Meet new family member: Kelly Jackson

[Cosmiceddie]

New Custom Select Kelly KE2 has arrived.

As simple as it gets:

Alder wings
Maple neck
Ebony fretboard
Seymour Duncan TB-4 hum
Volume control
Quicksilver finish

[Dave Rocks]

Very nice

[shreddermon]

Very simple and sweet, congrats. I've been thinking of doing a custom select Kelly order, too.

[toejam]

That's pretty awesome! Congrats.

[Catharpin]

Very nice looking. How long did it take?

[Johnnyryche]

Awesome! Gotta love a single hum Kelly. Congrats!

[jeff9beck]

Awesome in it's own way, but a little too plain for me feature-wise, (if I was to order one) It is beautiful nonetheless!
You did spec this order, correct?
Can we see a photo of the back?

Since Kelly's have more wood volume than a solost, do you feel they have more sustain?

[paulbag]

Very nice, I also was about to order a custom select when I started thinking about a 7 string....
Congrats!

[Cosmiceddie]

Awesome in it's own way, but a little too plain for me feature-wise, (if I was to order one) It is beautiful nonetheless!
You did spec this order, correct?
Can we see a photo of the back?

Since Kelly's have more wood volume than a soloist, do you feel they have more sustain?

Yes, I did.

I don't have a Soloist model. Therefore I cannot tell you whether there's more or less sustain with a Kelly.

Here's a picture of the back:

[Cosmiceddie]

Very nice looking. How long did it take?

Date of order: 9/29/15
Date of final inspection: 7/5/16
Date of arrival: 8/29/16

So waiting time was 11 months. It's getting longer and longer every time I order a Custom Select guitar. I think this will be my last one.

Serial# J9156

[paulbag]

Yes, I did.

I don't have a Soloist model. Therefore I cannot tell you whether there's more or less sustain with a Kelly.

Here's a picture of the back:

Nice ass...

[Laceyswiss]

Very cool! Single hum FTW!!! The MOP logo looks great against the silver paint!!

[ps43203]

Sweet, I'll bet it sustains just damn fine. I love Kelly's. Nothing like them for live work.

[jeff9beck]

Date of order: 9/29/15
Date of final inspection: 7/5/16
Date of arrival: 8/29/16

So waiting time was 11 months. It's getting longer and longer every time I order a Custom Select guitar. I think this will be my last one.

Serial# J9156

So, 11 months, but if you had specified more "out of the box" stuff it could have been longer, right?
I think 11 months is not bad compared to a master built timeframe!

I heard that each addition from the custom select menu adds more wait time...I mean, not everything, but the significant ones...
Similar to the master built problem (er, program).

I'm curious if they estimated 11 months wait time -- did they?

I'm trying hard to avoid ordering an awesome masterbuilt soloist..going on 6 months now...(that could have been 6 months of build time!)

The more I look at yours the more I like it -- and wonder what the end result difference in quality really is?

Congrats!

[jeff9beck]

Sweet, I'll bet it sustains just damn fine. I love Kelly's. Nothing like them for live work.

So why is a Kelly better than a Soloist?