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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 15, 2012
Completed: Apr 10, 2012

John Paul Jones Replica Model!

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Ebony fretboard with Pearl markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge 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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle

Tenor Lap Steel
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Dec 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 30

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Dec 30

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

4

Jan 30

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 30

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

7

Jan 30

shape neck, glue in back binding

8

Nov 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 23

first coat of oil

10

Aug 23

second coat of oil

11

Aug 23

third coat of oil

12

May 1

fourth coat of oil

13

May 1

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Aug 23

cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set