Twenty-two-year Guild member Kevin Rielly built a banjo in 1964, a kit dulcimer in 1969, and a guitar in 1973. He plays guitar, banjo, octave mandolin, anglo concertina, and tin whistle. He has an MS in accounting from SUNY Albany and was the CFO at SUNY Adirondack where he has worked for thirty-two years.
▪ bio current as of 2014
2017
AL#129 p.63
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ Simple adjustable jig brings nut and saddle blanks to accurate dimensions in relative ease.
2014
AL#119 p.64
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ Developing a cheap, easy to make neck and angle jig to build an instrument based on plans for a 1957 Gibson J-45 instrument.
2011
AL#105 p.62
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ Repairing an old upright bass and discovering graffiti inside.
2000
AL#61 p.38 BRB6 p.26
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ The P-1 is a funky plywood guitar intended for the lowest end of the handmade market. That’s a real tough slot to fill, but Rielly seems curious about the possibilities and not too concerned about staking his livelihood on the little devils. There’s a moral here, though: there is someone hungry for almost anything you can make. Finding that guy may be the hard part. With 5 photos.
1999
AL#57 p.46 BRB5 p.330
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ By now we all know about using dished workboards to create a radius on flat instrument plates. Rielly’s board is easier to make than most, and can be adjusted for either the top or back radius. With 6 photos.
1998
AL#56 p.65 BRB5 p.500
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ A simple $1 bender design as an alternative to bending frets with pliers or a variable fret bender which takes less than 30 minutes to assemble.
1997
AL#51 p.13
Kevin B. Rielly
▪ One guitar, two necks, and two distinct functions: half solidbody with magnetic pickups, half hollow with a piezo pickup.Not to mention a look you haven’t seen before. With 6 photos.