Actually Rys seems to know steve and lorenzo quite well. From what I understood
of our conversation, it is extremely hard for lorenzo to get one done, even if
he has most of the parts to just put it together.
such a shame.

steve

--- On Mon, 7/6/09, matseriksson2008 <matseriksson2008@...> wrote:

From: matseriksson2008 <matseriksson2008@...>
Subject: SW thread: Re: Klein reputation
To: steinberger_world@yahoogroups.com
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My heart jumped twice when I read the topic,

"took delivery of my very first Klein" seemed imply to me, that you got a BRAND
NEW ONE FROM LORENZO DIRECTLY, insinuating that he might be back in business.
Alas, when reading on it was - of course - nothing like that...



... don't scare us like that...

.. we have faint hearts..especially those who have made deposits.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)



/Mats



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> holy cow, I just took delivery of my very first Klein. Hand delivered by the
original first time owner.

> Dam, had no idea those sounded that good acoustically. Kind of puts my GM to
shame now.

> Every word of praise Steve Klein received from this group and others is very
well deserved.

> And yes, it is a Steve, not a Lorenzo.

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> Subject: Re: SW thread: Finally decided - ordered from Fretsong

> To: steinberger_ world@yahoogroup s.com

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always liked the idea of having the dots on the top back, like some classical
guitars (actually some classicals have none whatsoever, those are for real men I
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> Ok, finally after some weeks of major indecision I made a decision yesterday
and ordered a custom made guitar from Paul at Fretsong. Thanks Jon Bondy and
everyone else here for their patience in answering my questions.

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the size of an L shaped type guitar. Striped, solid, metallic? Classic SB
black or white? Other than what I think looks good, are there any other
consideration like cracks, durability, maintenance, etc.?

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and side dots. I considered fiber optics but decided against it. Some type of
fluorescent or glow in the dark type side dots would be great, is there such a
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guitar. Is there a guitar strap hook available for a guitar? Or simply go with
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