Cascade Series

 

" GOT it!!!!!!!!!!   Been playing it non stop for an hour and just love it! Thanks for all your tender loving care around this! Love to all three of you wonderful luthiers!"

- Diana F.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 15, 2016
Completed: Feb 22, 2016

  • Master Grade Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple 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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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 2

glue in tail block

3

Feb 3

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

4

Feb 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 9

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

7

Feb 10

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 11

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 15

first coat of oil

10

Feb 16

second coat of oil

11

Feb 17

third coat of oil

12

Feb 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 19

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 22

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