" Thanks for making the greatest instrument I've ever played.

A friend (who's Dad is a retired trad jazz guy who owns a little club in the French Quarter) came over to prepare for an upcoming Kanikaplia and was struck by the resonance in his chest when he played Myrtle. He kept tapping his chest and saying, ‘I never felt my playing here before.’"

- Alan T.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Jul 03, 2012
Completed: Jul 30, 2012

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with No markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Ebony & Maple Signature Headplate

  • K&K Twin Spot pickup

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. 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

 

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Curly Myrtle

Tenor Tradition
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Jul 3

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Jul 3

glue in tail block

3

Jul 4

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

4

Jul 12

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Jul 13

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Jul 16

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

7

Jul 19

shape neck, dress fret ends

8

Jul 19

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Jul 23

first coat of oil

10

Jul 24

second coat of oil

11

Jul 25

third coat of oil

12

Jul 26

fourth coat of oil

13

Jul 27

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Jul 30

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