" Thanks for this beautiful instrument! Love the Koa!!  And I love the cutaway already-it definitely helps with the upper frets. I really appreciate your attention to detail with a focus on the player’s experience in terms of the neck carve, the action at the nut and the radiused fretboard. Keep up the wonderful work!"

- Charles P.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 13, 2016
Completed: Jul 28, 2016

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & 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.

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 29

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 30

glue in tail block

3

Jul 11

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

4

Jul 13

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 14

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

7

Jul 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 21

first coat of oil

10

Jul 21

second coat of oil

11

Jul 22

third coat of oil

12

Jul 25

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 26

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 27

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