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Your instrument is due to start Mar 25.
Committed Completion: May 20, 2025
Projected Completion: Apr 22, 2025

  • Curly Mango top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • 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

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

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

 

Build Schedule

Step

Description

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

  

2

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

  

3

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

  

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

  

5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

  

6

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

  

7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

  

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

  

14

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings

  
Original Wood Set