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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 10, 2017
Completed: Aug 30, 2017

  • Quilted Cherry back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

Jul 29

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 31

glue in tail block

3

Aug 2

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

4

Aug 3

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 7

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 15

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

7

Aug 16

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 17

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 21

first coat of oil

10

Aug 22

second coat of oil

11

Aug 23

third coat of oil

12

Aug 24

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 29

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

Original Wood Set