" I really have fallen head over heals for this uke."

- Laura M.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 20, 2012
Completed: May 08, 2012

  • Walnut top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge 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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Walnut

Concert Resonator
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 19

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 20

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

3

Mar 21

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

4

Mar 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 4

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

7

Apr 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

Apr 10

first coat of oil

10

Apr 11

second coat of oil

11

Apr 30

third coat of oil

12

May 1

fourth coat of oil

13

May 4

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

14

May 22

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

  
Original Wood Set