• From: New Zealand
  • Registered: 2008-01-29
  • Posts: 53

Topic: Samick Electric Guitar

I have a Samick electric guitar SMx1 which I got in 1997. It has an American ash body, 24 fret ebony finger board, pearl dot inlay, double lock Floyd Rose bridge, gold coloured hardware and designed by Valley Arts Custom Pro Shop. Pickups are 2 single and 1 humbucker with a 5 position switch. Somebody said to me once that Samick usually copy other brands and don't normally design their own. Does anyone know if this is a copy or a one off.

  • From: Stockton Ca
  • Registered: 2007-10-19
  • Posts: 192

Re: Samick Electric Guitar

Dude you kind of answered your own question.  Valley Arts designed the guitar, they were two separate companies.  Valley Arts specialised in Custom guitars usually in a Tele, Strat, or Super Strat design,  they were popular with Jazz, Country, and Metal players.  They partnered with Samick for a while, but later they were bought by Gibson.

  • From: New Zealand
  • Registered: 2008-01-29
  • Posts: 53

Re: Samick Electric Guitar

Thanks mixter 102. I should have picked that up. But thanks for the bit of history anyway