" This may very well be the most fun to play ukulele ever!"

- John R.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: May 23, 2013
Completed: Jun 19, 2013

  • Cascade Series Wood Cherry rim & neck with a hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Brass hardware

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Cherry Signature Headplate

  • No inlays

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

 

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 23

glue on headplate and heel cap

2

May 26

trim headplate and drill tuner holes

3

May 27

drill hardware holes in rim

4

May 28

sand rim

5

Jun 3

install frets

6

Jun 3

glue fretboard onto neck

7

Jun 4

shape neck

8

Jun 5

shape & glue in dowel stick

9

Jun 12

first coat of finish

10

Jun 13

second coat of finish

11

Jun 14

third coat of finish

12

Jun 17

fourth coat of finish

13

Jun 18

assemble pot, install tuners, bridge and nut

14

Jun 19

put on strings, (put in pickup, if any)
Original Wood Set