#Samick guitar made in korea serial#
In 19 they used as first number "1", in 1989 "2", while only since 1990 they began to follow the classic numeration based on the year of production, and so, after the 1990 "E0" serial number, they repeated "E1" (1991) and "E2" (1992). However, in the '80s, the first number didn’t express the solar year but the Korean production period.
#Samick guitar made in korea serial number#
Young Chang and Sung-Eum factories instead adopted the serial number "Exxxxxx". It is interesting to note that the serial number of the '80s guitars from the Samick factory was "Sxxxxxx", the first number usually indicating the year of production. The available finishes were Black, Razz Berry, Frost White, Flash Pink.īoth were replaced in 1992 by the second series of the Korean Squiers, available exclusively with the maple fretboard. At first Korean Standard Stratocasters were fabricated in Black, Red and White finishes, followed by those Black, Midnight Wine, Arctic White and Electric Blue.īesides these, between 19 the Squier Contemporary Stratocaster were made in the HSS configuration, without a pickguard and with side jack socket, rosewood fretboard, Schaller Floyd Rose Licensed bridge with locking nut. Japan kept on producing Stratocasters, but in 1988 the MIJs were “upgraded” to Fender. Consequently, for market logic, the Squier brand had become exclusively Korean since 1988. The Squier Standard Stratocaster, with the plywood body, had a very competitive price, unlike previous Fenders. The new guitars made in Korea were first built in the Samick, Young Chang e Sung-Eum factories.
Fender, in order to compete with these copies, decided in 1987 to start producing new cheap guitars in Korea, at the beginning, for a very short period under the Fender brand, and immediately after under the Squier brand, which until now had only been used in Japan. Towards the end of the 1980s, the market was invaded by a large quantity of Korean guitars, even cheaper than those made in Japan, such as the Merlin Sidewinder.
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