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Scheduled Start Date: Jun 22, 2022
Completed: Aug 25, 2022

  • Chocolate Heart Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Maple 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

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Front

Full Front
Owner Pics & Instrument Videos

CWD #2754

My buddy Frank Hamilton demonstrates some clawhammer on the new wood cover plate Mya-Moe Resonator.

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jun 18

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jun 22

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

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

  

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

  

5

Jun 29

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 11

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

7

Jul 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Jul 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 18

first coat of oil

10

Jul 19

second coat of oil

11

Jul 21

third coat of oil

12

Jul 26

fourth coat of oil

13

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

  

14

Aug 24

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set