SOROKIN
SOROKIN '54 WRAPTAIL - GOLDTOP
Regular price
$7,499.00
Its here! Our latest Masterpiece from Sorokin Guitars! Alexander Sorokin is a Canadian Guitar Builder with a singular obsession for 50’s P-90 equipped guitars. He has meticulously studied them and crafted stunning tributes to these classic instruments. We are proud to be his only dealer. These are in very limited supply, with approximately 5 guitars being released each YEAR. Play this one and see why we believe they are the finest Early 50’s Kalamazoo style instruments being made today.
This is Sorokin’s first carved top and it is stunning. The Goldtop is deep with the perfect greening. The guitar was carved right beside a real 1952 Les Paul for maximum accuracy.
The tone is fat and clear with the perfect amount of snarl. The Sanford Magnetics pickups clean up beautifully.
This guitar was spec'd out as follows:
-One piece Honduran Mahogany neck and body
-Hot hide glue construction throughout; neck set, truss rod filler strip, and fingerboard
-Cocobolo fingerboard
-Celluloid nitrate Trapazoid inlays sourced from original 50’s supplier
-1950's correct 17 degree angled headstock
-1950's style single action 3/16 steel truss rod with brass nut
-Period correct nylon 6/6 nut
-Kluson Tuners
-Mojoaxe, 33 gram aluminum wraparound bridge - Machined from 7075 aircraft grade lightweight aluminum bar stock
-Vintage correct long bridge studs with extra long bushings
-Sanford Magnetics custom wound "SS90" Pickups
-1954' style medium-large "C" neck profile
-1959 spec nickel-silver medium/high fretwire
-Metered 500k audiotaper CTS pots with Luxe Grey Tiger capacitor
-Luxe #8 gauge black PVC Tubing inside wiring cavity - which even smells old
-Custom order Luxe braided metal shield #22 AWG ORANGE Cloth 7-Strand Tinned Copper Hook-Up Wire
-Switchcraft jack
-Vintage correct #19 AWG Tinned Copper Ground Wire
-Unplasticized nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Weather checking is real.
-9.4 pounds