Members peavey_impact Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 I've been needing a decent floyd'd cheapo backup guitar so when I found this for $99 in excellent condition I couldn't resist. I've always wanted a real deal USA made Valley Arts guitar but haven't found one with the specs I want for the right price, so I was naturally attracted to this axe. It's a MIK Samick/Valley Arts custom pro shop strat. The electronics are absolute garbage and the jury is still out on the licensed floyd because I don't have a bar that will fit it, but the overall quality of the body, neck/frets and tuning machines is surprisingly nice. I actually have a brand new Schaller Floyd on the way to replace the old one on my Cali, so I'm hoping the old Schaller will drop-in to this guitar without much work....we shall see. I did a setup on the guitar this morning and the action is nice and low now - still needs a fret polish and new strings but I will wait to see if that Schaller will fit before I work on it any further. On to the shitty cell phone pics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rxbanditos Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 HNGD I would post ass/tits but alas I can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orange Jackson Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Nice looking guitar anywho. GFS has trem arms if you get to that point. HNGD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeftyTom Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Happy New Sammy Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted March 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Nice looking guitar anywho. GFS has trem arms if you get to that point. HNGD!! Thanks mang!! You know i just ordered a Crunchy PAT humbucker and new pots/jack for this guitar from guitarfetish; didn't even think about the trem arm I'm not sure which one would fit anyway....i might bring it with me to my local shop and try a few that they have. I've got a BG Blade and a Duncan Quarter Pound laying around for the middle/neck slots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Yeah, those are pretty damn nice guitars. I have one of the non-Floyded Samick Valley Arts series guitars and absolutely LOVE the neck on it. Mine has a chunky-ish neck, but pretty short frets. Crazy nice guitars for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted March 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Yeah, those are pretty damn nice guitars. I have one of the non-Floyded Samick Valley Arts series guitars and absolutely LOVE the neck on it. Mine has a chunky-ish neck, but pretty short frets. Crazy nice guitars for the money. Hell yeah! The neck is about the same thickness as my Cali's neck except slightly more round on the back. Very comfortable! I actually just spent some more time with it and the single coils are actually pretty decent. The humbucker sounds gross though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted March 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 One weird thing about this guitar is the retainer bar only covers the A through high E strings - but not the low E. That's just plain silly Not a big deal though because the fine tuners on this floyd have a TON of travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sfarfsky Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 hngd i like the controls on it. Are you planning on new pups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted March 14, 2010 Members Share Posted March 14, 2010 Valley arts being involved in the design and no doubt the manufacturing must really mean something. I have teaching videos of Larry Carlton where he uses VA guitars and they are awesome guitars in his hands. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted March 15, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Valley arts being involved in the design and no doubt the manufacturing must really mean something. I have teaching videos of Larry Carlton where he uses VA guitars and they are awesome guitars in his hands. Congrats! Yeah original VA's are total :love: I spent yesterday jamming on this axe and man those SC's are really something special.....I don't think I'll be changing them now! Bridge bucker is definitely getting replaced with the GFS Crunchy PAT though (who the hell is PAT anyway; what does that stand for ) - I hope I like it. Very very pleased with this lil axe - once I work on the electronics and slap some lighter strings on there I think it'll be a keeper. It certainly looks sexy as hell IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Congrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members craig_in_tx Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Nice Sammmy...HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody_in_MN Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Works for me and Lamb Chop. 2 paws and a tail up from the chopper. - w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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