" My tenor arrived safe and sound.  What an elegant instrument!  It's a beautiful piece of engineering and light as a feather.  The deep quality of the sound and the length of the sustain are astonishing.  Everything about the process has been fantastic,  You've done an outstanding job and I feel privileged to be playing a Mya-Moe.  "

- Patrick D.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 02, 2015
Completed: Nov 07, 2015

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone 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. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 5

glue in tail block

3

Oct 6

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

4

Oct 29

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 31

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

7

Oct 31

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Nov 2

first coat of oil

10

Nov 3

second coat of oil

11

Nov 4

third coat of oil

12

Nov 5

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 6

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 7

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