11/7/2019 Valley Arts Guitars Serial Numbers
Used Valley Arts Custom Pro T-Series electric guitar in excellent condition for sale. I'm 95% certain that this is a Gibson era Valley Arts guitar. The serial number is VA 03282. If I'm wrong please send me a message letting me know. This guitar is really good. It was just set up and restrung and plays like a dream.
There is a little pitting on the first few frets, but it is not bad and does not affect the playability. The pitting would not show up in photos. We described the finish as 'Fireburst', but I don't really know what Valley Arts called it. Fireburst was used because it is an available finish that most closely resembles this guitar. I would have called it Cherry Burst had I not referenced Valley Arts options. The guitar is in really great shape. There are some pick scratches on the pickguard and the gold hardware shows typical, but minor, pitting (these are shown in the photos).
Case not included. Specs: - Alder Body - Flamed Maple Neck - Rosewood Fingerboard - Sperzel Locking Tuners - Seymour Duncan Vintage Lead Stack (Bridge) & Vintage Rhythm Stack (Neck) - 22.5' Fingerboard Scale - 22 Frets - 3-Way Switch - Gold Hardware - Made in the USA Send us a message if you have any questions and thanks for looking. Product Specs Condition: Brand: Model: Finish: Categories: Made In: United States.
Hello and welcome. This is the website dedicated to Valley Arts Guitars built before the company was sold to Samick. This site is dedicated to Valley Arts Guitars built prior to 1993, when the company was sold. So on this site, the guitars we are referring to were built during that era. Serial number is 61 of 100. Birdseye Maple neck with medium frets. P100 pickups. Just some very minor blems keep this from being mint (see Spec/Condition sheet). A great guitar that will destroy most modern pieces and this is about 60% the price.why not stick with a classic?
Hey Everyone, I'm new here - looks like a great place for discussing all things guitar so hopefully someone will be able to help. I'm hard pressed for information on a guitar I bought recently.
Its a Valley Arts California Pro (serial number CAL 01084) - from the Samick/Valley Arts Overlap period from the looks of it. Its really well made, and plays great. Weighs in at a hefty 9.13 pounds. Body looks like Ash. All the parts say 'Made in the USA', the humbucker is a Seymour Duncan Trembucker (TB-4), the single coils early Duncan SSL-1's (confirmed on the SD forum), the trem is a Kahler, tuners are valley arts. The headstock is Samick designed as I've learned.
I found another posting about a guitar which is exactly like mine barring the tremolo: From what I have learned Samick bought Valley Arts outright in 1993 and there was an overlap period from 1992-93 with the original valley arts guys. Manufacturing was then shifted to the Far East and the guitars were ultimately produced under Samick's own brand name, while the US Custom shop also kept going for a few years utilizing parts and possibly woods imported from Korea (Duncan designed pickups etc., cheaper electronics etc.) producing better quality instruments than the ones made in Korea under Samick's own brand. Does anyone have any information on which year this guitar can possibly be from? Did these Samick headstocks start only after mid-1993? Any help would be appreciated!
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