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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 21, 2015
Completed: Jul 28, 2015

  • Spalted Maple back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple 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: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

Jon D.

With his new Spalted Maple/Redwood Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 17

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 17

glue in tail block

3

Jul 19

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

4

Jul 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 21

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

7

Jul 22

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 23

first coat of oil

10

Jul 24

second coat of oil

11

Jul 25

third coat of oil

12

Jul 26

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 27

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 28

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