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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 29, 2024
Committed Completion: Sep 30, 2024
Projected Completion: Sep 02, 2024

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Incense Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany 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: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 29

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 30

glue in tail block

3

Jul 31

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

4

Aug 2

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 19

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

7

Aug 21

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 26

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 27

first coat of oil

10

Aug 28

second coat of oil

11

Sep 5

third coat of oil

12

Sep 6

fourth coat of oil

13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

  

14

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

  
Original Wood Set