" I have enjoyed the 6 string bari very much since it arrived last week. I can tell creative perfectionists designed it hoping great things would come of it. It's refreshing that it doesn't compete with me, just completes my sentences and lets me be myself, nice to play and hold. I am enjoying pursuing the music I hear from it with unlimited curiosity, invention, and discovery. Thanks for the hard work!"

- Bryan B.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 25, 2015
Completed: Dec 16, 2015

  • Striped Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • 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.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 24

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 25

glue in tail block

3

Nov 27

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

4

Nov 30

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Dec 1

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Dec 2

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

7

Dec 3

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Dec 4

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Dec 7

first coat of oil

10

Dec 8

second coat of oil

11

Dec 9

third coat of oil

12

Dec 14

fourth coat of oil

13

Dec 15

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Dec 16

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