" SHE is beautyfull , her soft skin , her neck , her inlays , her voice ....i can go on and on and on and on and on ...she is the best thing i ever know!!!!!!!"

- Patrick Z.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 27, 2013
Completed: Apr 22, 2013

  • Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa binding & Special Inlay markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. 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

 

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Roxy’s Waltz

Written by Aaron Keim
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 27

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 28

glue in tail block

3

Apr 1

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

4

Apr 2

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 4

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

7

Apr 8

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 10

first coat of oil

10

Apr 11

second coat of oil

11

Apr 15

third coat of oil

12

Apr 18

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 19

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 22

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