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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 02, 2011
Completed: Feb 27, 2011

  • Walnut top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Ebony fretboard with Pearl markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer. 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

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 23

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

3

Aug 23

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

4

Aug 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 23

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 23

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

7

Aug 23

shape neck, glue in back binding

8

Jan 30

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 30

first coat of oil

10

Nov 23

second coat of oil

11

Nov 23

third coat of oil

12

Nov 23

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 23

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

14

Nov 23

cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set