SAMICK SG-450

  • Samick SG-450 wine red finish

Overview

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  • electric guitars

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Dates of manufacture: 

1996 to 2001

SAMICK made the SG-450 between 1996 and 2001, it is a copy of the Gibson SG guitar. The earliest versions of this model were available in wine red finish only (SG 450-WR) but later models came in black and white finishes too.

Specifications (19)

Body

Body materialnato body
Body shape featuresdouble cutaway
Body styleSG-style body
Pickguard materialblack pickguard

Hardware

Bridgetune-o-matic bridge
Tailpiecestop tailpiece
TunersGotoh tuners

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

General

Finish colorsblack finish, red finish, white finish
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length24.75 inches scale-length

Neck

Neck jointset neck
Number of frets22 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Controls

Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls1 volume control

Electronics

Pickups configuration2 humbucker pickups

Prices (10)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
2002£100good
1999$700.00new
1996$200good
2015$100excellentAllenBought at pawn shop, was very dirty and hadn't been cleaned in a long time. Used some furniture polish and toothpaste (For chrome) it cleaned right up, also appeared to have a scratchy pot put it was just a loose input jack so I tightened it. Now the guitar looks new, amazing find in my opinion.
1998$100.00good
2002$427excellentBenBes gat I've owned
2014$200excellentReally nice SG guitar. As good as a Gibson for much less money.
1997$450excellent
1990$500poor
1990$500new

Reviews (1)

SAMICK SG-450 reviewed by Allen

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Amazingly well made and a beautiful guitar. The finish is incredible, it looks like a guitar that should cost a $1000 and up. Mine is the red color and found it in a pawn shop looking very rough, price on it was $99 and at first I thought it looked like a $99 guitar so I didn't pay any attention to it. I was looking a some Epi SG400s and a couple of Gibson's but for some reason I went back to the Samick. I had some cleaner with me and I grabbed a rag and started cleaning it up, after a few minutes of scrubbing this beautiful guitar appeared. I plugged it in along with the Epis and Gibson SGs and played them side-by-side and I was amazed at the sound I was getting from the Samick. I compared it along with the other SGs and the finish and the build quality smoked the others. I am all about American made guitars but this Korean made SG has completely changed my opinion about Asian made guitars, especially when I compared it to a $900 Gibson. I wasn't even looking for a new guitar but I couldn't let this one get away. I bought it and have played it for hours every day for the last week. It's amazing, the neck is the smoothest and easiest to play that I've ever seen, I like it much more than my Ibanez RG with the Wizard II neck I've got. I am now looking out for other Samick Artists Series guitars and if you see one for a good price try it out.

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