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2009 Kelday OM Brazilian/Cedar
Consistency of tone and even response: this 2009 Kelday OM has both in spades. Bringing together some gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood and Cedar, William Kelday offers us powerful proof that the OM-size guitar is still an amazing instrument. Fingerstyle or flatpicks, this Kelday feels familiar and easy with a 25.4″ scale and 1 13/16″ nut for deft left hand work.
The trebles have this quick, crisp response that livens up the entire voice, and the woody warmth of the bass and middle registers can be found in a variety of tunings–only so many guitars sound really good in C tunings, and this Kelday is definitely one! We’d recommend this guitar for pretty much any guitarist, but especially for the player who likes to switch between tunings, fingers, and picks without having to carry a trunk full of instrument cases around.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian Add to Compare2007 Kelday OM Brazilian/Adirondack Red
Bill Kelday is all about tone and so is this fine OM. It has amazing balance and power to spare. Its voice clearly harkens back to the prewar Martin guitars but there’s something more there, an intangible beauty that is all Kelday. The dark, rich Brazilian Rosewood can be felt in the bass and the full, clear trebles. The spruce top offers up unending power. The sustain is lovely and the playability is perfect. I really like the versatility of this OM it seems to be happy playing anything you throw at it from Celtic to Blues and beyond. This is one of a quartet of guitars he made for the Healdsburg Guitar Festival.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.75 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Rosewood - Brazilian
From beginnings as a repairman and electric guitar maker, I left Scotland to study Classical Guitar making at The London College of Furniture in 1986.After qualifying I set up shop in the Scottish borders and I spent two years there, then moved to Glasgow to teach Instrument Repair for a short period full time until 1990 and part time thereafter and still teach on a part time basis as it gets me out of the shop, which for the sake of sanity is a good thing! I set up workshop in Campsie Glen with the late Neil Baird a fabulous Craftsman, Violin Maker and Restorer, this partnership lasted five years under the banner of The Fiddle and Guitar Shop. Neil taught me so much in this time. He has been a great friend and teacher and is greatly missed .I then moved to a workshop about 100 metres along the road, which I shared with ex-student and superb Classical Guitar Maker, Michael Ritchie. We worked together for eight years and bounced ideas and theories off each other on a regular basis. I now have a workshop in the beautiful village of Fintry, just over the hill from Campsie Glen situated on Nether Glinns Farm.William C. Kelday.
Our friend guitarist extraordinaire Tony McManus told us that we should get to know William Kelday and his guitars. Boy do we owe Tony a big thank you. We’ve discovered many of our builders by referral from top players and it’s our favorite way. Who knows better than a recording artist of Tony’s level. William Kelday hails from Scotland and has been building for over 20 years and we are absolutely thrilled to introduce him to the U.S. We brought home 3 of his 4 guitars from the Healdsburg Guitar Festival because we were so enamoured with his passion and his tone. I own one myself and it brings me great joy everytime I play it.