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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 12, 2022
Completed: Nov 01, 2022

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 11

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 12

glue in tail block

3

Oct 13

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

4

Oct 14

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 17

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 18

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

7

Oct 19

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 20

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 24

first coat of oil

10

Oct 25

second coat of oil

11

Oct 26

third coat of oil

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

Oct 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 31

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