Insider Spotlight: Luthier Alex Sorokin

December 2018

From time-to-time, we’ll be showcasing the stories (and guitars) of fellow members of the Insider Community. Up first is Edmonton, Alberta-based electric guitar builder Alex Sorokin of Sorokin Guitars. Though building according to the historical framework of the 1950s, he’s not simply making replicas, he’s building, as he puts it, “a better mousetrap.” A part-time builder who builds what he wants, when he wants it, Sorokin’s name has spread quickly in the guitar world due in large part to his collaboration with fellow Canadian guitar hero Joey Landreth (who we recently filmed playing his Sorokin)....

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