Question about Kelly artists...

[KE2KV2Rules]

yes i am quite aware that this might belong on the Artists and gear forum, but it just doesnt seem right because they dont even seem to talk about guitars over there. so i posted this here.

Are there any other actual METAL artists who used the Kelly besides Bradford Kelly, Marty Friedman, and the guys from Rough Cut? I can't think of anyone else. i would really like to feel comfortable that someone credible in the metal world used a Kelly. everyone else i know has used Rhoads and King Vs.

yes i know its a matter of being confident in yourself and a matter of you liking the actual guitar, but its a thing to me as well. in fact the whole thing about Marty Friedman is the one flaw about the Kelly to me. gosh, i know i'm gonna get a lot of hatemail for that.

[Scott Ians Beard]

Re: Question about Kelly artists...

just think of the Kelly as a cooler version of an Explorer, which loads of metal people play. Hetfield, Pitrelli (megadeth), Eric Peterson (testament) and loads more. If you really want i can write you a big list but my head hurts!

[Jerry From Ghana]

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Arie Itman ex of Quo Vadis uses a Kelly.

[Jerry From Ghana]

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Gus from Catalysis has been spotted with a few different Kellys as well during the years.

[Dave L]

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Mattias from swedish metal-act Vintersorg plays Kellys.

[Inazone]

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Secthdamon <sp?> from Zyklon plays a Kelly bass.

[KE2KV2Rules]

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oooh my!!

my friend Asuka told me that one of the Hoffman brothers from Deicide uses a Kelly? is this true???

[rhoadsfan74]

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Eric Hoffman has a couple of custom shop blood drip/splatter kelly's!

[toejam]

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Originally posted by KE2KV2Rules:
in fact the whole thing about Marty Friedman is the one flaw about the Kelly to me. gosh, i know i'm gonna get a lot of hatemail for that.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The good thing Marty brought to the Kelly is the smaller body we know today (at least I think it's a good idea, as I'm a smaller guy, though I no longer own my two Kellys any longer as I'm more of a Strat-type guy). Before that, there was the King Kelly (most had cutouts in the body, but one or two did not), and there was a smaller downsized body after that. Marty had it made even smaller to what we're used to today. Check this out. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]


[ November 01, 2003, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: toejam ]

[Argos]

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Astennu, ex-Dimmu Borgir favored the import Kelly.

[kremit]

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[img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] <---blue kelly on the right.

Is that a custom shop or did they build a KE1T ?

[Zamiale]

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Actually, that is a picture of Greg Crowe’s customshop King Kelly. He ordered it specifically without the cutouts. The picture was taken to show the differences in a KE2, King Kelly, and the KE1. I'm not sure if they have ever produced a King Kelly w/o the cut outs as a production model.

[Jim Shine]

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My Kelly is another variation. It is like the smaller size, but with 22 frets and wider pickup gap.

[toejam]

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Originally posted by Zamiale:
Actually, that is a picture of Greg Crowe’s customshop King Kelly. He ordered it specifically without the cutouts. The picture was taken to show the differences in a KE2, King Kelly, and the KE1. I'm not sure if they have ever produced a King Kelly w/o the cut outs as a production model.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know it's Greg's, but I don't think he ordered that. IIRC, I think he found it on ebay or somewhere else.

[toejam]

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Originally posted by kremit:
[img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] <---blue kelly on the right.

Is that a custom shop or did they build a KE1T ?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not custom shop. They made both KE1Ts and KE2Ts for a short period of time.