Cascade Series

 

" Just want to say that this little concert is a real beauty, not only to gaze at but to play. So much tender loving care and incredible detail has gone into its creation. The woodworking is exceptional and the tone is almost impossible to describe. There is a warm rich resonance but also something so light it almost sounds as it I were strumming on a beautiful spider web in the sun. A joy to play. Really, this was very worth the long wait!"

- Diana F.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 23, 2015
Completed: Apr 08, 2015

  • Figured Sycamore top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Walnut & 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

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 10

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 11

glue in tail block

3

Mar 12

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

4

Mar 16

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 17

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 18

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

7

Mar 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 20

first coat of oil

10

Mar 30

second coat of oil

11

Mar 31

third coat of oil

12

Apr 2

fourth coat of oil

13

Apr 6

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 7

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