Cascade Series

 

" I wanted to let you know that I received my ukulele yesterday. It's positively beautiful, and the nicest musical instrument I've ever owned. Thank you all for the care and heart you put it to making it. I look forward to making many years of music with it."

- Erik H.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 17, 2017
Completed: Jul 28, 2017

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom 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 by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 5

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 6

glue in tail block

3

Jul 10

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

4

Jul 11

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 13

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

7

Jul 17

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 18

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 19

first coat of oil

10

Jul 20

second coat of oil

11

Jul 24

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