If you are not familiar with this guide, it is a reference work giving current market price guidelines for collectable guitars, mandolins, ukes and even banjos. I looked up Samick in the 2014 Vintage Guitar Guide (newest I have right now).
Some of these were excellent instruments for their prices, others weren't.Ī pic would help, and you might also consider going on the Acoustic Guitar Forum and trying your inquiry there. What you may be dealing with is one of the several Martin copies that Asian manufacturers like Tama, Takamine, Yamaha etc. Without any direct experience, I'd go with Don's assessment of solid wood. Reading about Samick on the internet, there are many (conflicting) opinions as to whether their better instruments are all solid wood, have only solid tops, or are laminated. The use of numerical designations like "HS 35" and "HS 28" suggest at least some influence from C F Martin models. Samick's Korean factory was billed as the "world's largest" a few years ago, and it produced many varieties of instrument for many brands and distributors. This entry suggests the HS 35 "went for $5-600 when new."
Samick HS 35 sold on eBay two years ago for $81 seller said it needed a neck re-set, though. Since it is not valuable as a collectable, the best thing to do is just to play it and enjoy it.Thanks for your response, does anyone else have any information?
Before building their own factories in China, Gibson used to contract with Samick to make some of their Epiphones. Samick, in addition to making instruments under their own brand, also contracts to make instruments for other companies under different banners. As to value, I have seen this exact model for around 500 dollars. In fact build quality of yours is probably quite high. Values are comparatively low because of the Korean manufacture. Properly set up I should think with that combination of wood it should sound great. They started out making instruments that were partially or completely made of laminate, but your model represents a time when they were trying to compete in the high end all solid wood market. Samick is a Korean manufacturer, and your guitar was certainly made in Korea, most likely in the 70s or 80s. Since it is not valuable as a collectable, the best thing to do is just to play it and enjoy it.
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