models are obviously now made by WMI ( World Musical Instrument Co. (Easy to see, "KP" serial numbers are Peerless, "KS" are SPG).īut now I explain why I said "initially". To also correct some wrong info I constantly read, Samick has never built guitars for Gretsch either.Some Gretsch guitars were made by Peerless in Korea, and then in late 2007 (?) production was transferred to the SPG factory. As far as I know it was only a customer-supplier relationship between Samick and SPG. SPG makes their own guitars and was in the past (not today) also a manufacturer for Samick, but SPG is not Samick (anymore). So they were no longer in the former Samick building when they started production of the Newark St. Later in May 2011 SPG relocated into a new built factory at 19, Bupyeongbuk-ro 236beon-gil, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, Korea. models were and mosty still are made by SPG ( Sound Professional Guitar Co, Ltd.) in Korea, which is however NOT Samick (anymore)! When Samick moved production from Korea to Indonesia in 2003 former employees bought out the Samick factory and founded SPG. Initially (see explanation later in this post) Newark St. Loud, warm, easily coaxed into sustain/feedback with the Bigsby the former owner luckily had installed.īottom line for me: You don't have to buy Peerless to get Peerless.Click to expand.Nothing is for sure with regards to Guild -) The pickups of course are different, but turn out to have sounds I really like. Given the price, that certainly was a surprise. In feel and how it plays, this is probably the closest guitar I've found to my '66 ES-335. Scratchy pots, needed a jack and a switch, but those stock HBs have soul. Mine is that these Peerless made Epiphones are about the biggest guitar bargain out there. Three in hand now:ĮVerybody has an opinion. A big step up from every other 5120 I've tried.Īt that point, I went looking for Peerless made Epiphones. Same high quality and feel, only here the guitar already had upgraded p/us. That one got me started on Peerless made instruments. What needed no help at all was the playability, neck feel and fretwork (perfect) and build quality. As with many otherwise excellent MIK guitars, pickups let it down. I owned (and modified) a lightly-used Wizard before they were distributed in the US.
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