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Scheduled Start Date: May 21, 2018
Completed: Apr 23, 2018

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 1

glue in tail block

3

Mar 2

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

4

Mar 6

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 6

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 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 16

first coat of oil

10

Apr 18

second coat of oil

11

Apr 19

third coat of oil

12

Apr 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 20

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 23

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