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The bigger-bodied instruments react more to different woods. A cedar-topped baritone is very warm, and the spruce-topped instruments are much brighter. The spruce top on this paired with the sycamore back and sides gives it great balance.

  • Figured Sycamore back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Customer Supplied Tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

  

2

glue in tail block

  

3

rout & glue-in end graft, kerf top edge, kerf bottom edge, join top/back plates

  

4

brace top/back, glue back onto sides

  

5

carve braces, glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

  

6

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

  

7

glue fretboard to neck, glue in back binding

  

8

shape neck, dress fret ends, join neck to body

  

9

hand sand and prep for finish, first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

glue on bridge

  

14

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