" Thank you all for a great job. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is fantastic. To me the sound is the key to any instrument. I am really enjoying listening to it and look forward to many years of great tones and hopefully some great tunes coming out of this uke."

- Rusty S.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 11, 2012
Completed: Nov 05, 2012

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Ebony & 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 12

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 15

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

3

Oct 16

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

4

Oct 17

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 22

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

7

Oct 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 24

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 25

first coat of oil

10

Oct 29

second coat of oil

11

Oct 30

third coat of oil

12

Oct 31

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 1

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

14

Nov 4

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