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Scheduled Start Date: Aug 23, 2022
Completed: Sep 20, 2022

  • Curly Mango top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • 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 23

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Aug 24

glue in tail block

3

Aug 29

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

4

Aug 31

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 2

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 6

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

7

Sep 7

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 9

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 12

first coat of oil

10

Sep 13

second coat of oil

11

Sep 14

third coat of oil

12

Sep 15

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 16

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Sep 19

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

Original Wood Set