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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 12, 2020
Completed: Oct 30, 2020

  • Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

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

Oct 8

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 11

glue in tail block

3

Oct 14

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

4

Oct 14

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 17

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 19

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

7

Oct 20

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

first coat of oil

  

10

Oct 23

second coat of oil

11

Oct 26

third coat of oil

12

Oct 27

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 28

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 29

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