" I want to thank you for my oh so beautiful resonator uke. You did a truly exceptional job of bookmatching the wood on the back. And thank you, Aaron, for the gorgeous bird's eye maple, which I believe was part of the stock you brought to Mya-Moe. It gives this uke the punch I wanted, and it looks fabulous."

- Kathrin U.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 17, 2012
Completed: Nov 07, 2012

  • Bird's Eye Maple top, back & sides

  • Bloodwood body binding

  • Hand-rubbed oil finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Custom Signature Headplate

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

 

Wood Grade: Master
Wood Availability: This wood species is available. Specific wood sets vary.

Cascade Series Wood Cascade Series Wood

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 16

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 18

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

3

Oct 22

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

4

Oct 23

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 24

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 25

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

7

Oct 29

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 30

prep for finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

9

Oct 31

first coat of oil

10

Nov 20

second coat of oil

11

Nov 4

third coat of oil

12

Nov 5

fourth coat of oil

13

Nov 6

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

14

Nov 7

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