January 2, 2007, 12:59 PM
by Rick Messock.
Peter Kellett is an ultimate guitar geek, an uber axe collector, which, in guitar circles, spells C-O-O-L. His exceptional guitar collection ranges from early '50s classics to Fender Custom Shop prototypes and an impressive array of aluminum-bodied instruments. By his own estimate, Kellett has up to 150 guitars - a virtual six-string candy shop. Kellett is the owner of a company called PK Selective, which is one of the largest full service anodize shops in Northern California. Anodizing is a process that electrolytically coats a metal with a protective or, in the case of some of PK Selective’s work, a decorative coating. As you might expect, PK Selective does a great deal of industrial metal coating, but Kellett has developed some rather unique talents and capabilities, including “splash anodizing” which results in a technicolor protective coating on aluminum...