Cindy Guitars

06/11/2026

For those of you who missed the story on us on abc7ny yesterday here it is! Thank you so very much Joelle Garguilo l TV HOST Good vibes only! 🌹🎥🤍 ###

06/11/2026

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundcarminestreetguitars

Thank you so very much to everyone who has donated to our gofundme. The link is here as I realized I didnt post it properly on facebook.

You can also support by sharing our story or buying a guitar from us. We have a bunch available. Please call the shop at 212-691-8400 if you are interested.

Otherwise you can buy some merch and goodies from us on our shopify at carminestreetguitars.shop

Thank you all again and I hope you’re all having a wonderful day. Xx Cindy

Carmine Street Guitars needs your help! We are the last people to want to ask… Cynthia Hulej needs your support for Fund NYC’s Iconic Carmine Street Guitars

06/08/2026

Thank you once again to everyone supporting and helping out with our gofundme. It’s going to be a long and difficult process but we are staying positive. For everyone who has been asking about what guitars are available in the shop we have quite a few. Here are some of them including a couple basses.

*FOR INQUIRIES AND DETAILS PLEASE CALL THE SHOP DIRECTLY AT 212-691-8400. We are open Mon-Fri 9-5 and Sat 12-3*

06/07/2026

We want to thank everyone who is helping out with our gofundme.
For anyone who has been inquiring about what guitars we have available this is the most recent and available one that my husband and I built.

I’m getting a ton of messages and am so thankful for every one of you but please be patient as it is just me answering and dealing with everything.

Thank you all again and if anybody is interested in this build you can email me through my website or call the shop during business hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 and Sat 12-3. I will be posting a reel tomorrow on what other guitars are available as well. Love to you all from Carmine Street Guitars. 🤍💫✨⚡️🎶

06/06/2026

Carmine Street Guitars needs your help!
We are the last people to want to ask for financial help but our entire business account got drained through a hack and has left us with nothing.

Being in NYC’s West Village and one of the last remaining original staples of the NYC music scene things are not cheap for us and we don’t want to have to close our doors.
We are under a grand larceny investigation now that may take a year to get any finances back. We need to pay our bills, the amazing craftspeople that we work with to make these guitars possible and to keep the shop going in general.

For anybody who doesn’t already know about us:
Our shop is called Carmine Street Guitars and has been in the same location in NYC’s West Village for 40 years now.
Rick Kelly has been building custom guitars under Kelly Guitars since 1968 and has built for everybody from Mötley Crüe to Bob Dylan. Rick is world reknown and the best guy who never deserved this invasion of privacy and disruption of business.

This entire thing is going to be a long process and the companies involved are not making anything easy or fast in getting anything back for us. This is obviously a very stressful position to be in as we want to continue to serve the music community and our friends and family in NYC who count on us for setups, products and making their custom guitar dreams come true.

My name is Cindy Hulej and I have been building alongside Rick Kelly under my own brand Cindy Guitars for the last 15 years.

Again, this is the last thing we wanted to do but it’s a terrible situation and anything anybody can help with will be a major help to us.

Please share our story if you cannot contribute financially. If you have been looking to purchase a guitar from us we have a lot available currently so that would be amazing too. Please help us reach our goal and thank you all very much.

Link in bio 🤍🌹

06/03/2026

14th collaboration build with my husband available! Old growth pine body and neck wood from ABC No Rio. Handcut custom aluminum inlay, logo, pickguard and control plate. 12” radius,, 6130 frets. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

06/01/2026

Unboxing day!!!! 🎁⚡️🎶✨🖤 Thank you so much !!!! Go follow! Awesome awesome awesome work!! (: Xx

06/01/2026

Some of the build process for the most recent custom guitar I finished! Killer model-t sharp horn for ⚡️❤️⚡️

Comment below your favourite part of the build process and what you’d like to see more of 🌹 Happy Sunday to everyone (: Xx

05/30/2026

Signature Cindy Chickguard GIVEAWAY! Tag and comment below and post on your stories to enter! Winner announced next Wednesday June 3rd! Love to you all and good luck!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️