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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 08, 2019
Completed: Apr 02, 2019

  • Sabah Ebony back & sides

  • Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Tradition
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is not currently available for custom orders

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Mar 13

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 13

glue in tail block

3

Mar 15

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

4

Mar 16

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 19

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

7

Mar 20

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 24

first coat of oil

10

Mar 25

second coat of oil

11

Mar 26

third coat of oil

12

Mar 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Apr 2

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

Original Wood Set