" Cary, Hello!  My new mango ukulele is the only one that I play now.  It even makes me sound pretty good.   "

- Sharon H.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 20, 2019
Completed: Sep 30, 2019

  • Chocolate Heart Mango top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Walnut & Maple Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Classic
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

bend sides, glue in neck block

  

2

Aug 20

glue in tail block

3

Aug 21

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

4

Aug 28

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 30

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 4

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

7

Sep 5

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 7

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 9

first coat of oil

10

Sep 10

second coat of oil

11

Sep 11

third coat of oil

12

Sep 13

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 23

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 29

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