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Assembly, hardware installation, and set up were in the US. The one’s with this headstock had the body made in the US, the necks were made in Korea so these were higher up in the pecking order. Guitars before this were supposed to be magic and after this ‘really shitty’ to quote some of the forums I saw.ī). I did learn about the fire that destroyed the Valley Arts Guitar Store in 1990 and how Samick came on as a partner in 1992 and then bought out VA in 1993. Internet pictures that did match had no additional information that could help there was one blog post from the UK about a very similar guitar with the black headstock and the guy concluded that it was the real deal offering detailed gut shots and his inferences on them.
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I soon found out that there was almost next to no information on the type of Valley Arts guitar I had seen – the obligatory valley arts website for ‘Pre-Samick & Pre-Gibson’ guitars that comes up with any Valley Arts search had no guitars that matched the head stock I was seeing on this baby.
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I did not know the model type or the serial number – had forgotten to note these down in my enthusiasm – I did have the picture given above though. Went back to my room later in the evening and spent a few hours trying to find information on the guitar. I wished I had played the Valley Arts last – would have enjoyed those other guitars a lot more. Spent half an hour after that trying out various other models but nothing came close. The unfinished maple neck was very comfortable, the fret job was superb, and the Kahler Floyd Rose tremolo was amongst the best I have tried. Sounded great – crisp with a lovely mid range and articulate highs, tight bottom end. I plugged into a Fender Blues Junior and had a go.
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‘That’s a 1990 Valley Arts Guitar’, said the store guy. I took the guitar down to have a go and its weight was astonishing (it later measured in at a hefty 9.13 pounds!).