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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 01, 2017
Completed: Mar 21, 2017

  • East Indian Rosewood top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

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.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 22

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 23

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Feb 27

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

4

Feb 28

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 1

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 6

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

7

Mar 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 9

first coat of oil

10

Mar 13

second coat of oil

11

Mar 14

third coat of oil

12

Mar 15

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 16

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Mar 20

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set