Neely Guitars: 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
Neely Guitars: 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
john durrant: Been practicing with differing tunings. One in standard Dobro and the other in a Hawaiian tuning. The Martin has a raised nut.
Neely Guitars: 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..
Neely Guitars: Sometimes the cracks are so difficult to repair correctly, it's best to do a dry run with no glue.
Neely Guitars: 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.
Neely Guitars: 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
Howdy, I'm HMK: 1743 Mainstream 120 03.16.24
Neely Guitars: 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
Neely Guitars: 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.
RICORUDEDUDE | Pixelfrosting: Teddy van Halen
Neely Guitars: I really like this black and white pic of Keith Skelton in the shop yesterday picking up his Martin after corrections.
Neely Guitars: 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.
dalecruse: Sandberg California electric bass
dalecruse: MTD Kingston Z6
dalecruse: Pedulla Buzz Bass
dalecruse: Pedulla Buzz Bass
dalecruse: Pedulla Buzz Bass
dalecruse: Pedulla Buzz Bass
dalecruse: Pedulla Buzz Bass
dalecruse: Rob Allen bass
dalecruse: Rob Allen bass
dalecruse: Christian McBride
Neely Guitars: 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!
Neely Guitars: 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.
Neely Guitars: Well this is the fourth Hofner Club 40 I've worked on this year and it's a tough one. neelyguitars.com
Neely Guitars: 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#.
Neely Guitars: 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
Neely Guitars: This beautiful Taylor T3B is so amazing they quit making it....go figure.
Neely Guitars: R.C. Allen was a major luthier here in Los Angeles. He built over 1,000 guitars and over 400 banjos, all in his lap.....no bench. He was known for his incredible archtop guitars. I was recently honored to finish his very last guitar...a flattop acoustic.