K-Line Springfield | A Review

Real speakers or headphones strongly recommended.

A non-sponsored unpaid review featuring the guitar straight in to a nice amp, well recorded, with no effects.

It'll never catch on...

Specs and options on K-Lines:
https://k-lineguitars.com/guitars/opt...

Timeline:

00:00 Intro
00:57 Basic Specs
02:13 The Neck
02:30 Radius and Shape
02:47 Frets
03:17 The Neck Pocket
03:31 The Nut
03:47 The Tuners
04:02 The Neck Finish
04:13 The Guitar Finish
05:01 The Bridge
05:29 Fender Bridge
05:43 Gotoh 510 Bridge
05:53 Callaham Bridge
06:01 Wilkinson Bridge
06:19 Bridge Setup
06:34 Vibrato Tension Adjustment
06:46 The Wiring Job
07:10 The Jack
07:15 Shielding
07:28 Truss Rod Adjustment
07:58 The Playing Tests
11:12 Preview of the Second Video
11:34 The Playing Resumes
20:13 The Verdict

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These are things I get asked about a lot :

Amp Tech Gear Used :

Hakko FX-951 soldering station
Weller SPG 80L soldering iron (chassis work)
Rigol DS1054Z digital oscilloscope
Thsinde 18B+ digital multimeters
Kester 60/40 solder
Techspray #4 No-Clean Desoldering Braid

Below are things that make this channel possible that people don’t usually think about. If any of these companies want to send me new and wonderful toys, I’m open to that. I can’t take free stuff when it comes to the amps I review, etc, but for the stuff below, bribe away!

Microphones/Audio Equipment :

Guitar Amps : Royer R-10 Hot Rod and/or Shure SM57 (noted in videos)
Voiceover Bench : sE Audio sE8 (small diaphragm condenser)
Voiceover Streaming : Shure SM57 with shockmount and windscreen
Voiceover Mic Arms : Elgato Wave Mic arms
Guitar Mic Stand : Gator Frameworks short weighted base stand with boom
Mic Cables and Guitar Cables : Mogami/Neutrik
Mic pre : MOTU M2
DAW : Logic Pro II on MacBook Pro 16 running Sequoia 15
Plugins : No effects other than level matching/normalization unless a recording
specifically has reverb etc added in post (rare, various Waves plugins)
Monitors : Yamaha HS7s
Monitor Stands : Gator Frameworks Desktop Clamp-On Stands
Monitor Isolation Mounts : IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck Minis
Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (main)
Headphones : Sony MDR-7506 (alternate)

Video Equipment :

Camera : Sony ZVE-10 with SmallRig Cage (main)
Lens : Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (main)
Lens : Sony ZVE10 kit lens (rarely used)
B Camera : Apple iPhone 13 Pro (rarely used)
Tripod : SmallRig 71” with SmallRig Fluid Video Head
Streaming Mount : Elgato Master Mount S with SmallRig Ballhead
Bench Light : SmallRig RC 120D
Bench Light Diffusor : SmallRig Lantern Softbox
Bench C-Stands (light and overhead camera) : Neewer Pro SS Heavy Duty
Streaming Light : SmallRig RC 120B
Streaming Diffusor : SmallRig Parabolic Softbox
Streaming Light Mount : SmallRig 148CM Wall Mount Boom with Triangle Base
Various Other Lights : Neewer LED Panels with Neewer Softboxes

Video Software :

Davinci Resolve 19
Inkscape
GIMP
Because seriously, screw Adobe
Ecamm Live (streaming software)