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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 09, 2013
Completed: Aug 01, 2013

  • Quilted Cherry top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom 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. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Front

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Quilted Cherry

Tenor Resonator
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 9

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 10

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

3

Jul 11

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

4

Jul 15

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 16

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 17

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

7

Jul 22

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 23

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 24

first coat of oil

10

Jul 26

second coat of oil

11

Jul 29

third coat of oil

12

Jul 30

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 31

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

14

Aug 1

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