Cascade Series

 

" Got my 6 string tenor and it is divine!  Sounds great and looks great....couldn't be happier!"

- PJ W.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 05, 2013
Completed: Mar 04, 2014

  • Bird's Eye Maple back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • High gloss finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Leaf Inlay markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 4

glue in tail block

3

Nov 5

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

4

Nov 10

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 18

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

7

Nov 19

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 21

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

fill pores

  

10

gloss topcoat

  

11

buff finish

  

12

Feb 28

glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Mar 3

glue on bridge

14

Mar 4

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