" Love love LOVE this instrument. It's looks and sounds gorgeous. It feels like home. Thanks for putting all your blood, sweat, tears and love into this uke!!"

- Clare J.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Feb 02, 2015
Completed: Feb 19, 2015

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jan 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 29

glue in tail block

3

Feb 2

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

4

Feb 3

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Feb 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Feb 5

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

7

Feb 6

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Feb 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 10

first coat of oil

10

Feb 11

second coat of oil

11

Feb 12

third coat of oil

12

Feb 16

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Feb 18

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