Some variations on the Sorensen Sprite Two-Point

[Steve Sorensen]

Fun to see Randy Jones and Lonesome River Band with his Sprite B in action at Huck Finn Jubilee this weekend.

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[Steve Sorensen]

Good break at about 1:00 which gives a real feel for the Sprite B in the mix with LRB --



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[Steve Sorensen]

A nice bit of Sprite action from Liam Purcell --



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[tkdboyd]

A nice bit of Sprite action from Liam Purcell --



Steve

Great sounding mandolin.

I am really impressed with the young man's playing. I always finding myself wanting to shred on that tune, but yet this young man is very reserved in he seems to emphasize phrasing rather than flashy licks. Very cool.

[Ron McMillan]

Lovely! Your two-point really sings under extremely tough circumstances.

[Steve Sorensen]

I just love that the Sprite Two-Point design seems to open up players to thinking outside the "Cremona Brown" box --



Steve

[terzinator]

Love seeing mine up there in the collage. Orange you all jealous?

[Grommet]

Not too jealous, but I'm glad this one went to you Chris. Your wife is really a gem. I played one at TMS around Oct. 2014 (possibly the same one you tried in 2015?). It was really a wonderful mandolin. For my tonal, styling, and playability preferences, it was the best in the store that day. But...when I played the Pava I knew that it would be the one that came home with me that day. I do love those two pointers though!

Scott

[Al Trujillo]

Sure do love the looks of two-points. Looks like another one for my 'dream' list of instruments!

[Steve Sorensen]

Here are a few shots of the first Sprite Two-Point 10-string mandola --









This instrument was commissioned by the wonderful Ashland, Oregon player and teacher, Boris Cummings, just before his tragic passing from cancer.

Steve

[Skip Kelley]

That is a beautiful instrument, Steve! I love the coloring; it is perfect! That is a sad story of the one that commissioned it.

[Teak]

Love seeing mine up there in the collage. Orange you all jealous?

Yup, absolutely green with envy, and blue because I can't afford one at *this* time.

[Steve Sorensen]

Here's a bit of Bach from Matthew Pustina (Hot Dish) up in Anchorage, AK on his Sprite Two-Point mandola --



And a few shots of the instrument --

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[Steve Sorensen]

Here's a bit of video of Chris Cerna (Bluegrass Republic) picking on the "Junkyard Dog" Sprite Two-Point that I built last year using an old reclaimed curly Redwood beam cutoff from Bruce Harvey and a piece of spalted curly Maple from an old barn board that another wood seller gave me for free so that he wouldn't have to haul it home.



The combination of these two woods was a "soft on soft" experiment which I thought would be fun.

Since the mandolin was meant to be an experiment, I've continued to tweak it for improved tone and power. To this end, I recently replaced the carbon fiber fixed truss rod in the neck with a two-way adjustable rod, added a bit of a shim to increase neck angle, and swapped out the Schaller tuners for new Rubners.

Chris had played the mandolin before I made these changes . . . and I wanted to see if he noticed any differences. He did.

Video/Sound is from a Nikon CoolPix camera.

Steve

[Steve Sorensen]

New website page for the Sprite Two-Point -- HERE

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[Steve Sorensen]

This Sprite Two-Point has flown it's way over to TAMCO in Brighton, UK --





I'm excited to see where it flies next!

Steve

[trevor]

You beat me to it Steve. It is amazing. I don't think it will be here long.

[Steve Sorensen]

HERE is Trevor's page, and here another of my parting shots --



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[Steve Sorensen]

Chris Cerna -

https://www.facebook.com/lizette4rl/...3164220564470/

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[Steve Sorensen]

Itzbin Reel with Cane Mill Road's Liam Purcell and Eliot Smith --



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[Steve Sorensen]

Some more fine picking from Liam and Eliot --



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[Steve Sorensen]

A new tune from Chip Bach --



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[John Soper]

I've loved the look of the Sprite since I first found your website, and love the tone on mine. Wish I could afford a "Flight" of Sorensens!

[Steve Sorensen]

Thanks, John! I sure love building them!

[Lucas]

I love mine too! I am the lucky recipient of Steve's latest Sprite. It brings me joy every time I pick it up. It was a bit of a stretch to come up with the funds to buy it but I have absolutely no regrets.

Thank you Steve!