Steve Klein

	S t e v e K l e i n
www.kleinguitars.com	521 Broadway, CA 95476 Toll Free 877-455-3467 (4KLEINS)
Klein Guitar Links Acoustics Electrics Specifications Owners Dealers Profile Klein/Taylor Bass	a profile… 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.


	Klein acoustics and electrics are played by Steve Miller, Joni Mitchell, Andy Summers, Joe Walsh, Bill Frisell, Lou Reed, and David Torn. Michael Hedges played a klein electric harp guitar, and Stanley Clark, Billy Sheehan and Sting along with others play Taylor/Klein basses.

19 string electric harp guitar built for Bob Gore


	In 1991, Steve Klein and Bob Taylor began designing the Taylor/Klein acoustic bass, which is now in production at Taylor Guitars in El Cajon, California


	Taylor/Klein Acoustic Bass

The ergonomic, headless electric guitars he designed were shaped by input from
Carl Margolis, Ronnie Montrose, and Ned Steinberger.

Steve Miller's electric sitar guitar

Steve's electric guitars have also eased

Lou Reed's

physical complaints from years of

walking on the wild side.

This website is dedicated to the loving memory of

Fred Klein & Michael Hedges


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


	Steve is married to the most wonderful woman in the world, who loves him so much she even does his typing.