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About eight years ago I spotted this in my local music shop. A “closet classic” K-Line San Bernardino in Lake Placid Blue. Originally it had K-Line’s own P90s but I found them incredibly noisy so I swapped them out for a set of Kinman noise-free P90-a-likes instead. Mine must have been one of the first K-Lines in the country (the shop owner brought it in as a one-off after seeing Chris Kroenlein’s stand at a trade show in the USA). Shortly afterwards, Coda Music in Stevenage became the UK importer. I must admit, I’m not a fan of artificial ageing and, being me and always tinkering, I might swap out the P90’s for a set of humbuckers but I really like this guitar. The body shape is really comfortable (I need the belly cut these days) but mostly, I love the neck on it. It’s got quite a narrow radius to it compared to my PRS and Tele and it’s just so easy to play. The observant may notice that I’ve fitted my Roland MIDI pickup to it - largely because it’s a direct fit to the bridge posts so I could attach it without the sticky pads or screws I’d have needed for anything else. I don’t see of hear much about K-Lines in the UK but they deserve more attention.

Fair points (and as I said I'm out of touch with recent movements so not really in a position to dispute your comments even if I wanted to). Truth to tell I'd never pay this sort of money for a guitar sight unseen. Not possible right now of course, so I guess the OP has to either hit & hope or else be prepared to return his purchase if he doesn't like it. That said, I wouldn't buy a new LP anyway so probably talking a bit out of turn (and the OP is accordingly quite entitled to ignore my comments ). Great sound, shame about the weight. And the upper fret access. And the back-to-front control knobs. (The one I do own is inherited from my nephew as payment for something or other so I feel at liberty to hack it around a little. Sounds pretty good with the P90s IMHO, plays pretty well too as long as I don't try to do anything fancy. Not sure I'd want to gig with it though as the electrics are actually a bit flakey. Must get round to sorting that out sometime...)