Samick Artist Series SG450 (2/2) ~ Luthiery Laboratories

Samick Artist Series SG450 (2/2)

This is what it would have looked like originally, with the ugly speed knobs

I found these specs online:

Body:

Beveled, solid Alder body
Thin Polyurethane finish

Neck:

Set-in Nato neck
Slim profile
Medium-long tenon
Rosewood fretboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays
Deluxe headstock
Silk-screened Artist logo
14^oheadstock pitch
22 frets
24.75" scale
1 5/8" nut width

Binding:

Single-ply, neck

Electronics:

Two ceramic humbuckers (~8K Ohms D.C.)
3-way switch
2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

Chrome hardware
Gotoh tulip style tuning machines
Headstock-matching truss rod cover
Black Speed knobs
Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

Cherry (CH) ***
Metallic White w/ color-matched headstock (MWH)
Black (BK)

Also branded as:

JB Player JBP Artist
Vantage VG-405

source

1 2

6-String Guitars, All Bought, Body - Alder, Body - Bought, Body - Solid, Electronics - Passive, Factory Mods, Featured Projects, Gibson, Guitars, Neck - Bought, Projects,

Gibson Projects

Gibson Fenderbird Bass 1

Gibson Fenderbird Bass 2

Gibson Reverse Fenderbird Bass

Samick SG450 Guitar

The "Fenderbird" is a mash-up of a Gibson Thunderbird body and a Fender neck. You'd expect such a thing to be a mutt, but this mutt comes with a great pedigree - invented by no less than John Entwistle of The Who.

More: Gibson Projects ...

Comments on Samick Artist Series SG450

Questions or Inquiries?

Just want to say Hello? Sign the .

Submit a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

July 24, 2020

Radiatabacker Part IId

July 24, 2020

I've cut out the slot for the truss rod. This is a standard 540mm truss rod for a 34" scale bass. To make it fit in a 32" neck, I need to add one more fret. So my project will have one more fret than an actual Ric, just another way it will be better than the real thing. The jig and tools and method are all described in the Laboratory. Most of the work was done in the jig, with a little free-hand nipping for the adjuster end. I haven't carved out the access for the adjuster yet.

More: Radiatabacker Part IId ...