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High atop the Rock of Gibraltar.
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The Acropolis taken from the Hotel Divani in Athens recently.
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I was working with Bill Lawrence in the mid 70's when the L6S was released. We designed the circuitry with a 6pos switch combining different coil combinations. Over the years many of them were converted to basic circuitry. I've converted this one back.
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1947 Martin O-17 fully restored. Here's the follow up to the previous post after restoration. It's been off the clamps, strung up, and monitored over the last couple of days....it's very nice. neelyguitars.com
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1947 Martin 0-17. It's not just that the bridge is coming off, or that the top is coming off with it, or that the braces are loose, and the bridge plate is cracked. The worst part is that it has been fixed before....I'll get it.
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My favorite Boriqua brought me his Cuatro to install a Fishman Prefix pickup. He's very happy. Check out his band...Rhythm Tribe
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Here's another of their better than ever models the Gretsch Country Club made in Japan.....a stunning guitar.
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My good friend and client Joe Audey bought this RuF guitar at the NAMM show. He brought it in for some major corrections and I just finished everything.....looks so cool!
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I'm selling my Telecaster. I needed a Tele, so I built this one. I've never done gigs with this guitar, only recordings. That's why there's no damage at all. I already had the neck so I ordered a body from Warmoth. The pickups are basic stock Fenders.
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Here I'm converting a Telecaster to a Lap Steel. Basically there's no other way to avoid clanging against the frets and it works. neelyguitars.com
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Here, I'm working to remove the dents and dings from this badly damaged Les Paul neck without changing the actual shape. It's one of the worst I've had to deal with.
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The National brand has always been known for their Dobros but they did make a few guitars. Kenny Lee Lewis bass player for the Steve Miller band, brought this wonderful 1940ish National in for restoration. This is extremely rare and I had never seen one b
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I've just finished the restoration and restringing/tuning of this Indian Sitar. It was in pretty bad shape when it got here. The strings are slipping a bit but it's basically still tuned in C#.
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Be careful, he's a Tiger!
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Here I'm finishing up on the restoration of this great Indian Sitar and now I'm ready to string it up. My client brought me more than enough strings back from her recent trip to Calcutta. neelyguitars.com
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IMG_3481I do most of my craftwork by hand...there's not a lot of machinery at my shop. Here I'm chiseling out some really bad work done on this very wonderful 1955 Gibson ES350..
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Sometimes the cracks are so difficult to repair correctly, it's best to do a dry run with no glue.
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I just put in these EMG pickups in this Kiesel 7 string and matched them to the existing active system...some routing and power supply tricks made it happen.
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This guitar is an exact replica of Jerry Garcia's Tiger guitar built by Doug Irwin in 1970. I'm restoring the electronics and then a full set up. neelyguitars.com
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Here’s one of Stephen Stills’s favorite guitars. This 1948 Martin D-28 guitar was used on so many recordings during many of his Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, and Solo recordings. It’s still in great condition, playability, with wonderful tone after my correc
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I just finished the restoration of this 1961 Gibson SG Les Paul Fretless Wonder. This is the same guitar I posted a few months ago when it was painted black.....3 PAFs and all parts plating by Advanced Plating in Nashville.
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I really like this black and white pic of Keith Skelton in the shop yesterday picking up his Martin after corrections.
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Joe Bonamassa is back to get his Gibson Firebird and a B-25 he bought for his Dad. The Firebird had a cracked headstock and the B25 needed fret work....both came out great.
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Here's the beautiful and multitalented Carmel Helene picking up her guitar after corrections and set up. She's been a wonderful client for almost 20 years now!
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These Alembic Basses were groundbreaking when they came out in 1968. I met those guys at the NAMM show in 1976 and became a warranty center for them in Nashville. Here's a beautiful 1993 5 string I've been working on.
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I was watching this documentary on Netflix last night and Max the Cat was absolutely riveted. I filmed it but too graphic to post.
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Well this is the fourth Hofner Club 40 I've worked on this year and it's a tough one. neelyguitars.com
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These Canadian Dingwall instruments are just wonderful. The Novak fan frets, the very powerful active electronics, and the precision hardware are all very impressive. This 6 string bass drops down to F#.
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This mint condition 1967 Gretsch Country Gentleman is in for repairs after it was dropped. The impact collapsed the input jack area....almost finished. neelyguitars.com
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This mint condition 1967 Gretsch Country Gentleman is in for repairs after it was dropped. The impact collapsed the input jack area....almost finished. neelyguitars.com
