Secret Vault Series

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 24, 2022
Completed: Jan 31, 2023

  • Pau Rosa back & sides

  • Incense Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: Very limited quantity availble.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 24

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 25

glue in tail block

3

Oct 26

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

4

Oct 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 31

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 2

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

7

Nov 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 4

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 8

first coat of oil

10

Jan 19

second coat of oil

11

Jan 20

third coat of oil

12

Jan 21

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 25

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jan 30

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