" Cary, The red maple tenor is here!  It is beautiful and the perfect complement to my mango. It is fun to play. Now I have one brighter and one warmer.  These are so much easier to play than my old ukes that I feel like I am playing better.   "

- Sharon H.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 14, 2020
Completed: May 07, 2020

  • Red Maple top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood 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: Sorry, this wood is currently not available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Apr 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 15

glue in tail block

3

Apr 16

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

4

Apr 17

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Apr 18

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Apr 26

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

7

Apr 27

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Apr 28

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Apr 30

first coat of oil

10

May 1

second coat of oil

11

May 4

third coat of oil

12

May 5

fourth coat of oil

13

May 6

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 7

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

Original Wood Set