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Scheduled Start Date: May 14, 2019
Completed: Jun 11, 2019

  • Master Grade Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • MiSi with LR Baggs undersaddle pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 15

glue in tail block

3

May 16

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

4

May 17

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 19

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 21

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

7

May 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 26

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 28

first coat of oil

10

May 30

second coat of oil

11

May 31

third coat of oil

12

Jun 1

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 4

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 11

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