Samick HJ-650

[darrin_h2000]

Ive been looking for a jazz guitar for months and I finally stole this flawless ax for only 150.00.

Im in the prossess of putting in a set of gibson les paul pickups. Ive looked on the web and saw it priced at 899.00us and at harmony central owners rated it at 9-10 in every catagory.

Jazz players did I get a good deal here? the neck is perfect as is everything else.

 

[getuhgrip]

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1473773534

Is this the HJ?

I'd be tempted to bid if the guy wasn't starting out so high.

 

[darrin_h2000]

Yes I do belive it is.

 

[Buck62]

$70 for shipping and handling?

Are they nuts!???

 

[Folkcafe]

I have the HJ 650. It is indeed a nice axe.

I would suggest you try flatwounds if your after a jazz sound. I'm using D'Addario Chromes 12's strung fairly high. Love the sound but it took me a month to beef up my hand strength and fingertips to the point that I could play for more than 30 mins without being in pain. I had gone from a 335 copy that was a breeze to play but really wanted a certain sound for recording.

I also just re-tubed my Trace Eliott Velocette for use with this guitar. I put in a Telefunkin 12AT7 and a Mullard 12AU7 in the preamp and got a RCA Blackplate 6L6GC. Man, what a difference.

I would also suggest going with the Gibson Classic 57 pickups. That is what is standard on the Gibson L5. I liked the pickups in it just fine except the bridge pickup had a bit of a bite to it. The Classic 57's took care of that.

The neck has a great feel and being a big guy I like having a guitar with some size to it.

Good luck with the new axe.

Don Goguen
Folk Cafe Productions
Folkcafe.com

 

[darrin_h2000]

Thanks for the reccomendations guys. Im either keeping it or if this dude gets like 700.00 on ebay Im putting it there. Keep me posted on if this guy gets any bites.