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- Chase M.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Dec 03, 2012
Completed: Jan 03, 2013

  • Red Maple back & sides

  • Red Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Ebony & Maple 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: Sorry, this wood is currently not available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Dec 4

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 4

glue in tail block

3

Dec 5

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

4

Dec 10

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Dec 10

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Dec 11

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

7

Dec 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Dec 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Dec 17

first coat of oil

10

Dec 18

second coat of oil

11

Dec 19

third coat of oil

12

Dec 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 3

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

Original Wood Set