The spruce contrasts well with the redwood top. Inside detail showing the cutaway on this custom Zayante model just before I close the box.
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A wonderful custom Zayante model in the works. This will have a cutaway, an armrest, and desert ironwood bridge, fretboard, and faceplate.
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Some shots of harvesting Monterey cypress.
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French polish finishing in action.
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This Kelly Zayante model sold before I could take some real pictures of it. Indian rosewood, cedar top, shellac finish. www.kellyguitar.com #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking #shellac #tonewood #cedar

True temperament fret work takes some TIME. #guitar #repair #shellac #Frenchpolish #guitarrepair #guitarshop #luthier #wood #woodshop #classicalguitar #kellyguitarco #Truetemperement #California

A custom pick guard for this guitar made to meet the requirements of the customer. #guitar #repair #shellac #Frenchpolish #guitarrepair #guitarshop #luthier #wood #woodshop #classicalguitar #kellyguitarco #California #pickguard

Another broken V-joint repair. #guitar #repair #shellac #Frenchpolish #guitarrepair #guitarshop #luthier #wood #woodshop #classicalguitar #kellyguitarco #California

It has a short 630mm scale, spruce top, and Birdseye maple body. The ebony bridge was cracked and someone had botched a saddle slot routing job. It also had odd action and low nut slots. Everything is in order not.

This Jerome Thibouville-Lamy guitar from Paris around the year 1900 needed some bridge repair and action help but plays very well now. #classicalguitar #romanticguitar #guitar #kellyguitarco #luthier #history #guitarmaker #guitarrepair #California #SantaCruz #Frets #Action #service

1979 Conde Hermanos guitar. I made a new nut and a new saddle to adjust the action. I then gave it a fret job and some new D’Addario flamenco strings. Wonderful guitar.
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Building Shellac on a Kelly Zayante model I am building. Redwood on black acacia with a Spanish cedar neck and ebony fretboard. Available soon www.kellyguitar.com #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking #redwood #tonewood #oldgrowth

Rough sanded Kelly Zayante model I am building. Redwood on black acacia with a Spanish cedar neck and ebony fretboard. Available soon www.kellyguitar.com #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking #redwood #tonewood #oldgrowth

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On my bench today a re-fret and action adjustment

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On my bench, a Custom Hill guitar 40th Anniversary getting its last French polish session. I will install the bridge and complete the setup before delivery back to Hill. #classicalguitar #guitar #frenchpolish #kellyguitarco #luthier #wood #guitarmaker #guitarrepair #California #SantaCruz #Shellac

On my bench today, a custom Kelly Parlor guitar curing after its last lacquer application.

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On my bench today Hill Master series Fleta from 2004. It got a completely re-carved heel, neck, and headstock, a fret job, and French polish repair on the top and body. #classicalguitar #guitar #frenchpolish #kellyguitarco #luthier #wood #guitarmaker #guitarrepair #California #SantaCruz #Shellac

This is a 3/4 size fan braced classical guitar with a spruce top, black acacia back and sides, ebony fretboard, Spanish cedar neck, ebony armrest, redwood rosette, truss rod, 12 hole rosewood bridge, compensated bone nut and saddle, tapered neck, slightly radiuses finger board, and lacquer finish. I call it a parlor guitar.

Kelly Parlor custom order with its first coat of shellac. #classicalguitar #guitar #frenchpolish #kellyguitarco #luthier #wood #guitarmaker #guitarrepair #California #SantaCruz #Shellac

Custom Kelly Almagro ready to ship featuring
French polish, cedar top, Indian rosewood b/s, Sloane deco tuners, compensated nut and saddle, ebony fretboard, 640mm scale, tapered Spanish cedar neck, double action truss rod, burl rosette.
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Gibson L1 archtop from 1920 needed work on the tailpiece and saddle. I built a new one out of rosewood and nickel. It blends in well and sounds good. 105 years old and going strong!
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Found this old clip of a friend tooling around on one of my guitars and had to share.
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I just finished French polishing this beautiful flame maple guitar.
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This is a closeup shot of a coastal redwood soundboard. I harvested this from an old growth stump that was originally cut over a hundred years ago. It was protected by fire which sealed the wood inside a charcoal skin.

Very old redwood from the Santa Cruz mountains.
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The line up

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I am unsure if these are the original 98 year old tuners but they certainly could be. You can see the difference between the two gears in the foreground. One is cleaned up and the other is in it original state.

The tuners from a 1936 Santos Hernandez. Tuners were rough and uneven. This was caused by extremely worn gears so I cleaned them up and removed the burs. Working well now with smooth action.

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Another ebony armrest cutaway.

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These Parlor guitars are small 3/4 size with short 630mm scales. They are all solid wood with very simple design but with some unexpected features for their low price.

Siblings.
Two Kelly Parlor guitars at different moments in the process.

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This has a cedar top with a maple burl rosette, Indian rosewood sides laminated with black acacia, Indian rosewood back, Spanish cedar neck, ebony fretboard, and a 640mm scale.

How the back and tail strips line up

First wash coats of shellac going on this Kelly Guitars Almagro order.

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This is fine. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking

Preview of a little wood harvesting project in the works.
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