After falling in love with a lovely Parlor Stephen Kinnaird made for us some time ago we custom ordered this little sweetheart, P-1 Parlor Model. Once again it is Amore! Stephen used an extraordinary set of Quilted Spanish Cedar for the body and topped it with Italian Spruce. The neck is lightweight Spanish Cedar and it adorned with Kingwood accents. The result is a superb clear and articulate voice that is very responsive as well. This is one of those guitars you’ll want to keep close so you can grab it every chance you get.

Here’s an amazing sounding Kinnaird CS model in Pao Ferro and Engelmann Spruce. Beautifully appointed with a side sounport, Macassar Ebony bindings on the head, fingerboard and neck and featuring tone galore. This Stephen Kinnaird guitar has a voice much bigger than it’s 15 1/2″ body might suggest and the port give the player a full rich earful. This guitar has great balance and clarity and the 13 Fret neck keeps the bridge nearer the sweetspot and you can really hear it in the lovely treble strings. This one has a wide fingerboard as well. A wonderful mid size guitar with a big sound.

Our latest 426 from Steve Klein and Steve Kauffman is hands down a knockout. Gorgeous Myrtlewood back and sides with lovely dramatic figure, paired with a Torrefied Sitka Spruce top, makes for a quick, lively, and expressive guitar that’s equally at home with a pick as fingers. The 426 body fills the niche between their 396 and the full tilt 457, and that middle ground gives a great balance of projection and note definition. Add a soundport to the mix, plus all the usual Klein innovations like the integrated nut, access panel, and engineered bridge, and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind modern guitar on your hands.

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Brand new and already raring to go. This Klein & Kauffman 457 is such a powerhouse, and it’s decked out with some premium woods to boot. Mouthwatering Brazilian Rosewood back and sides pair up with Engelmann Spruce on top, a Guatemalan Rosewood neck for added sustain, Holly bindings throughout, and an upper bout soundport for a little more me in the monitors. What’s not to love? The voice is voluminous and thunderous, but maintains a crisp balance across the registers and along the fretboard that really speaks to the finest of modern lutherie. No one builds quite like Steve Klein and Steve Kauffman, and nothing sounds quite like this 457.

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Now here’s an instrument to scare away the Martins and Gibsons: a Klein M43 from 2003. It’s a big boy! With a big personality to match. This guitar was commissioned by a client who hand selected a gorgeously figured Indian Rosewood set for the back and sides, which is here paired with a Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top on Steve Klein’s M43 body. At 17 inches across the lower bout, this guitar has an unearthly growl and projection that fills the room, and the trebles cut nicely through the mix. It handles flatpicking just as well as fingerstyle, especially in fun altered tunings—and the slim neck makes for an easy playing experience. Additionally, this beauty comes installed with a Highland IP1 pickup system and a custom Calton flight case. This M43 features a single saddle, rather than the individual saddles that we see on many Kleins, and we feel that may lend something to the clarity and definition of the upper register.

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