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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 20, 2018
Completed: Feb 18, 2018

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple & Walnut Rope body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler 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: 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

Dec 12

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 12

glue in tail block

3

Dec 26

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

4

Dec 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Dec 27

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 31

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

7

Mar 1

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

 

8

Feb 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 7

first coat of oil

10

Feb 8

second coat of oil

11

Feb 9

third coat of oil

12

Feb 12

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 16

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

Original Wood Set