" Another winner! it is just so beautiful, fit and finish are just pertfect. You have got your neck(MOJO) down! I love that neck, it reminds me of a clasical guitar neck, very flat but strong, you can really wrap your hand around it. The neck is super fast. It's just super all around."

- Bully

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 04, 2012
Completed: Sep 25, 2012

  • Curly Koa top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Pearl markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with black buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

  • Schatten Designs Biscuit Bridge 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.

 

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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Sep 4

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 5

glue in tail block, rout sound ports in top, install soundwell

3

Sep 6

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

4

Sep 7

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 10

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 11

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

  

7

Sep 12

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 13

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Sep 14

first coat of oil

10

Sep 17

second coat of oil

11

Sep 18

third coat of oil

12

Sep 19

fourth coat of oil

13

Sep 20

apply lemon oil, setup cone & biscuit bridge (& pickup, if any)

14

Sep 25

final fretwork, cut nut, put in tuners, put on strings
Original Wood Set