" 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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  • 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

Step

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1

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

glue in tail block

3

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

4

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

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

7

shape neck, dress fret ends

8

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