Secret Vault Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 02, 2016
Completed: Aug 13, 2016

Secret Vault #16. Our favorite wood, which we also made #1000 (in our museum) from.

  • Master Grade Blue Pond Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany 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: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Master Grade Blue Pond Myrtle

Tenor Classic (Secret Vault Series)
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 2

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 3

glue in tail block

3

Aug 5

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

4

Aug 6

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 6

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 7

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

7

Aug 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 8

first coat of oil

10

Aug 9

second coat of oil

11

Aug 10

third coat of oil

12

Aug 11

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 12

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 13

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