" My ukulele is safely home with me, and oh.... the joy, the joy. Blissful times of playing ahead for me. I handed the instrument to my son, who is a fine musician, and immediately he remarked that the four strings together created a much more integrated sound than what he hears from other ukuleles. Each chord sounds like a sweet, full unit of music. That plunky, rubber-band thing that other ukes have -- completely absent."

- Juli K.

 

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Scheduled Start Date: Oct 11, 2012
Completed: Nov 14, 2012

  • Curly Myrtle top, back & sides

  • Koa body binding

  • Abalone rosette

  • High gloss polyester finish

  • Radiused Ebony fretboard with Koa binding & Abalone markers

  • Mahogany neck

  • Geared machine head tuners with amber buttons

  • Leopardwood & 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

 

Gallery Photos (completed instrument)

Back

Front

Full Front
Build Schedule
 

Date

 

  

1

Oct 10

bend sides, glue in neck block

2

Oct 16

glue in tail block

3

Oct 16

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

4

Oct 18

brace top, glue back onto sides

5

Oct 22

glue top onto sides, prep fretboard & neck

6

Oct 23

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

7

Oct 24

shape neck, dress fret ends, glue in back binding

8

Oct 29

prep for finish, tape off for spraying

9

Oct 30

fill pores twice

10

Oct 31

first coat of poly topcoat

11

Nov 1

second coat of poly topcoat

12

Nov 2

sand & buff finish, glue neck/fretboard onto body

13

Nov 13

glue on bridge

14

Nov 14

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