Samick Valley Arts SSM-1 Super Strat

Rare Vintage 1998 Samick Valley Arts SSM-1 Super Strat in gorgeous cherry sunburst. Concept and Design by Valley Arts Custom Pro Shop (VACP).

If your a card carrying member of the International Cork Sniffer Society and they mandate that your Stratocaster have the "F" word on the headstock.
Please stop reading this ad now!!!
This guitar is not for you!!!

If the name on the headstock is more important than the playability of your guitar, please stop reading this ad!!!
This guitar is not for you!!!

This Strat plays as well as any Fender MIM Strat I have ever owned or played, and far better than any strat with the "S" word on the headstock.

Don't let the name on the headstock fool you. This is a very well built, great playing and sounding super strat.

20+ year old Vintage Korean made Super Strat. Great craftsmanship. This thing is solid. No issues at all. Absolutely ZERO fret wear. No buzzing. Frets are immaculate!!! Excellent shape for its age. A few very minor chips and dings, that's all. Fantastic shape for a 20+ year old guitar!!!

Solid 2 piece alder body. One piece Maple neck with skunk stripe. 70's style truss rod. Contoured back and belly cut design make it very comfortable to play.

New pro setup, new strings, deep cleaning, electronics cleaned and tested, hand polished frets to a mirror finish.

Low, fast, buttery smooth action with No fret buzz.
Perfect intonation, stays in tune all the way up and down the neck.
Setup and ready to rock!!!

Rare reverse headstock!!!
Rare SSH pickup configuration
Korean Samshin pickups
22 fret Maple Neck with medium jumbo frets
Thin "C" shaped neck. Similar to a PRS
New 42mm Tusq Nut
25.5" scale
Fully shielded pickguard

Valley Arts was a boutique guitar manufacturer located in North Hollywood, CA, USA. They built guitars mainly for professional players. They sold their name to Samick and built the VACP. Do not confuse the Valley Arts models with the lower end Samicks that are built in China or Indonesia. Gibson acquired the Valley Arts name and once again builds the high end custom shop models.

These guitars are very good quality at an affordable price. These guitars have been discontinued. Not too many of these left around, especially in this condition.

The Valley Arts influence in these guitars can really be felt. This is not a cheap Chinese or Indonesian guitar. These Korean built guitars have excellent workmanship and quality components. This is a good upper mid level guitar at a very reasonable price.

$500 - OBO