" Comparing my previous ukulele to my myrtle Mya Moe is like comparing a Wurlitzer console to a Steinway grand, maybe even a Bosendorfer!"

- Lucinda

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 12, 2013
Completed: Apr 10, 2013

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle

Tenor Cutaway Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 9

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 11

glue in tail block

3

Mar 18

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

4

Mar 19

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 20

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 25

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

7

Mar 26

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 27

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 1

first coat of oil

10

Apr 2

second coat of oil

11

Apr 3

third coat of oil

12

Apr 8

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 9

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 10

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