" Thanks Gordon, Char and Aaron for my beautiful resonator. Once again I am very pleased."

- Trevor G.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 25, 2013
Completed: Mar 26, 2013

  • Black & White Ebony back & sides

  • Engelmann Spruce top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: This wood is temporarily available. Quantity is very limited.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Black & White Ebony

Concert Resonator
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 25

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Feb 26

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

4

Feb 27

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 28

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 5

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

7

Mar 6

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 10

first coat of oil

10

Mar 18

second coat of oil

11

Mar 19

third coat of oil

12

Mar 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 23

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Mar 26

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set