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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 08, 2017
Completed: Apr 30, 2017

  • top, back & sides

  • Radiused fretboard with binding & markers

  • neck

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Tradition
Wood Availability:

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 8

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 8

glue in tail block

3

Apr 10

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

4

Apr 11

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 11

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 11

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

7

Apr 21

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 24

first coat of oil

10

Apr 26

second coat of oil

11

Apr 27

third coat of oil

12

Apr 28

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 29

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 30

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