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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 08, 2025
Committed Completion: Feb 26, 2025
Projected Completion: Jan 29, 2025

  • Caracolillo Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Tradition
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is not currently available for custom orders

 

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 6

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 7

glue in tail block

3

Jan 8

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

4

Jan 9

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 15

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

7

Jan 16

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

  

9

first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

  

14

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

  
Original Wood Set