" The ukulele has arrived and thanks for allowing me to use such a well crafted tool.  The ability to play up and down the fretboard exceeds any instrument I’ve played other than the Mya-Moe a friend let me try.  This and your attention to details which I hear with every sound from the instrument are some of the many reasons for my purchase."

- David E.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 15, 2016
Completed: Jan 28, 2016

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 15

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 25

glue in tail block

3

Jan 17

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

4

Jan 19

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 22

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

7

Jan 22

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 23

first coat of oil

10

Jan 24

second coat of oil

11

Jan 25

third coat of oil

12

Jan 26

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 27

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 28

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