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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
  • 14headstock 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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The control cavity templates were reverse-engineered from a Gibson-style guitar. They are cut from 1/4" polycarbonate, while the matching cover template is MDF. Again, inspired by StewMac's design. StewMac does not include the cover template, they expect you to buy their cover.

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