Looking for a full-bodied guitar with a huge, enveloping voice and the playability of a parlor? This, one of Steve Klein’s first guitars, can foot the bill–and then some. Built in 1976 as a lightly-braced model, this L45.7 has gorgeously tight-grained Brazilian Rosewood back, sides, neck, fretboard, and headstock, and a Spruce top which, when tapped, murmurs about the sheer depths of the guitar’s voice. Any fingerstyle arrangement will sound like heaven when these strings are set to vibrating. As we mentioned, this is one of Klein’s first guitars, when he was just beginning to experiment with the shape and design of acoustic steel string instruments, has a unique provenance: in this L45.7 you can see where many of his innovations will have come from. Moreover, this is an amazingly large-voiced and articulate guitar which performs best with lowered string tension to accentuate both the dynamic range it’s capable of and the almost breathy ease with which the Rosewood neck can be fretted.
I don't know of any other maker whose bass notes are so fundamentally sonorous and total as Klein's. Even with light-guage strings, this guitar has such depth of tone that it feels like my ear is pressed up against the top; it vibrates through me. 
This is one of the earliest Klein guitars I've played. It has the characteristic big bass and focused trebles his guitars are known for and it's very stripped down and simply decorated. A classic for sure. | Scale Length | 25.63 in |
|---|---|
| Nut Width | 1.75 in |
| String Spacing | 2.19 in |
| Woods | Spruce, Rosewood - Brazilian |
Looking for a full-bodied guitar with a huge, enveloping voice and the playability of a parlor. This, one of Steve Klein's first guitars, can foot the bill--and then some
I don't know of any other maker whose bass notes are so fundamentally sonorous and total as Klein's. Even with light-guage strings, this guitar has such depth of tone that it feels like my ear is pressed up against the top; it vibrates through me.
This is one of the earliest Klein guitars I've played. It has the characteristic big bass and focused trebles his guitars are known for and it's very stripped down and simply decorated 