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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 28, 2023
Completed: Jul 31, 2023

  • East Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black 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

Jun 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 30

glue in tail block

3

Jul 3

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

4

Jul 11

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 13

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

7

Jul 14

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 18

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 19

first coat of oil

10

Jul 20

second coat of oil

11

Jul 24

third coat of oil

12

Jul 25

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 26

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 30

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