I spent £440 in 1996 for a Brand new Cherry Sorrento. I loved the unusual single cutaway and the rocknroll colour. The guitar has gorgeous P90 pickups which give the warmest jangley clean sound. It wasnt till I started gigging it with a revved up amp that I realised this guitars secret weapon. The sorrento has the most amazing feedback. With any reasonable amount of overdrive it hums and squeels and rings out. Over the years Ive found myself playing it with only my left hand. The strings start vibrating all on their own, like a 6 string invisible e -bow. This is a lot of fun and gives great tone colours. I find it works especially well when playing with another guitarist in the band particularly when they use something bright and sparkly like a tele. The build quality is suspect around the tuners. Gorgeous finish, but dodgy tuners. These are great guitars with many unique qualities, but you might make best use of them along with another electric player. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
