Overview
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Product:
- 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 material | nato body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Body style | SG-style body |
Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Hardware
Bridge | tune-o-matic bridge |
Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Tuners | Gotoh tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | black finish, red finish, white finish |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Neck
Neck joint | set neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Controls
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
Prices (10)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
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2002 | £100 | good | ||
1999 | $700.00 | new | ||
1996 | $200 | good | ||
2015 | $100 | excellent | Allen | Bought 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 | $100.00 | good | ||
2002 | $427 | excellent | Ben | Bes gat I've owned |
2014 | $200 | excellent | Really nice SG guitar. As good as a Gibson for much less money. | |
1997 | $450 | excellent | ||
1990 | $500 | poor | ||
1990 | $500 | new |
Reviews (1)
SAMICK SG-450 reviewed by Allen
Allen
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.