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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 31, 2017
Completed: Feb 15, 2017

  • Quilted Cherry back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Cherry 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Jan 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 24

glue in tail block

3

Jan 25

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

4

Jan 26

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 31

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

7

Feb 1

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 2

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 6

first coat of oil

10

Feb 7

second coat of oil

11

Feb 8

third coat of oil

12

Feb 9

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 14

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

Original Wood Set