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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 23, 2021
Completed: Oct 25, 2021

  • Fiddleback Maple back & sides

  • Straight-Grain Redwood top

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Graphtech Ratio 6:1 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Sep 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 27

glue in tail block

3

Sep 28

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

4

Oct 1

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 6

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

7

Oct 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 12

first coat of oil

10

Oct 13

second coat of oil

11

Oct 14

third coat of oil

12

Oct 20

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 21

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Oct 22

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