May 10, 2018  samick produced a lot of Ibanez guitars and basses too. I have a midrange Ibanez that is stock, and my old samick with emg's is more versatile. I would agree they are hit or miss, just like fenders, gibsons and any other mass produced instruments. I'm asking 200 for mine with emg p5j's which means the bass is almost free w/pickups.

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Craigbeal, cdef is correct, it is a Samick B130NS, made in Korea in August 2001. The five piece lamenated neck and neck to body connection style were also very popular with Ibanez basses made both in Japan and later in Indonesia. This body shape was adopted by Greg Bennett, who was contracted with Samick to design both electric and acoustic instruments, at about the time this bass was manufactured. Bennett produced four models under the Corsair line, CR-1 through CR-4, initiatelly made in Korea and then later in Indonesia. Download teeworlds rcon hack free free. Earlier CR-1s were in a P-Bass configuration. The mid-range CR-2s and CR-3s, as well as the top-of-the-line CR-4s were, for the most part, PJ configurations. I believe these were all 34' scale basses.

However, Bennett also designed and Samick produced an Indonesian made CR-1 mini Travel/Child's version of this instrument. Craig, if you ever decide to sell this one.

Feel free to contact me via TalkBass. I'd Definitely be interested in buying it.