Introducing the Sorensen FX Blade

[MandoJason]

Thanks for the full photos Steve, absolutely beautiful. Enjoy your time on that mandolin...can't wait to hear/see it in action.
Jason

[Lord of the Badgers]

What all the others said, and all the positive things everyone else will say, plus a wow that can't be overstated enough. Stunning.

[spufman]

Bravo, it is breathtaking.

[Ivan Kelsall]

I really do love the more 'radical' designs that many of the luthiers on here come up with,they're simply sensational & Steve has just added another one to my 'OMG !' list. There wouldn't be enough hours in the day if i owned one of these totally fantastic instruments.
Keep 'em comin' folks - off the planet awesome !!!!!,
Ivan

[Steve Lavelle]

Those are the most elegant f holes I've seen on a mandolin in quite some time. The whole instrument is beautiful and avant garde at the same time! I hope it sounds as beautiful as it looks.

[Darryl Wolfe]

Excellent

[sgarrity]

Beauty and innovation personified......I mean mandolinified! I got to play it "in the white" and was mighty impressed. Maybe I'll get to hit a few licks on it this week.....

[Dick Hutchings]

We'll now need a book like Roger Siminoff's How to build a Bluegrass Mandolin or what ever it's called with instructions for building these. Awesome job. Would you be offended if we started copying that? I wouldn't know where to begin.

[DHopkins]

Omg!

[Emmett Marshall]

That mandolin is so awesome in design, so right on track, and I'm so sure it's out of budget for me. DANG!

[juneman]

WOW! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!


Walter "JUNE" mandolins and guitars

[Steve Hinde]

A little 'Lord of the Rings" elvenish. Very creative. Exceptional to say the least.

[JEStanek]

Love the design. Even the leaf spear tip headstock. That's a very cool new take on a traditional design. It looks aggressive and organic. Wonderful.

Jamie

[LoneStar Boy]

I like the new take on the traditional. It looks great, and I love the design. Congratulations!

[wildpikr]

I volunteer to help it open up!

[Perry Babasin]

Beautiful Design, really digging the colors! It kind of reminds me of a B.C. Rich guitar in the scroll and rounded edges. Very nice, the binding is awesome, cut not bent I'm thinking.

[Steve Sorensen]

Again, thank you for all the kind words on the design and style. This was a fun build.

I'll admit, I did take peek at some of the sword designs from Lord of the Rings while I was working on early sketches.

Here's a quick bit of video from a jam last night. Took it with my phone, so the quality is not great . . . but it's a start --



Steve

[Don Grieser]

That mandolin has some cut to it.

Someone had to say it.

[Steve Sorensen]

Here is a bit of video of Randy Jones (who currently plays a SpriteB with Lonesome River Band) checking out the FX prototype while we were at Huck Finn Jubilee in Ontario, CA.



The mandolin was just over a month old when this was recorded.

Steve

[terzinator]

Sounds great, Steve.

And Randy's Old Da(i)ngerfield was outta this world.

[Dick Hutchings]

Yikes, that was nice.

[wildpikr]

Wow, what a cool shape! Out of curiosity, which case does it fit into best? Will you have one made to fit?

[Steve Sorensen]

It fits in a regular Superior fiberglass F-style case . . . but deserves a custom!

Steve

[Steve Sorensen]

[Steve Sorensen]

We watched in awe as Sam Bush sat down and actually focused in on the FX mandolin at IBMA last week. And as those magic fingers did what only he can do, another player said quietly, "He knows tone."



Well, that was really cool!
Steve