Cascade Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 30, 2012
Completed: May 23, 2012

  • Quilted Maple back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

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

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Front

Full Front
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Port Orford Cedar-topped Quilted Maple

Super Soprano Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 30

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 1

glue in tail block

3

May 3

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

4

May 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 7

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 8

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

7

May 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 12

first coat of oil

10

May 15

second coat of oil

11

May 16

third coat of oil

12

May 21

fourth coat of oil

13

May 22

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 23

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