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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 27, 2019
Completed: Jul 25, 2019

  • Quilted Maple top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. 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

Jun 27

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 28

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Jul 1

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

4

Jul 8

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 9

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 11

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

7

Jul 15

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 22

second coat of oil

11

Jul 23

third coat of oil

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

Jul 24

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Jul 24

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set