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Guitarplayer Editors’ Pick

IT SOMETIMES SEEMS like everybody and his cousin is making quality reproduction bolt-neck S- and T-style guitars. Yet when you get your hands on a great one, the results can be eye-opening and strangely enlivening. While I admit to feeling jaded sometimes, this K-Line Springfield arrived like a Lake Placid Blue bolt from the great beyond to remind me how inspiring the 67-year-old design remains, especially when it’s well put together and thoughtfully updated to suit the needs of contemporary players without watering down the vintage-correct tone and vibe.

Chris Kroenlein began making his K-Line guitars as a

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