Secret Vault Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 05, 2017
Completed: Sep 03, 2017

#22 of the Secret Vault Series

  • Pink Ivory back & sides

  • Biscuit Ridge Fire 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

  • 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 not available for custom orders.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Aug 5

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 6

glue in tail block

3

Aug 7

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

4

Aug 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 29

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 29

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

7

Aug 30

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 31

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 31

first coat of oil

10

Aug 31

second coat of oil

11

Sep 1

third coat of oil

12

Sep 2

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 3

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