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Scheduled Start Date: Dec 11, 2023
Completed: Aug 30, 2024

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • High gloss finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Dec 12

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 13

glue in tail block

3

Dec 14

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

4

Dec 18

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Dec 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 2

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

7

Jan 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 27

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

fill pores

  

10

gloss topcoat

  

11

buff finish

  

12

glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

13

Aug 14

glue on bridge

14

Aug 28

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