Samick Bass Guitar Serial Numbers

Oct 13, 2017 - i just bought a samick guitar, serial number 7040288. I understood that it was made in 1988. It has a double hum bucker placed tilted quite near. I got a great deal last week on a samick artist series sg. I am tyrying to figure out how to date it by serial number. Google is giving me a bunck of.

Hondo dreadnaught acoustic guitar from the Standard Series. Vintage late 1970's thru early 1980's. Spruce top, mahogany sides and back. Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Original MSRP was in the mid $200's.

Worth a hundred bucks nowadays. Re; the sticker inside. Horugel was originally a German piano brand which went out of business in the 1950's. The name was purchased by Samick in the late 1960s, under which they sold mostly pianos, but also guitars. Acoustics were made in Korea, while electric guitars were initially made in Japan until Samick began producing electrics in 1972. I hope this helps.

Samick Precision Bass Samick is one those brand names that might generally be thought of as being a builder of cheap basses and guitars. But this may not be the case. According to, Samick builds guitars from student to professional grade. So how good is the one I have here? The only identification I could find on this instrument is the headstock logo stamp and a neck plate serial number.

Since basses built after 1999 carry the brand, this bass was made during or before 1999. This bass is an obvious copy of a Fender Precision bass and, with the exception of the shape of headstock, is nearly identical to a standard P-Bass. (The Fender headstock shape of course has been the subject of many legal battles.). Neck Side View The neck is maple. But unlike the old Fenders, this is a maple neck with a laminated maple finger board.

Typically the old Fender maple necks are a one piece maple neck/fingerboard with the back of the neck routed out to allow for truss rod placements. Then the slot is filled in with what appears to be walnut. (aka the skunk stripe) I’m sure either works equally well. The overall weight of this instrument is on the light side. I have no specs on this instrument but I’m betting the body is basswood. A heavy coat of white paint hides the grain. The action on this bass is remarkably low and I really couldn’t find any buzzes.

The neck is straight and fretwork appears spot on. As for the sound of this bass, I did a side-by-side comparison of this bass next to a Fender MIM Jazz Bass. Both of the basses sounded great, but where the Jazz bass had a brighter harsher sound this bass had a very nice warm and distinct sound. So is this a cheappie bass? I’m still not sure, but it’s definitely not bad at all. It plays well and sounds great. If your not looking for a brand name, why not play a Samick?