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Committed Completion: Mar 12, 2025
Projected Completion: Feb 12, 2025

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Bloodwood rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Mesquite fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Port Orford Cedar neck

  • Gotoh UPT 4:1 Planetary gear tuners

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • MiSi with LR Baggs undersaddle pickup

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

Jan 15

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jan 16

glue in tail block

3

Jan 21

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

4

Jan 22

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jan 24

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jan 30

clean up body, rout dovetail, drill tuner holes, glue fretboard onto neck

7

Jan 31

shape neck, dress fret ends

8

Feb 5

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Feb 6

first coat of oil

10

Feb 7

second coat of oil

11

Feb 8

third coat of oil

12

Feb 9

fourth coat of oil

13

Feb 10

glue on bridge

14

Feb 14

make saddle, (install pickup, if any), cut nut, final fretwork, install tuners, string up, final setup

Original Wood Set