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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Thank you Skip!
    Steve
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Thank, Skip!

    Here's a little comparative anatomy with the current Sorensen VX and V5 scrolls --

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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    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...
  4. Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road -- LIVE

    A really good set from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road in Boone, NC --


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0RKC_pap4

    Steve
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    Re: Overthinking tone

    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...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    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
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Well, of course the side dots match the frets!

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    Re: New build question - type of maple?

    Consider Quilted Big Leaf maple.
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    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...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    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...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Jim,
    I decided that Victor had enough quirky traits without adding a mandolin in the mix!
    Steve
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    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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    Kevlar/Carbon Fiber

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    Re: RIP Eddie Turner

    Eddie was a wonderful, kind, positive man. A delight to have shared a bit of mandolin time with him.
    Steve

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    Re: Sad news

    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...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Berto,

    Ends up being a little thicker in the recurve to adjust flexibility and in the center to adjust for mass.

    Steve
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Sorensen VX #110 Varnished

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  17. Re: Are you ready for a new Carbon/Kevlar Sorensen mandolin?

    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...
  18. Re: Are you ready for a new Carbon/Kevlar Sorensen mandolin?

    Liam Purcell gives a really interesting introduction and comparison of his new Kevlar/Carbon Sprite to his nine-year-old wood Sorensen Sprite --


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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...
  20. Re: Are you ready for a new Carbon/Kevlar Sorensen mandolin?

    Don,
    I use the two-way adjustable like this --

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    Love it when a plan comes together ...

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  22. Re: New double-soundboard mandolin - first sounds

    Wow! A lot to like there.
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  23. Re: Are you ready for a new Carbon/Kevlar Sorensen mandolin?

    One more view of the peghead before tuners go on.

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    Decided to try adding pin-striping. That wasn't easy!

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  25. Re: Is Gibson only making two models of mandolins now?

    :cow::cow::cow:

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