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Honestly I wish I'd done so about 10 years ago when they were going for £2500-3000, because now they seem to be double for not very good examples and a lot more for early Kleins.
A couple of things to be aware of with these, for those that do not know.
First they have no truss rod, quite a lot of the necks stayed stable- it is a big ol hunk of rosewood.
Some really didn't- which I believe is known amongst Klein fans as 'the pretzel trick'.
If you have one of those necks then there isn't much you can do except for make a new one, or take one off a known good guitar.
Also I am told a lot of these have been either chopped up, with parts taken off original instruments and made into new ones- either an original neck on a new body or vice versa. Also a lot of the trans trees have been taken off and used on other instruments and cheaper S or R terms put in.
Ed Roman guitars bought a load of parts from en ex-employee of Klein and they can be a source for parts, although they are hellishly expensive.
In the end I decided to go with Forshage for my headless guitars desires.
I have two at the moment and he is making me a Neo at the moment, based on a Languedoc (with a headstock).
There are some other builders doing headless designs- Strandberg, Toone, Teuffel, Canton, Kiesel etc.
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We have a few headless guitar fans here.
I wanted one when I saw Bill Frisell and David Torn playing them.
Although they both no longer use them I still would like to own one at some stage.
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But they start at over a grand more expensive than the Forshage instruments I have had built.
I'm not saying I wouldn't do it, would depend on how long the build time was etc.
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I wonder if he is using a truss rod in the neck?
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Had it with humbuckers sized single coils and a transtrem. At the time ( 10 years ago ) I got it from ebay DE, the adverts for about £2000 + a pedal ( empress super delay ).
It made me want to play all the time and it was a truly gorgeous sounding guitar for clean and driven sounds.
The only thing I didn't like was the black finish. Most of the ones for sale are Blacktop style and as @octatonic ; mentioned way more expensive than a direct order.
I am interested getting one custom made but my attempts to reach via Steve's website were unsuccessful, it might be the wrong period or the wrong way to contact him..
I'll try again in a bit.
Glad to see Frisell's fans as well as klein lovers here. Another great Klein user and jazz player that you guys might already know is Tim Miller.
PS: @DrBob yes he did have a couple with fancy pickguards if recall
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https://andysummers.com/guitar-collection/
I don't want one of those either.
I need my hands on... er... wood.
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Even with a rosewood neck they are very well balanced- better than a standard electric.
Next meet up (in the year 2054 from the way things are going) I'll bring along a Forshage.
Even my hollow body Forshage is very well balanced.
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The balance standing was perfect it reminded me of my parker fly guitars but with a bit more weight ( at the right place) and sitting it is hands down the best ergonomics. I would literally play an insane amount of hours not feeling anything but great comfort.