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Scheduled Start Date: Jan 04, 2021
Completed: Jan 22, 2021

  • Chocolate Heart Mango back & sides

  • Red Cedar top

  • Koa body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Solid Wood Headplate to Match Body

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

Dec 21

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Dec 22

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Jan 4

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

4

Jan 5

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 9

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 10

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

7

Jan 11

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jan 12

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jan 13

first coat of oil

10

Jan 14

second coat of oil

11

Jan 18

third coat of oil

12

Jan 19

fourth coat of oil

13

Jan 20

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Jan 21

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set