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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2502.1 | Samick | RICKS::ROST | The Creator has a master plan | Wed Apr 15 1992 16:02 | 5 |
| It's Samick. No idea where the guitars are actually made, but that
name has been on imported pianos for years.
Brian
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| 2502.2 | Samick = Korea, no? | RICKS::CALCAGNI | Give dog a solo! | Wed Apr 15 1992 16:06 | 1 |
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| 2502.3 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Wed Apr 15 1992 16:08 | 9 |
| I played with a guy for awhile that had a Samick 4-string bass. Looked
like a cheap instrument, cosmetically, but it sounded good and played
pretty well. A basic, no-nonsense P-bass style instrument (with a
pointy headstock).
That was about three years ago, so I know they've been around at least
that long.
Greg
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| 2502.4 | Notes collision | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Wed Apr 15 1992 16:10 | 3 |
| I believe Rick's right, made in Korea.
gh
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| 2502.5 | | KDX200::COOPER | Step UP to the RACK ! | Wed Apr 15 1992 16:14 | 9 |
| They're pretty - FWIW.
I saw a black one with gold hardware at ProSound once - it looked
nice...
Also, Guido used to own a Sammick mxr that Alan Starr bought - I though
it was a nice board with a ton of features for the $$.
jc
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| 2502.6 | | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | grep?? | Thu Apr 16 1992 09:07 | 19 |
| I've tried Samic acoustics, electrics and a bass. They're a good value for
the cost, which is low.
Samik's power amps and mixers are very very nice, Al is loading his rack with
samiks for tweo reasons: 1. they're cheap 2. they're powerful.
The samik's we've used have out powered higher rated amps made by:
audiologic
peavy
crown
QSC
BGW
audio centron
Not only loud but clean and very noise free. If they made a 50W per channel amp
I'd by one for my studio.
dbii
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| 2502.7 | | PHAROS::SAKELARIS | | Thu Apr 16 1992 09:08 | 7 |
| Yo Sammyman,
Hampshire Music had a few. Top quality guitars for the money in my
opinion. No snob appeal however. But since you play a Hohner fretless
I guess snob appeal isn't important to you.
"sakman"
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| 2502.8 | | ELWOOD::CARLIN | Balance | Thu Apr 16 1992 14:05 | 8 |
| I played a Samick acoustic last weekend up in Chelmsford, where I was
looking at that Crate amp. I was impressed - for $149, it sounded great!
No, really. It was just hanging out there on the floor in a stand, so I
picked it up to kill time while my son was looking at the amps and music,
etc. I couldn;t believe how nice it sounded for such a small price --
thought I was back in the '70s.
leo
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| 2502.9 | | ELWOOD::CARLIN | Balance | Thu Apr 16 1992 14:08 | 4 |
| p.s. it played real easy, the neck was true, the harmonics were, also. And
the label did say made in Korea.
what a buy!
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| 2502.10 | You can always count on ::GUITAR | ZYMRGY::sam | Gonna boogie my scruples away | Thu Apr 16 1992 15:42 | 16 |
| Thanks for the feedback, folks.
From my admittedly limited exposure to the line, I tend to agree with the
previous notes that say these guitars are a good value for the money. In
case anyone in CXO is interested, ProSound is having a "International
Guitar Month" sale during April, and are featuring Samicks. $270 for a
good quality, brand new bass can't be beat. ($399 for a 5 stringer is no
slouch, either.)
Despite that, I happened upon an even better deal and bypassed the Samick
for something "a little nicer".
-- Sam
P.S. Yo, Sakman - that Hohner is still impressing people with it's sound
and playability! Nice axe - thanks!
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| 2502.11 | Yeah! Made in Korea | OTOOA::ELLACOTT | pancake maverick | Mon Apr 20 1992 14:24 | 16 |
| I got myself a Samick 5 string bass about 8 months ago. Heres a few
comments:
1. The tuners suck! They look like Gotoh ones but they
aren't. I replaced mine with Gotohs. Now the B string tunes
and stays there
2. The bridge in a bit flimsy. I modified mine so that the
strings mount through the body, tele style. (requires
drilling...sqeemish beware)
3. Finally I changed the pickups. I remove the preamp and
put in an EMG P5J set with a pan control instead of the
selector switch.
Now this thing really rips!
FJE
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| 2502.12 | Sure it's not a Hondo ? | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Mon Apr 20 1992 14:39 | 4 |
| Sounds like you basically re-did the whole guitar ! Doesn't say much
for it's "stock" equipment.
Jerry
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| 2502.13 | But everyone changes pickups and tuners! | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Mon Apr 20 1992 15:13 | 6 |
| Yeah, but all he replaced/modified were hardware things, the natural
place all manufacturers cheat to save money. Sounds like the wood was
good, the neck and the fretwork. I'd say those were the most important
things.
Greg
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| 2502.14 | sleepers with cheap hardware | GLDOA::REITER | | Tue Apr 21 1992 08:01 | 15 |
| I bought a used Japanese (Elektra) Les Paul clone in January 1991, my
first electric, for $85. It was so much fun I bought 3 more electrics
since then. :7) I basically made a wall-hanger out of it.
Last night I was walking past it and said what the heck..... I tuned it
and started playing it again. It is extremely playable, low action,
.009 strings, and quite a decent sound --- beater or no beater.
I am seriously considering replacing the tuners, 4 pots, and switch
just to bring it up to snuff because it's a fundamentally good musical
instrument, it just has cheapo/beatup hardware.
So I am in agreement with Greg... the wood and the neck are what
counts.
\Gary
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| 2502.15 | Still a Good Buy !!! | OTOOA::ELLACOTT | pancake maverick | Tue Apr 21 1992 10:33 | 11 |
| re .12
For under $400.00 Canadian WITH taxes...WHAT DO you expect in a
five string. The basic instrument (wood, frets etc) was good value for
the money, But now the only way to better it IMHO would be to go to the
Yamaha 5 in the series the John Pattituci is playing. They want $1899
for one of those before %15 worth of tax.....(although it is a neck thru
with piezos under each bridge sadle....drool, drool, drool)
FJE
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