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Published on 11/09/03 at 15:00I bought it at Music Mac Hawaii for $399.
Solid construction, good materials, excellent sound and versatility.
Honestly? Nothing. I mean you might get a half second more sustain from a set neck, but I put a lot of thought into what I was buying.
I grew up during a time when anything with the Samick name on it was suspect. They were only making cheap replicas out of cheaper materials, and those replicas always had inferior sound to the originals (which they were contracted to make). The Greg Bennett signatures are a different breed however. Samick is no longer a beginner's guitar. It has a bound alder body with aquilted maple top, a maple neck and fingerboard, a transparent red finish, Duncan designed HSS pickups, a string-through bridge, and Grover tuners. This is a well-made, versatile instrument that I would put aganst my vintage '61 SG.
It's the dawn of a new era for Samick. Bennett has brought them into the twenty-first century as a contender. This is not grandpa's Samick. It is a real guitar that the working man can afford.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Solid construction, good materials, excellent sound and versatility.
Honestly? Nothing. I mean you might get a half second more sustain from a set neck, but I put a lot of thought into what I was buying.
I grew up during a time when anything with the Samick name on it was suspect. They were only making cheap replicas out of cheaper materials, and those replicas always had inferior sound to the originals (which they were contracted to make). The Greg Bennett signatures are a different breed however. Samick is no longer a beginner's guitar. It has a bound alder body with aquilted maple top, a maple neck and fingerboard, a transparent red finish, Duncan designed HSS pickups, a string-through bridge, and Grover tuners. This is a well-made, versatile instrument that I would put aganst my vintage '61 SG.
It's the dawn of a new era for Samick. Bennett has brought them into the twenty-first century as a contender. This is not grandpa's Samick. It is a real guitar that the working man can afford.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com