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Scheduled Start Date: Mar 02, 2020
Completed: Mar 26, 2020

Curly Redwood Top

  • Cocobolo back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Schertler 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.

 

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CWD: #2620

Stay at Home demo of a Tenor Curly Redwood & Cocobolo
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Mar 2

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Mar 3

glue in tail block

3

Mar 4

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

4

Mar 5

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Mar 9

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Mar 10

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

7

Mar 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Mar 16

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Mar 17

first coat of oil

10

Mar 19

second coat of oil

11

Mar 20

third coat of oil

12

Mar 21

fourth coat of oil

13

Mar 25

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Mar 26

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