K-Line Guitars, LLC.

MusiciansUnited States2-10 Employees

K-Line Custom Guitar builds one-of-a-kind electric guitars using hand selected bodies, necks and components.  Every starts out as raw lumber and are cut to K-Line specifications.  In addition to being great-playing instruments, K-Line Custom Guitars are aesthetically accurate in color, finish and components, and are moderately distressed to resemble worn-in (but not worn-out!) classic guitars. If you have the taste for a new look but have that worn in feeling on the neck, check out the new Time Kapsule series.

Many have missed the things that really make a guitar feel like an old friend, like rolled fret boards, modern radius, modern fretwire, and most importantly, an instrument that you can feel confident to use as a novice or a working professional.

Every guitar is built and finished  by Chris Kroenlein in his workshop in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. A craftsman who understands that building “relic style” guitars is as much an artform as a science, Kroenlein is quickly emerging as a notable custom guitar builder. The son of an auto body shop operator, Kroenlein’s lungs contain a permanent layer of paint overspray, and can distinguish brands of lacquers by smell. He maintains a reverence for classic guitars, but balances that with the opportunities to incorporate top-notch modern electronics and components and offers guitarists everywhere the opportunity to own the guitar of their dreams.

Chris Kroenlein lives in Crestwood, Missouri with his wife and twin toddlers and remains an active musician with a roots rock band in South St. Louis called Low Cycle Hum.

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