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Scheduled Start Date: May 10, 2022
Completed: Jun 20, 2022

  • Walnut back & sides

  • Curly Redwood top

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Slotted Headstock with Rubner tuners

  • Walnut & 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

 

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CWD: #2747

Walnut and Curly Redwood Tenor Classic
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

May 9

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

May 11

glue in tail block

3

May 12

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

4

May 13

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

May 16

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

May 23

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

7

May 31

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jun 1

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jun 2

first coat of oil

10

Jun 3

second coat of oil

11

Jun 6

third coat of oil

12

Jun 7

fourth coat of oil

13

Jun 13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jun 19

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