" Hi guys, just wanted to let you know I received my new uke and it is flawless!!! My son named it Birdy. I've been playing Birdy for 3 days now and can already hear it opening up some. The whole building process was great from picking out wood to watching y'all build it was great!"

- Dusty S.

 

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  • Bird's Eye Maple back & sides

  • Sitka Spruce top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • High gloss finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Ebony & 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: 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

Step

Description

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

glue in tail block

3

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

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

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

7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

fill pores

  

10

gloss topcoat

  

11

buff finish

  

12

glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

glue on bridge

14

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