Shonita & Los Gatos

13022306010-X Hello, I finally got my serial number. Midtowner, if I say pretty please, will you tell me where it was made? :)

I think Sorrentos are a well kept secret. SC confirmed that they had had issues with the labelling. What we need now is a non SN numbered guitar's SN. I suspect they may have been made elsewhere.I hope I get mine if only to clear up the mystery! In fact, I' ll write a follow up email now....

No, not yet. After the new year, I'll remind everyone. I could also go to the shop. I need some new strings anyway.

They haven't told me, they are checking first with the shop, I sent them proof of purchase. But as the shop only had one, it shouldn't be difficult. Athough because of the Xmas rush, I imagine they may take a while to answer.

Ok, I have news, CS have found what should be my SN and are double checking with Guitar Legend, the shop. It's in Pigalle, just off the "Guitar" street, with all the expensive vintage jobs, check it out if you come to Paris. I recomend Cedric by the way, he's the boss. He's really good at guessing what would would suit you. When I went in it was because I thought I wanted a Miss Mexico Cabronita Telecaster, and he had them. Anyway I explained what I wanted, a new guitar easier to play than my really nice classical guitar (Maya), but not a folk...he handed me the Cabronita and I played around on it while I waited my turn to hook up. I hated it, I just couldn't imagine myself playing it, too heavy, and despite being an 80s gal, I don' t think I'm a rock chick...so my turn came and I just handed it back. So he thought a while and then handed me the Sorrento, which had just come in with the other special 1962ers. I was off. 5 minutes later he asked me how I liked it and I didn't even hear him....

I love it, my guy is Mexican and he can't play it, I can on the keyboards :) It's really hard to sing though. :€

I'm guessing you aren' t Hispanic :) me neither by the way, but my guy is :) Shonita is what he calls me when I sing Besame Mucho :) Apparently I have a charming English accent when I sing in Spanish :)

Ah no cardboard box, it has the hard case, there was something written on some sellotape, but it rubbed off very quickly, so I took it off. Anyway I took one of the pickups off, but no luck, I can't loosen the strings because of the floating bridge, I already took it back once because the bridge fell over when I took the piece of plastic off.

Ah, thank you, well I'll see what they find, and if not, I'll get my partner to do it, he's a proper guitarist and he knows what he's doing. :)

Ah, interesting :) but I'm not taking mine apart to find out :)

Exactly, which is why I can't see them make such a rookie mistake as forgetting the SN, plus there's no problem with piracy and Indonesia as far as I know.

Well hopefully they'll be able to find my SN when I send the pics tomorrow, I don't have a full one of the back and it's dark here, I'd rather take the pics in daylight. I think you're probably right about them being made in Indonesia, but the absence of SN would seem consitent with them testing a high range run in a new factory to see how it went.

I got the distinct impression from the email from CS that the Sorrentos were made in different countries, the thing about pirating usually means China in Business speak, also with the problems they seem to have had, would seem to suggest an immature QC set up, and I get the feeling that Indonesia is quite expert at this. Also, now I think about it, the Sorrento was packed like things from China with little crystal bags against humidity. Also this would make sense, I think it would be much easy to ship Indonesian made things to the US.

Is this guy for real? it's like talking to a hormonal teenager. I don't know what you mean by "Woodwind", you mean Woodbrass? They didn't have Sorrentos either, plus it's not a very good shop. I was told the mic I wanted to buy was crap and I had to beg them to order it. In the end, I went somewhere else, Musikia, who are great and very helpful.

That's great, but that photo wasn't at the end of the links you posted(Of course we can't tell now because you took them off). I'm sorry but when you say all Sorrentos have SN s and have made in Indondesia labels, and seem to have no idea that they are numbered and when I'm playing one that doesn't and is numbered, it tends to make me think you may not know as much as you think you do. The male adolescent smileys don't help either. Strike that, on second thoughts I was taking you seriously until I realised you had edited all your posts into silly smileys. It was then I started wondering how old you were. Anyway, if you're interested, I have had info from customer service, see up thread.