Secret Vault Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 26, 2016
Completed: Mar 12, 2016

#14 of the Secret Vault Series

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar 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: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 26

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 26

glue in tail block

3

Feb 27

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

4

Mar 4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 5

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

7

Mar 6

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 7

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 8

first coat of oil

10

Mar 9

second coat of oil

11

Mar 10

third coat of oil

12

Mar 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 11

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 12

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