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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Mar 9, 2016

I have several of these necks and bodies roughed-out, and they feel much better than my first one, much better balanced. I knew that banjo neck would never play well, which is why I used a standard Fender profile on my first one. Banjos are made for picking. Intonation is one of those things where close is good enough, and with only 16 frets, I doubt it will ever be a problem. You'll be forever wiping smudges off that copper pickguard. I would shine it up and clear-coat it. Make a brass headstock tag and print out a waterslide decal to put on it. I posted the graphic above.

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