Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly is an American company that was founded in 1999. They initially only produced mandolins and acoustic basses. However, they have since expanded their business to include guitars and electric basses as their instruments became very popular. Their instruments are produced in South Korea, which means their guitars are made with cutting-edge technology and relatively new and sustainable tonewoods. The guitars are based on popular models, such as the Stratocaster, the Telecaster, and the Les Paul. They obviously altered the models to make them their own unique designs with different pickup configurations. Michael Kelly is also known for the appearance of their instruments. Michael Kelly’s states that a focus on sound does not mean guitars have to look boring. Instead, they make beautifully sounding guitars with an equally beautiful appearance. Lastly, they also believe that high-quality guitars shouldn’t break the bank. Subsequently, these amazing guitars are very decently priced!

The Mod Shop and Seymour Duncan

The Mod Shop Patriot Instinct Duncan is the product of a collaboration between Michael Kelly’s Mod Shop team and Seymour Duncan. Seymour Duncan is a popular company that produces high-quality pickups. Their pickups are often considered to be the best on the market, which means combining their pickups with Michael Kelly’s innovativity and creativeness inevitably resulted in an amazing guitar! The guitar has two Seymour Duncan P-Rails, which are pickups that can be used as P90s, single coils, or humbuckers. The pickups are thus double coils, but can be used as single coils by splitting them. The pickups can also be used in series or in parallel. This means the guitar has 24 different pickup combinations, which makes the guitar extremely innovative and versatile. Furthermore, the guitar is quite affordable regardless, but especially when considering you are basically getting 24 guitars in 1!

The Mod Shop Patriot Instinct Duncan Scorched

The guitar has a mahogany body with a beautiful flamed maple top. The intricate patterns of the flamed maple are complemented by the deep red colour, which resulted in this gorgeous scorched appearance. Michael Kelly is known for their unique guitars, which means flamed maple tops are distinctive for Michael Kelly. The neck is also made of mahogany and has a pau ferro fretboard. This combination does not only look amazing, but it’s also very sturdy.