early Samick SK-7

[SCREEM]

I bought this guitar at Steve's in Montreal in '88, played it for a couple years and it sat in its case for about 15 years at my Grandmothers house. I recently got it back, and to my suprise the neck is perfectly staight, no adjustment needed. I am fanatical about necks beign straight with verrrry slight relief, it has to be hard to tell there is some relief, thats how i like it.

This has blown me away. Another thing is the bridge...very slight raising of the top behind the bridge....crazy. The thing was slightly out of tune after 15 years in its case with 15 year old strings and it sounds bright yet warm, one thing i can remember about this guitar when i bought it it was louder than all the other accoustics i tried exept for a big ass gibson that was in the store at the time.

Does anyone know the value of this? I paid $600 for it tag was $1099. It has some dammage, but I once pawned it on church street in TO in the early '90 and asked how much they would lend against it, the guy said the best i can do is $400, I was suprised, didn't expect that much with the dammage. Its got a cedar top.

I don't want to sell it or anything I just cant find info on it's value.

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[SCREEM]

more pics.

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[GuitarsCanada]

Always hard to place a price on anything. It always comes down to the buyer and how much he wants it... for whatever reason. This one you have was a demo to begin with and does have some pretty good damage. Here is what the blue book has on the SK-7. The original MSRP was $700 USF and it is listed at $350 USF in Excellent condition.

[SCREEM]

thanks man....I could not find any info at all on this.

[GuitarsCanada]

No problem, the blue book I have here is vintage 2001 so value may have changed a bit since then. They are only a guide anyway. I have seen guitars go way higher and way lower. Just a starting place.