My New Axe....

Leviathon · 08-06-2004, 12:48 PM

Well here it is...

Used Samick Artist Series SG Copy
Mahogany Body
Set Neck
Dual Factory (Assuming) Humbuckers
Nice low Action
Great Sustain

Tony · 08-06-2004, 01:06 PM

nice.

I used to have a 70's Electra copy of an SG. It sucked, but sold well on ebay!

Major Tom · 08-06-2004, 02:57 PM

Looks great. I have an Artist series Samick LP, its a sweet guitar. Those are great bang for the buck instruments. I also have an Artist series BLACK SG just like yours that I bought as a project guitar (broken headstock and a body repair), probably to re-sell. I am going to put that together to-nite I think.

One thing to watch out for, a design flaw/weakness of SG's - the input jack in mounted on a very thin wood area; with the leverage applied by a cord the way it is at a right angle to the body, all it would take is to step or trip on that cord and it can break that wood!

The one I have had a chunk of wood missing there, and I have seen a couple SG guitars on ebay also with that area broken. I would suggest to strain relieve the cord around the strap with that guitar. If I end up keeping mine, I'm going to install one of the deep type 1/4" jacks on the end of the guitar. I spent quite a bit of time fixing that area, ain't going to do that twice.

I prefer the cherry finish like yours though, so I'll probably ebay mine.

billy_brown · 08-06-2004, 03:11 PM

how does it sound?

gg7 · 08-06-2004, 11:18 PM

cool! congrats!

PianoMan · 08-07-2004, 01:37 AM

Nice! Those older Samicks are awesome - I should know - I have an older LP copy.

Leviathon · 08-09-2004, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by billy_brown

how does it sound?

Everyone asks me how does it sound. And to be honest I say it sounds great. But I also remind people that my ear is comparing it to a Squire Strat. And that is it. I haven't been playin' long enough to really compare it to anything else. It plays really nice. The action is set nice and low.

Compared to the squire, it has a ton more sustain. The dual humbuckers have great range in tonalities. Along with my RP100 I can get some really great tones. I do find that pinch harmonics are a little harder to get than with the single pups of the strat. But that's not a real big deal.

I have been able to come pretty close to replicating the GNR slash sound.

I believe that the pups are factory. I am still tweaking my tones trying to get the right tones for the right situations.

I think that I am going to also have to lower the bridge pickup as well. Seems a little close IMO.

But for an SG copy, I have to say that it plays really nice. Now If I could find a Real SG and play it, I might be able to give a better comparison...

Stealth3si · 08-09-2004, 02:36 PM

Is that a Pomeranian in the background?

Major Tom · 08-10-2004, 01:01 AM

I attached a couple pics of mine. I wasn't crazy about it at first when I re-assembled it, but it has grown on me. It does have a great tone - very fat, with a nice pop to the attack; nice balance of attack to sustain. It is very resonant, and its corpulent bottom end is perfect for mondo distortion tones, although of course, it would be great for any type music.

I also attached a couple quickie sound bytes; the recorded tone ain't great, but it can give you the idea of what the guitar sounds like.

In case anyone's interested, before I ebay it, mine's for sale...very close to new condition, excellent set up - nut slots tweaked, as low string height as any guitar out there, a couple upgrades, (slightly hotter pickups, replacement bridge, open-blade selector switch) and a pro headstock repair (see pic). It is a primo guitar, actually better than new. If it were a little heavier, I would probably keep it - I just don't like featherwieght guitars. $250 +shipping.

billy_brown · 08-10-2004, 01:19 AM

i think it sounds awsome. if i was you i wouldnt sell it unless i had guitars that sound better. thats rockin, whoever gets it on ebay will be one happy camper. what kind of amp are you using, i know you use amp overdrive and that sounds awsome.

Major Tom · 08-10-2004, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by billy_brown

i think it sounds awsome. if i was you i wouldnt sell it unless i had guitars that sound better. thats rockin, whoever gets it on ebay will be one happy camper. what kind of amp are you using, i know you use amp overdrive and that sounds awsome.

Thanks - Yeah, I do use a tube amp's "natural" tones for live use, but since I don't do any serious recording, and what little I do is after my 19 month old daughter is in bed, I use my headphone practice amp; a J Station. If I ever get serious about any recording, I'll have to make one of those speaker isolation boxes. One other thing I might do - since I use the world famous Major Tom attenuators on my amps (world's smallest, lightest, and most convenient attenuator), when those are turned all the way down, it is a dummy load and the speaker is silent. I could install a direct out from the MT attenuator (possibly a future deluxe model...), and then feed that into something like a J Station with the amp modeling turned off, but using just the speaker modeling. That should result in something more realistic than straight modeling.

As far as selling it, hmmm. Including that SG copy, I have 12 solid body electrics right now....I really like that SG's tone, but featherweight guitars are hard for me to play - they wear me out. That probably sounds back'rds, but its true. I am going to try it out at church again this coming Sunday, I think. You're not making this any easier

I bought it not knowing if I was gong to keep it or not, I only have about $80.00 in it + several hours of sweat equity. It was an ebay buy, I think it was like $55. + $20. shipping. I attached a couple "before" pics that explain why it was so cheap...

billy_brown · 08-10-2004, 02:26 PM

yeah thats cool.sorry im not making it easier on you but it sounds so awsome. i dont really like light guitars either and i dont like were the button is on a sg but i can fix that. if i wasnt buying a tone bone hot british and had 7 guitars i would buy it, thats unless you want to give it to me

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pleas please please........ lol

i would think about getting an attenuator if my bassman had amp overdrive on but it doesnt. i bought it form a guy at at a music store that just moved and he needed some money so he sold it to me for 400$. the neat thing is its acutally from the 70's. it is the cleanest amp i have ever heard.

Major Tom · 08-10-2004, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by billy_brown

yeah thats cool.sorry im not making it easier on you but it sounds so awsome. i dont really like light guitars either and i dont like were the button is on a sg but i can fix that. if i wasnt buying a tone bone hot british and had 7 guitars i would buy it, thats unless you want to give it to me

.
pleas please please........ lol

i would think about getting an attenuator if my bassman had amp overdrive on but it doesnt. i bought it form a guy at at a music store that just moved and he needed some money so he sold it to me for 400$. the neat thing is its acutally from the 70's. it is the cleanest amp i have ever heard.

Yeah, I love the tone, but I'm not able to play the lightweights as well, - it takes off a couple points from my skills, if that makes any sense.

Attenuators work great on non master volume amps.... I used to have a Black Face Bassman head, very cool amp.

billy_brown · 08-10-2004, 11:08 PM

you never anwsered my question if you would give it to me............ ill give you a dosen roses

lol

billy_brown · 08-10-2004, 11:09 PM

oh yeah and the bleck face bassman is from the 60s. the 70s is silver faced