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Scheduled Start Date: Apr 28, 2022
Completed: May 23, 2022

  • Master Grade Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Ebony body binding

  • Black wood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Ebony binding & Special Inlay markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Rubner tuners

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

  • L.R. Baggs Five.O

Hand-crafted in the USA by Cary Kelly. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available by ordering Master Grade Myrtle

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

 

1

Apr 28

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Apr 29

glue in tail block

3

May 2

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

4

May 3

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 4

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 6

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

7

May 9

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

May 10

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

May 11

first coat of oil

10

May 12

second coat of oil

11

May 13

third coat of oil

12

May 16

fourth coat of oil

13

May 17

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

May 20

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

Original Wood Set