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Scheduled Start Date: Nov 13, 2023
Committed Completion: Jan 08, 2024
Projected Completion: Dec 11, 2023

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Maple rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Maple fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear 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

 

Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Nov 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Nov 15

glue in tail block

3

Nov 17

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

4

Nov 20

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Nov 21

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Nov 28

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

7

Nov 29

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Nov 30

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

first coat of oil

  

10

second coat of oil

  

11

third coat of oil

  

12

fourth coat of oil

  

13

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

  

14

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

  
Original Wood Set