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

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