Kendall Guitar Works

05/04/2024

What’s on your bench? This BMG Special has been upgraded with parts from and , and will up for sale soon.

11/04/2023

Sorting through photos and found this beauty. Yours truly with Pete Malandrone (Brian May’s legendary guitar tech) and an unfinished Red Special at the 2022 UK RS meetup. What a gent he is.

11/01/2023

A quick tour of my workshop, with a few of the tools and rigs that make it all doable.

11/01/2023

The Kendall 24K Deluxe Special meets its sister by another mister, the beautiful Ruby Special built by Andy at Guyton Guitars, at the 2023 UK Red Special Guitar meetup.

11/01/2023

Luke Timmins taking a 24K Deluxe Special for a spin at the 2023 UK Red Special meetup.

11/01/2023

Checking out the 2K clear coat finish, after spraying on my SpinTwist paint rig.

11/01/2023

Building a 24K gold plated Kendall Deluxe Special

11/01/2023

Glamour video of a Kendall Deluxe Special with mottled bubinga veneer and 24K gold plated hardware

10/21/2023

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to official Brian May Guitars US service tech and RSConversions guru Woody Thomas and master engineer Ron Smith from The Cyber Shop for arranging yet another successful 'Friends of the Red Special Meetup' at Myrtle Beach, SC earlier this month... and BIG THANKS to all the assembled RS aficionados and BMG supporters for raising £993 to support the amazing work of the Save Me Trust!

10/01/2023

09/16/2023

At the The Red Special Meetup 2023 - US with the new Deluxe Special, fresh off the work bench.

This guitar features 24K gold plated hardware from The Cyber Shop and plastics from RSConversions. The body is ash laminboard, veneered with natural bubinga, and the neck is maple, all finished with 2K clear coat.

07/10/2023

Slotted a half-dozen fretboards today.

06/27/2023

BMG and Burns Red Special conversions in Canada 🇨🇦

Hello everyone. RSConversions and The Cyber Shop are proud to welcome David Kendall to our team kendallguitarworks.com He will be doing full conversions for us in Canada. RSConversions has been expanding around the globe for some time and having talented luthiers doing full conversions is a proud moment for us. This is an ongoing process and we will continue to find the best luthiers to do the job and do it right.
Please contact me [email protected] or facebook messenger for our conversion pricing breakdown sheet and Information.
The list is as follows:
Woody - US
Dan - Germany
Richard - UK
James - UK
Amendeo - Italy
Ralph - AU
Juan - Spain
Alexandre Cesar - Brazil
David - Canada

“We are adding another UK luthier to our list next week”

05/28/2023

Just finished converting this Red Special Natural LE from Brian May Guitars to make it look and play more like the original. Many thanks to RSConversions and The Cyber Shop for the upgraded parts and all the advice.

Upgrades include:
- Replica knife-edge tremolo, roller bridge, and k***s
- Accurate pick guard, pearloid tuner buttons, and other plastics
- Blackened and oiled fretboard
- Upgraded modified Kent Armstrong Tri-sonic pickups