Drunken Credit Card China shopping.....

[VoiceX3]

So I did something I NEVER thought I'd do......but a bottle of TyKu Black Sake makes a person do many things they never would.
:think:

I bought a Ch-ibson Les Paul Custom and a Ch-ackson custom Kelly......


At first I thought....what did I do!?! but then looked at my total of just under $500 for both (case included for the LP) and I made crazy requests on the Kelly.....and they actually did what I asked......

I did not however ask what would be on the headstocks.......(I laughed.....you'll see, and no I am not going to sell them. I know they're fake, everyone else will too)

I got a pretty normal looking LP Custom copy in purple flame with gold hardware and an ebony board upgrade.

The Kelly I requested be "King Kelly" sized bound flattop red trans flame with 27 frets an unmarked ebony board, stop tail and a satin finished neck with a weird control layout and a kill switch. They did all that with no upcharge.

The order was placed 2/28 and I got both guitars last week while I was in Vegas about 6 weeks from order/build/ship to my door. Aside from the pickups sucking, they are both pretty damn good players that look the part with surprisingly nice fretwork. We'll see how they hold up.

The Kelly HS is a little larger than a real one and the LP shape is a hair off, but both will be great knock around players..........

Getting ready to leave work.....I'll post pics as soon as I get home.

[VoiceX3]

They really did 27 frets.


....and yes, it does say "made in USA custom shop" but that Headstock obviously isn't...

I do like both though.....

[j2379]

They look pretty cool. And that Kelly looks HUGE.

[tomanyjacksons]

That's cool.

[toejam]

Interesting. The Kelly looks weird with the pups so close together, but otherwise it's cool. I really dig the purple LP, though.

[VoiceX3]

The Kelly is pretty big. I had an old case and it does not even come close to fitting. But since I'm 6'5" the Kelly always looked a little small on me, this one is more proportionate.

I like how they set it up for the extra frets, I never had such good access to the 24th fret before....lol The Kelly is a strange one overall and I think that's what I like most about it.

The Les Paul is surprisingly heavy. Heavier than my soloist.

Make no bones about it though, these are no comparison to any of my USA's.

[VoiceX3]

Oh, and 1 other interesting thing, the Kelly does not neck dive at all.....

[VitaminG]

holy shit, man. Those are pretty badass Love the specs on the Kelly.

This makes me feel a lot better about last night's 2am purchase - I'm now apparently awaiting 2 watches from the US. Seemed like a great idea at the time.

[sixx_ gunner]

Nice! Great players for a great price? WIN!

[bucketbrian45]

The Les Paul looks awesome! What site did you order them from??

[metalone]

That Kelly looks sick man!

[Model1VH2]

Congrats! They look pretty awesome.
I just bought a Chinese Concorde, gutted it and replaced every piece of electronics and hardware on it.
I probably won't ever buy another Chinese guitar but it was a cool project and it turned out to be a pretty nice guitar.

[Steel City Psycho]

Congrats! They look pretty awesome.
I just bought a Chinese Concorde, gutted it and replaced every piece of electronics and hardware on it.
I probably won't ever buy another Chinese guitar but it was a cool project and it turned out to be a pretty nice guitar.

Are you Dino on MLP?




That Kelly does look awesome...

[Shawn Lutz]

LOL...drunk China shopping

Not bad for the money. Too bad they can build a LP that is shaped like an LP

[artonsafari]

Both look pretty decent for the price. Looks like there's room for a 28th fret on the Kelly. As far as the LP, I'd love a silverburst with a natural colored mahogany back/neck.