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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 28, 2024
Completed: Apr 10, 2024

  • Master Grade Koa top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

glue in tail block

  

3

Mar 4

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

4

Mar 7

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 15

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

7

Mar 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 23

first coat of oil

10

Mar 25

second coat of oil

11

Mar 26

third coat of oil

12

Mar 28

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 1

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 3

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