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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 16, 2021
Completed: Aug 05, 2021

  • Sinker Mahogany back & sides

  • Torrefied Sitka Spruce top

  • Koa body binding

  • Koa rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa 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: Classic
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

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CWD: #2696

Tenor Classic featuring Sinker Mahogany back and sides with a Torrefied Sitka Spruce top. Demo courtesy of Mike Poupko.
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 18

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 18

glue in tail block

3

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

  

4

Jun 22

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jun 24

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 13

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

7

Jul 14

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 20

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 26

first coat of oil

10

Jul 27

second coat of oil

11

Jul 28

third coat of oil

12

Jul 29

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 2

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 4

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