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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 02, 2017
Completed: Sep 12, 2017

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom 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: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Sep 2

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 2

glue in tail block

3

Sep 2

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

4

Sep 2

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 3

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

7

Sep 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 7

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 7

first coat of oil

10

Sep 8

second coat of oil

11

Sep 9

third coat of oil

12

Sep 10

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 11

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 12

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

Original Wood Set