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Bill Kelliher Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Bill Kelliher Biography

Bill Kelliher is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on March 23, 1971 in Rochester, New York, United States. Co-guitarist of the heavy metal group Mastodon that began as a member of the bands Lethargy as well as Today is the Day.

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Kelliher performs a number of different roles within Mastodon. These include backing vocals during live performances, complex guitar parts and occasional lead guitar. Also running the samples and ambiance in between and during songs, for that he utilizes a Jamman looper. He shares guitar duties with Brent Hinds, playing mainly complex rhythm parts, although he occasionally plays solos, such as on “Sleeping Giant”, and harmonized dual leads with Hinds, such as on “Black Tongue”. On June 12, 2007, Hinds and Kelliher won the Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for best shredders, Mastodon’s first ever award. Mastodon won a Grammy for “Best metal performance” for the song Sultans Curse in 2018

Kelliher uses several guitars in Mastodon: his main guitar for a long time was a Gibson Les Paul Custom in a Silverburst finish. He used other Les Paul Customs in Ebony and Alpine White during the band’s 2009 tour with Dethklok. He has also used three Gibson Explorers: a vintage Explorer CMT in tobacco burst and two more modern models in black and white. Kelliher has also used two custom Yamaha SBGs and a First Act custom 9-string Silverburst DC Lola, which was built for usage on Mastodon’s album Crack the Skye. Kelliher used Laney amplification at one time (specifically, the VH100R head). After that, he played a Marshall JCM 800 Kerry King signature. Since 2010, Kelliher and his bandmate Brent Hinds went on playing the Orange Thunderverb series. He can also be seen playing through a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier in the bonus features of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters DVD. In 2013, Kelliher got a signature Gibson Explorer, named “The Golden Axe”. It has a mahogany body and neck, rosewood fretboard with figured acrylic trapezoid inlays, a gold burst finish and Lace Nitro Hemi humbucker pickups.

His wife and he have two sons.

NameBill Kelliher
First NameBill
Last NameKelliher
OccupationGuitarist
BirthdayMarch 23
Birth Year1971
Place of BirthRochester
Home TownNew York
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignPisces
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseJulianne Gee Kelliher
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In June 2016 ESP Guitars announced that Kelliher had started endorsing their guitars and that they would be releasing 2 signature models for him, the high end ESP Bill Kelliher and the more affordable LTD BK-600. The guitars are both of the Eclipse body style with full thickness mahogany bodies with no waist cut, 3 piece mahogany set through necks with 22 fret ebony fretboards and 24.75 scale lengths. Hardware wise they feature locking tuners and Tone Pros tunomatic and stoptail locking bridges. They use Kelliher’s signature Lace Dissonant Aggressor pickups wired with a 3 way switch and single volume and tone knobs. They will be available in Military Green Sunburst Satin finishes with bound bodies and headstocks and ESP flag inlays.

Bill Kelliher Net Worth

Bill Kelliher is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill Kelliher's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He relocated away from Victor, New York to the Atlanta region where his musical career took off.

He was awarded his Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for the best shredder in 2007.

Bill Kelliher (born March 23, 1971) is a musician from Atlanta, Georgia, best known as rhythm guitarist of heavy metal band Mastodon. He is a native of Victor, New York.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeGuitarist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

At NAMM 2016 Friedman Amplification launched a signature amp for Kelliher called the Butterslax.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
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In 2013 Kelliher collaborated with Lace Pickups on his own signature guitar pickups, the “Dissonant Aggressors.”

Who is Bill Kelliher Dating?

According to our records, Bill Kelliher married to Julianne Gee Kelliher. As of December 1, 2023, Bill Kelliher’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Bill Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bill Kelliher celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

What pickups does Bill Kelliher use?

They use Kelliher’s signature Lace Dissonant Aggressor pickups wired with a 3 way switch and single volume and tone knobs. They will be available in Military Green Sunburst Satin finishes with bound bodies and headstocks and ESP flag inlays.

What speakers does Bill Kelliher use?

Bill would regularly use the 80s JCM800 2203 amplifier head and 2203KK Kerry King model heads to get his sound on stage.

What genre is Mastodon?

Genres

Where is Mastodon from?

Atlanta, GA

What tuning does Mastodon use?

The thick, heavy Mastodon guitar sound comes from tuning all six strings down by a tone (two frets) to DGCFAD. For their other trademark tunings Bill and Brent tune the sixth string down a further tone to C (CGCFAD) or even all the way down to A (AGCFAD).

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