(scroll down for more photos)

 

Share this UkeTracker page on Facebook:
Scheduled Start Date: Aug 04, 2022
Completed: Sep 08, 2022

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Walnut body binding

  • Walnut rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Walnut 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

Aug 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 4

glue in tail block

3

Aug 15

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

4

Aug 16

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Aug 17

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Aug 22

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

7

Aug 23

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Aug 24

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Aug 29

first coat of oil

10

Aug 30

second coat of oil

11

Aug 31

third coat of oil

12

Sep 2

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 6

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 7

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