" After letting the uke sit in its case and acclimate for a time, I opened the case and marveled at its beauty. It plays and sounds as good as it looks. I think that I heard a collective moan from the community of accumulated ukuleles in my house, as they saw their possibility of much playing time flying out the window."

- Jim A.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 13, 2012
Completed: Oct 22, 2012

  • Brazilian Rosewood back & sides

  • Biscuit Ridge Fire Port Orford Cedar top

  • Koa body binding with Abalone purfling on top

  • Abalone rosette

  • High gloss polyester finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Leopardwood & Maple Signature Headplate

  • MiSi, LR Baggs undersaddle pickup & volume control

Hand-crafted in the USA by Gordon & Char Mayer and Aaron Keim. Each instrument is numbered & signed.

 

Wood Grade: Specialty
Wood Availability: Sorry, this wood is no longer available.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Sep 14

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 14

glue in tail block

3

Sep 17

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

4

Sep 18

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Sep 19

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Sep 21

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

7

Sep 25

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Sep 26

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

Oct 10

fill pores twice

10

Oct 10

first coat of poly topcoat

11

Oct 16

second coat of poly topcoat

12

Oct 17

sand & buff finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Oct 18

glue on bridge

14

Oct 22

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