The Michael Kelly Guitar Company is a
US musical instrument company founded in 1999 and based in
Clearwater, Florida. Michael Kelly imports high quality instruments manufactured to their specifications (mainly from
South Korea
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). The company has recently gained popularity, particularly due to the release of their new Mod Shop Guitars, where they take some of their standard designs and swap out the pickups using Lindy Fralin, Seymour Duncan, TV Jones, Bare Knuckle and Fishman.
Michael Kelly gained popularity due to their Dragonfly II
acoustic bass
The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...
,
Michael Kelly Dragonfly bass review
by Raul Amador on Bass Musician Magazine, April 22, 2019 which has been used by Duff McKagan
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of Guns N' Roses, Shavo Odadjian
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of System of a Down
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, and Tony Bigley of Souls Harbor.
Current line of products commercialised by Michael Kelly includes electric
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and acoustic guitars, basses
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** Bass (instrument), including:
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, acoustic and electric
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mandolins.
Current models
Electric guitars
*Patriot Black
*Patriot Custom
*Patriot Decree
*Patriot Limited
*Patriot Premium
*Patriot Standard
*Patriot Supreme
*Hybrid
*Hybrid Special
*1950s Model Guitars
*1960s Model Guitars
Acoustic guitars
* Forte Port
* Forte Exotic JE
* Koa Special
* Triad 10E
* Triad Port
* Forte Port X
* 3D Grand Auditorium
Acoustic basses
*Dragonfly 4 String
*Dragonfly 4 String Left Handed
*Dragonfly 5 String
*Dragonfly 4 String Fretless
*Dragonfly 5 String Fretless
Electric basses
*Element 4Q
*Element 5Q
*Custom Collection Element 4
*Custom Collection Element 5
*Rick Turner B4 Bass
Mandolins
*A-Style Mandolins
*F-Style Mandolins
*Electric F-Style Mandolins
Discontinued electric models
*Hex Deluxe
*Valor X #Double-cut#
*Valor Q #Double-cut#
*Valor Limited #Double-cut#
*Valor Custom #Double-cut#
*Hourglass (PRS Santana/Les Paul, Double-cut)
*Vibe #Hollowbody#
*Deuce Phoenix #Hollowbody#
*Patriot Phoenix #Single-cut)
#vex nv #double cut#
References
External links
Official website
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Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States
Companies based in Clearwater, Florida