Building a New "Kline"

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 3 Apr 2022 7:02 am

Actually not a "new Kline",,,,but I am thinking seriously about a new project. As most on the forum know,,,I'm "keyless to the core",,,LOL,,,and also very dedicated to the yoke pull system. I've owned and played Klines for 20+ years,,,of course the old ZBs had a yoke pull system,,and I guess the Moyo's. I'm partial to that self balancing system,,,and think I'd like to try to build something to incorporate my ideas along with that system. While I like the new keyless tuner I posted here earlier,,,,you still can't beat the Kline type tuner that Kline,,,and myself have been building and using for years. Simplicity,,,,that's where it's at.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 3 Apr 2022 7:10 am

Best guitar I ever had was a Kline.

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 4 Apr 2022 7:04 pm

The Kline included some very interesting and sound conceptual ideas and they were known to sound accordingly.
I feel that many of these ideas should be re-viewed according to newer manufacturing possibilities.

... J-D.

Mike DiAlesandro · Post by **Mike DiAlesandro** » 10 Apr 2022 5:06 am

Living in the county where the Klines were built, (Portage Co.) and living in a farmhouse built in 1890 that is believed to have been built by an uncle or great uncle of Joe Kline, (Adam Kline) I have a special interest in Kline guitars.

Being a 10 string player, I have had a 12 and a 14 string Kline come my way, but could not adapt to the different string spacing, etc, and as much as I wanted to keep them, they were released back into the wild.

Tomorrow, a D-10 Kline will arrive from California from the original owner! Quite excited to finally have found a ten string Kline...

Anyway, as I sat here this Sunday morning, a thought popped in my head. If Emmons could be revitalized by some folks with the Resound 65, what about Klines...

I wonder if the equipment is still here in Portage County in a pole barn somewhere just waiting to go back to work.

A nice fantasy, probably, but who knows, perhaps with the right group of people involved maybe not as far fetched as it seems.

Your thoughts?

Mike D

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 10 Apr 2022 3:50 pm

Joe is in Florida and still has parts available,,,also limited work,,,he also built a special order a few years ago,,,don't know if he has his equipment in Florida,,or still in Ohio. David Decker used to work for him and is still in Ohio,,also Hummingbird Music services a lot of Klines and in close communication with Joe. I communicate with him from time to time. Also Paul Redmond is THE authority on Kline guitar

If I built one it would NOT be a duplicate of Kline,,,,it would project some of my own ideas ,,,but utilize the yoke pulling system ,,,as Joe utilized the old yoke ZB pulling system

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 10 Apr 2022 5:30 pm

Sonny Jenkins wrote:Joe is in Florida and still has parts available,,,also limited work,,,he also built a special order a few years ago,,,don't know if he has his equipment in Florida,,or still in Ohio. David Decker used to work for him and is still in Ohio,,also Hummingbird Music services a lot of Klines and in close communication with Joe. I communicate with him from time to time. Also Paul Redmond is THE authority on Kline guitar

If I built one it would NOT be a duplicate of Kline,,,,it would project some of my own ideas ,,,but utilize the yoke pulling system ,,,as Joe utilized the old yoke ZB pulling system

And greatly improved on it. I had a ZB D10 and bought a Kline and the Kline undercarriage was so much more refined and easier to work on. And Kline's vertical was the best design I have ever seen on a PSG.

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