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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 06, 2020
Completed: Oct 29, 2020

  • Walnut back & sides

  • Curly Port Orford Cedar top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black 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

 

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CWD: #2652

Completed Work Demo: #2652 Walnut and Curly Port Orford Cedar Tenor Cutaway

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Oct 5

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 6

glue in tail block

3

Oct 7

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

4

Oct 8

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 12

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 15

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

7

Oct 17

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 20

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 21

first coat of oil

10

Oct 22

second coat of oil

11

Oct 23

third coat of oil

12

Oct 25

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 26

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 27

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

Original Wood Set