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  • Chocolate Heart Myrtle back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Port Orford Cedar top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Leaf Inlay markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • MiSi, LR Baggs undersaddle pickup & volume control

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

 

Wood Grade: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule

Step

Description

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

glue in tail block

3

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

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

clean up body, rout dovetail, drill tuner holes, glue fretboard onto neck

7

shape neck, dress fret ends

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

glue on bridge

  

14

make saddle, (install pickup, if any), cut nut, final fretwork, install tuners, string up, final setup
Original Wood Set