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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 05, 2014
Completed: Nov 26, 2014

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Special Inlay markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

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

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 4

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

3

Nov 5

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

4

Nov 6

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 6

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 11

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

7

Nov 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 18

first coat of oil

10

Nov 20

second coat of oil

  

11

Nov 19

third coat of oil

12

Nov 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 24

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

14

Nov 25

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set