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Scheduled Start Date: May 08, 2015
Completed: May 28, 2015

  • Fiddleback Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared 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: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Fiddleback Mahogany

Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 8

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 8

glue in tail block

3

May 9

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

4

May 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 21

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

7

May 22

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 24

first coat of oil

10

May 24

second coat of oil

11

May 25

third coat of oil

12

May 26

fourth coat of oil

13

May 27

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 28

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