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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 20, 2017
Completed: Nov 30, 2017

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Biscuit Ridge Fire Port Orford Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Oct 24

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 24

glue in tail block

3

Nov 2

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

4

Nov 8

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 8

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 13

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

7

Nov 15

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 15

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 20

first coat of oil

10

Nov 21

second coat of oil

11

Nov 22

third coat of oil

12

Nov 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 29

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

Original Wood Set