Kelly Custom Instruments and Repair

GUITAR PEOPLE:

Making a trip north (to NJ) for the holidays. I’ll be in my hatch back and driving back straight though, not stopping, who has guitars they want fixed?

Figure I’ll ship them back apon completion.

Also going to be putting a bunch of guitars up on reverb so if anyone would like them delivered that can be arranged as well.

List o guitars
1942 Gibson L-30
1977 Alverez 12 string d model
1984 Gibson explorer with the Union Jack 🇬🇧 painted on it at Gibson
Early 70s harmony acoustic that is a really nice player
Kci mosaic guitar
Kci om size demo model i made a wile back
Kci electric from a wile back

All guitars have fresh fret jobs and set ups among being fully restored or newly made.

Message me for more

Thanks everyone!
Ian

Photo by Louis Schroder

Wiring up a harness for an Arnold Hoyer guitar, super cool guitar, 335 style but make in Germany, I really like Hoyer guitars. Giving it all the upgraded: Dunlop sealed super potenchiometors (they have a super smooth turn!), orange drop caps to build tone circuits as well as treble bleed on the volumes, the new and improved switch craft jack design, and a new switch. I am keeping it super clean as this has to all go back in through a 335 style f hole. I am really enjoying working with this braid shielded wire, takes some time to pull it out of a stretched hole but it’s worth it for a few reasons, the shield insures every wire is shielded (shielding is not something that is easily done in an arch top guitar) and it makes for a simple wiring layout, no clutter. I insulate the wire from the Jack to the switch so it can not touch a positive tab on a potenchiometor and ground out the harness. The cardboard is a nice spacer, these wires have a shape to them, if i solder them in wile the parts are in a guide it makes install much easier and there are no twists put into the wires.