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Carving the heel and neck on a classical guitar. #sharp #carving #guitar #guitarmaking #luthier #Guitarrepair #kellyguitarco #knife #wood #woodworking #classicalguitar #repair #chisel
February 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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French polish on a redwood top with a desert ironwood 12 hole bridge and an ebony armrest. This custom Kelly guitar is ready for delivery. www.kellyguitar.com #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking #redwood #tonewood #oldgrowth
July 1, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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The line up

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August 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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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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September 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Selfie on a newly refurbished Brazilian rosewood guitar. #guitar #classicalguitar #shellac #polish #luthier #guitarbuilding #kellyguitarco #luthier #Guitarfinish #guitarshop
March 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Another ebony armrest cutaway.

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July 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Carving away the excess sound board on a Florentine style cutaway. It’s good to keep your carving knife sharp for things like this.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Some shots of harvesting Monterey cypress.
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April 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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This is fine. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking
July 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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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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April 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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About to close up a custom guitar order. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking
Kelly Almagro model with a cedar soundboard, Indian rosewood back and sides, sides laminated with black acacia, Spanish cedar neck, ebony fretboard, and traditional French polish finish. Clamping some braces on the go-bar deck
July 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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French polish finishing in action.
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March 31, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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I just finished French polishing this beautiful flame maple guitar.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Closing up a prototype. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo #woodworking
This guitar has a laminated top of spruce and cedar along with a lattice bracing system. I will also have an ebony cutaway armrest and a hybrid shellac finish.
July 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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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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September 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Spanish cedar braces on an Indian rosewood back. #classicalguitar #Guitar #guitarbuilding #wood #woodworking
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This also shows my main chisel which is a James Swan Co from the 1860’s
February 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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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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April 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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A new parlor guitar is coming together! Spruce on Monterey cypress. It smells amazing. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo
This will be a 3/4 size 630mm nylon parlor guitar with Engelmann spruce top and Monterey cypress back and sides. It will have a nicely darkened lacquer finish when complete.
March 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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On my bench today a re-fret and action adjustment

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November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I’m moving over from IG looking for greener, less fascist pastures. Follow me to see what I am working on in my small guitar shop. I build, repair, and service nylon string classical guitars in the mountains of Santa Cruz, California.
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This was a tie block swap from pearl to this maple burl in an ebony frame. The guitar is traditionally French polished which is my speciality.
January 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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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
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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New guitar in inventory! This Kelly Parlor model has a small body, short scale, narrow nut, radiused fb, and many other options. Please check it out at www.kellyguitar.com
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April 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Another broken V-joint repair. #guitar #repair #shellac #Frenchpolish #guitarrepair #guitarshop #luthier #wood #woodshop #classicalguitar #kellyguitarco #California
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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First day on #bsky so I’m just posting a few pics of my work. #luthier #guitarbuilder #Guitarshop #classicalguitar #music #wood #California #kellyGuitarCo
A shot of the inside of this parlor guitar under construction. Cedar on black acacia with a Spanish cedar neck and ebony fretboard. This one will be lacquered.
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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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
March 31, 2026 at 4:55 AM