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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 15, 2012
Completed: May 02, 2012

  • Figured Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. 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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Figured Mahogany

Baritone Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 15

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 18

glue in tail block

3

Mar 19

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

4

Mar 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 26

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

7

Apr 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 4

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 8

first coat of oil

10

Apr 9

second coat of oil

11

Apr 10

third coat of oil

12

Apr 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 30

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