" She is home, safe and sound….  wonderfully so…. Thank you for such a beauty, she shimmers, both in her body and voice. If she sounds so good now, she will be amazing as she ages."

- Em R.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 09, 2015
Completed: Mar 18, 2015

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Rope rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Feb 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Feb 24

glue in tail block

3

Feb 25

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

4

Feb 26

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 2

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 4

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

7

Mar 4

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 10

first coat of oil

10

Mar 11

second coat of oil

11

Mar 12

third coat of oil

12

Mar 13

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 16

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 17

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