 3

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

7

Nov 4

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 6

first coat of oil

10

Nov 11

second coat of oil

11

Nov 12

third coat of oil

12

Nov 13

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 18

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