Klein

Steve Klein Biography

Steve's grandfather was an ornamental caster in Austria. He took his family out of Europe to escape the war, settling first in St. Louis and finally in Northern California. Steve has inherited his grandfather's talent of transforming natural elements into practical and beautiful works of art.

In 1991, Steve Klein and Bob Taylor began designing the AB series acoustic bass, which is now in production in southern California.

Steve's shop is in Vineburg, a hamlet with no sidewalks outside of the town of Sonoma, California.

Artists who play Klein: Steve Miller, Joni Mitchell, Andy Summers, Joe Walsh, Bill Frisell, Lou Reed, David Torn, Stanley Clark, Billy Sheehan, Sting