Is it even a real guitar?

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I am currently restoring the first guitar I ever owned. It's kind of fun, and I've learned a lot about guitars in general since I started ripping it apart.

It's a Samick :( and my questions is, does this company even exist anymore? I can't find any record of Samick even existing anywhere on the internet. I thought I'd try and find out a little history on it, but no such luck.
 
Really? Google gave me 708,000 webpages for Samick. 5 out of the first 6 were Samick Music Corp.
 
ps-Samick is a huge guitar maker, I think the biggest in the world. They have made lots of budget and nice stuff.
 
I love my samick It was my first electric. But now it sits in my stand a sad sight :(

I thrashed it when I was about 14 because I was boared I took it appart and broke some things on it now I need to re-solder the input jack fix the volume pot,put on volume knobs, screw in more screws (missing in action).

But its I nice guitar I know its not the best but that's why I bought my yamaha and me led (also I know not the best but the ltd's got emg 81/85 and I got dimazios in the yamaha so they sound nice)

Where was I...Oh yes samick does exist that or I'm in the matrix or some bullshit like that.

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One for the road :D
 
Not only do they exist

but they also make a lot, if not most, of the low-end guitars & basses for other major companies. But they also do still have their own brand, as well as the Greg Bennett brand.
 
so, what exactly did you use as a search term?
 
Samick is a real corporation. In addition to making guitars they also make some of the world's best competition archery bows. I've got a Samick SG, it has to be the worst out of balance guitar I have ever owned, not to mention that the body cracked when it was about 6 months old.
 
Samick makes nearly every guitar under $700 in the world. If it is made in Korea, it was made at the Samick plant.
 
I did a little horse trading a few months ago and came up with a Samick Artist Pro SAT 650. I have quite a few nice guitars and I must say, this is pretty much my favorite guitar right now. Worth every penny I paid for it (it was more of less free).
 
WTF? I musta spelled it wrong or something. I'm going to check it out now.

This Samick is actually a pretty great guitar. That's why I'm restoring it. Back in the day I thought it sucked because it was so cheap but now that I've played many guitars, it wasn't bad.
 
Farview said:
Samick makes nearly every guitar under $700 in the world. If it is made in Korea, it was made at the Samick plant.
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According to the Samick page I read a while back, they no longer manufacture guitars in Korea subsequent to some big management shakeup. The company is still Korean, but the guitars are manufactured elsewhere with cheaper labor.

Cor-Tek ("Cort") still manufactures contract guitars in Korea (notably for FMIC) and had about 25% market share even when Samick was making Korean product.
 
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