Kinellar Guitar Studios

Last year when I was clearing out my workshop, I came across a number of unfinished projects. Here is the latest one to be finished…..

An Ibanez style basswood body, “HSH” pickup configuration and a Korean 24 fret neck with a height adjustable locking nut.

A locking tremolo, 2 x open humbuckers, a dual rail in the middle, 5 way selector switch, volume and tone. The body is finished in a see through red with black hardware.

Overall this plays and sounds ...

Here is a quick tour of my sales area, workshop and more to follow....

cheers

Graeme

Fender has decided to end manufacture of the Hamer guitar brand and has indicated it may not be the last of the brands owned by the firm to vanish.

Although never a mainstream brand, Hamer was formed in 1976 by Paul Hamer, Jol Dantzig and John Montgomery and is widely credited as being the pioneer of boutique guitar brands. Highly regarded by professional musicians it boasted a plethora of big names among its users including The Police, The Pretenders, Dire Straits and a host of others...

I have always fancied a blue guitar, so i decided on making one. I went down the same line as #37 with a quilt top and stained it blue. Unfortunately once the top coat went on it turned out quite dark. I took it out on a very rare sunny day to have a look at the finish and bam! i dropped it. For all those who have been to my house you will know i dont have grass, only chuckies. I have now a dented and slightly scratched body. I fitted a Tonerider blues in the neck a Tone tider vintage in the ...

At last, after 8 months my first Les paul style is completed, a month later than I told the customer and 3 months later than I thought. I'm still under the weather (3 weeks now) with this flu bug that's going about. Anyway.

3 Piece mahogany body with a 2 piece flamed maple top from the USA. Inset mahogany neck, rosewood board with trapezoid inserts 10" radius. Tusq nut, Tonerider alnico IV zebra pickups and a Ghost system piezo bridge system and pre-amp. Both pups are splitable from pu...

Here is a copy i received today from one of the trade magazines. I thought it may be of interest to any investers out there? I would stay well clear of it myself.....

Fender has announced that it is to float on the US Stock Exchange in a $200m initial public offering.

"The Fender brand in particular is closely associated with the birth of rock 'n roll and has a strong legacy in music and in popular culture," the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....

Since October last year i have been working on building a bass guitar, it's nearly there.

Here are some pics

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year....

From all at Kinellar Guitar Studios and Gj Guitars.

cheers

Graeme

Well I've been up to my neck for the past 3 months, along with being hounded by the "wife" for working too much, sometimes through the night when i couldnt sleep, and what have i got to show for it?

Here goes

I made a 3/4 electric guitar (from parts) for my eldest grandson Owen, now aged 9 will start after the new year with proper guitar lessons. Hopefully when he grows up he can be just as bad a player as his Gramps. He said on Sunday it was the best day of his life !!! "aga...

Kinellar Guitar Studios have become strip sponsors of  Shedocksly Boys Junior team. It's always great to be part of a community and I hope together we will have a long partnership. I really like the way the football academy teach their players, as it's not always scoring goals etc. it's all about discipline and friendship as a team. Good on you......

I have added some photos of the shirts etc. Unfortunately one player was off on holidays when the kits arrived so hopefully I will ge...

I recently had an old Epiphone LP in for amongst other things a missing inlay in the neck.

I took some photos as i did the work and hope it may be of help to others trying to do this sort of repair.

The offending hole

Hi all,

I actually remembered to take some photos while doing a repair.

Here is a Gibson SG 2010 that had a little accident whith the floor.

I have added photos from the first to present and will update.

1, The guitar with the damage.

Hi Graeme

Just a note to say thanks for the set up you did on my american strat...it even stays in tune when I use the trem bar ...feels brand new...cheers

Ian

 01/02/2012

Graeme,

I just want to say that the job you have done on that ELP is absolutely outstanding. That guitar plays like a dream now, absolutely brilliant.

You should change your name to Merlin my friend....

Thanks ag...

Wow ...

I have been trying to update the site to give it a fresh lick of paint if you like.

Unfortunately I do not know how this stuff works.

Does it look ok?

Is everything opening?

Please feel free to comment on or send me an email regarding the site.

thanks

Graeme

Hey Graeme,

Just played my stratocaster. Words cannot describe how pleased i am with it.

Plays better than i thought it would and heck i even say it better than i expected, I thought the holes would be just flat wood and not painted over but you havent dissapointed belive me that.

Shall deffinately be using you again...

All the best

Liam