Secret Vault Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 17, 2015
Completed: Apr 28, 2015

#2 of 28 in the Secret Vault Series

  • Pink Ivory back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Maple body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is not available for custom orders.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Pink Ivory/Port Orford Cedar

Secret Vault Series Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Apr 17

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 17

glue in tail block

3

Apr 18

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

4

Apr 19

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 21

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

7

Apr 22

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 23

first coat of oil

10

Apr 24

second coat of oil

11

Apr 25

third coat of oil

12

Apr 26

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 27

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 28

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