" Incredibly light instruments.  Beautifully crafted.  Perfect wood combination. Easiest ukulele in the house to play.  Amazing sustain."

- Sam D.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 06, 2014
Completed: Feb 03, 2014

  • Fiddleback Maple back & sides

  • Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 5

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 6

glue in tail block

3

Jan 7

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

4

Jan 13

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 14

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 14

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

7

Jan 19

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 20

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 21

first coat of oil

10

Jan 27

second coat of oil

11

Jan 28

third coat of oil

12

Jan 29

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 3

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