" It arrived today - it looks beautiful and sounds GREAT! The workmanship is perfect. Thank you for making this wonderful uke!"

- Will H.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 28, 2013
Completed: Nov 24, 2013

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

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.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 27

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 28

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

3

Oct 29

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

4

Oct 31

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 3

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 4

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

7

Nov 5

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 13

first coat of oil

10

Nov 18

second coat of oil

11

Nov 19

third coat of oil

  

12

Nov 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 21

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

14

Nov 24

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