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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 13, 2019
Completed: Apr 29, 2019

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Port Orford Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Leopardwood & Cherry Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

Mar 22

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 22

glue in tail block

3

Mar 25

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

4

Mar 26

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 4

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

7

Apr 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 15

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 18

first coat of oil

10

Apr 19

second coat of oil

11

Apr 20

third coat of oil

12

Apr 22

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 26

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 29

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

Original Wood Set