Skip,
That gives meaning to the phrase "simple elegance". So nice!
Steve
Type: Posts; User: Steve Sorensen
Skip,
That gives meaning to the phrase "simple elegance". So nice!
Steve
Talk to Danny Roberts. Well worth the shipping costs for his many years at Gibson building mandolins and doing repairs.
His email - mandograscal@gmail.com
Steve
As is apparent from many of the builder posts on this string, we seem to be detail-obsessed personalities ... in the best way!
I guess that is why I am so tickled by the little V5 logo detail on...
A nice shot of a new inlay for the V5 that I am prepping for finishing --
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Thank you Skip!
Steve
Thank, Skip!
Here's a little comparative anatomy with the current Sorensen VX and V5 scrolls --
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It's nice to be back in the wood mode after a roller coaster detour into carbon fiber!
Here is a new variation of the Sorensen VX with a F5-ish scroll ... so I guess its a Sorensen "V5". I really...
A really good set from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road in Boone, NC --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0RKC_pap4
Steve
There is a fundamental reason that more experienced players progress to better quality instruments -- they grow to understand the difference in responsiveness, complexity, subtlety of tone, and...
Skip,
Thank you so much for your consistent positive cheerful presence here.
You are a more than a remarkable builder, you are a positive force for all 'Cafe regulars.
Steve
Well, of course the side dots match the frets!
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Consider Quilted Big Leaf maple.
My pal, Eddie Sheehy, and I decided to update this Sprite Two-Point mandola with a 16" to 14.25" scale fan fret fingerboard. The results turned out to be lovely to see and beautiful to hear. CC GG DD...
Alfonse,
1. Thank you so much for taking the leap with The Rift. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing!
2. While the Kevlar/Carbon fiber + molded chopped carbon composite...
Jim,
I decided that Victor had enough quirky traits without adding a mandolin in the mix!
Steve
These days, variety is the spice of life, so the bench has seen --
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Maple and Sitka Spruce
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Eddie was a wonderful, kind, positive man. A delight to have shared a bit of mandolin time with him.
Steve
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As a teen I was obsessed with the banjo. Jesse McReynolds was the first mandolin player that I actually stopped, and listened to, and starting thinking, man, that is a cool sound with all those...
Berto,
Ends up being a little thicker in the recurve to adjust flexibility and in the center to adjust for mass.
Steve
Sorensen VX #110 Varnished
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Thanks! I really like the way Liam took the time to introduce both his Spruce and Maple Sprite and then the Kevlar/Carbon Sprite.
Nice to have the recording clean and simple and outdoors in a...
Liam Purcell gives a really interesting introduction and comparison of his new Kevlar/Carbon Sprite to his nine-year-old wood Sorensen Sprite --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78wPp5lxQ9s
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Sometimes I just get so tickled by the way a set of pictures convey the look of a new instrument ...
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This newest Kevlar/Carbon Sprite is out in Deep Gap, NC with Liam Purcell. Can't...
Don,
I use the two-way adjustable like this --
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Steve
Love it when a plan comes together ...
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