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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 22, 2021
Completed: Aug 19, 2021

  • East Indian Rosewood back & sides

  • Sitka Spruce top

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Ebony binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Ebony & 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

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Front

Full Front

Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

CWD: #2701

Mike Poupko samples this East Indian Rosewood and Spruce Tenor

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Jun 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 24

glue in tail block

3

Jul 12

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

4

Jul 13

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 19

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 21

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

7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

 

8

Jul 29

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 2

first coat of oil

10

Aug 3

second coat of oil

11

Aug 4

third coat of oil

12

Aug 7

fourth coat of oil

13

Aug 16

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Aug 18

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

Original Wood Set