" My wife often listens to me play, and without having any idea what instrument's actually in my hands, when it's No. 865 she'll say, ‘That's the Mya-Moe, isn't it? It sounds really, really nice.’ And I couldn't agree more. Of all of the instruments I own, No. 865 is the only one that feels as if it's actually part of me. I don't ‘play’ the 'uke when I perform. At the risk of sounding like Baba Ram Dass or Philip Toshio Sudo, ‘the 'uke and I are one.’"

- Rob S.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Sep 25, 2012
Completed: Nov 01, 2012

  • Figured Mahogany top, back & sides

  • Maple body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Maple binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Peghed brand geared tuners

  • Custom 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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Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Sep 24

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Sep 25

glue in tail block

3

Oct 10

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

4

Oct 11

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 16

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 17

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

7

Oct 18

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 22

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 23

first coat of oil

10

Oct 24

second coat of oil

11

Oct 29

third coat of oil

12

Oct 30

fourth coat of oil

13

Oct 31

apply lemon oil, glue on bridge

14

Nov 1

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