Samick Electric and Acoustic Guitars

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Samick Music Corporation proudly holds its reputation as one of the largest instrument manufacturers in the world. They make grand pianos, upright pianos, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and amplifiers. The focus of this article, however, is their prestigious line of electric and acoustic guitars which have captivated the world of music.

Known for their durability and world wide manufacturing, Samick Guitars make both high end and budget models with features for just about anyone. Samick makes both acoustic guitars as well as electrics which they release under child company names like Greg Bennett. Samick guitars are often most popular for folk, country, pop and classic rock though their Silvertone line are designed with hard rock, metal and alternative in mind. Samick guitars are also used by many well known, famous artists like Melissa Ethridge and Pete Townsend.

Samick guitars: The Rest of the Family

The Samick family has certainly grown over the years and continued to add prestige with each addition of sister and child instrument manufacturers.
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Samick guitars History

Samick really is one of the largest musical instrument manufacturers in the world and is based out of Korea though Samick does business all over the world. Not much is publicly known about its inception or founder but a few well known facts do litter the bookshelves.
The company began as Samick Pianos in 1958 and released first Samick upright pianos. Up until 1960 Samick also produced instruments for other luthier companies. In 1960 Samick began manufacturing pianos of its own design. 1992 marked the building of the P.T. Samick factory in Cilesungi, Indonesia. The Samick Corporation has acquired many quality brand names over the years. Samick continues to build guitars for other guitar makers like Epiphone, Gibson and Washburn.
Greg Bennett Guitars

Samick had already been making guitars for over 40 years when they asked Gregg Bennett to remake their entire line of guitars. Appearance, sound quality and sturdiness were just some of the things that the already reputable Samick Co. wanted to instill in their stringed instruments.

Notable features of the Greg Bennett guitars first include the small, angled headstock since Bennett felt that larger headstocks dulled the sustain by robbing the string of its vibration. Other unique parts were designed by musician/luthiers Grover, Wilkinson and Seymour Duncan, further adding to the higher quality of the instruments. The wood used for the guitars was also upgraded to tone woods like Indian rosewood, African ebony and rock maple from Canada. The outcome of the entrepreneurial journey did not stop at electric guitars, however. The quest for perfect instruments continued with other stringed instruments like acoustic basses, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, archtop guitars and autoharps.

Silvertone

Silvertone, which has been in production for more than 50 years, makes a plethora of awesome machinery from the Blues Master SSLA 30 which features Dual Humbucking Pickups with a 3-Way Selector Switch, to the George Jones Getaway SGET26 with its Chrome Precision Die-Cast Tuning Machines.

Samick Tradition and Sound

From a sound company to every consumer craving high end quality, Samick instruments and especially their lines of guitars, are widely available, competitively priced and award winning treasures that last for many years.