Peerless Guitars
Joe Finn
Samick or something? Is this a decent student guitar? ....joe
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Great White Buffalo
There have been some posts from time to time here on these. Peerless
is its own manufacturer, HQ'd, I believe in Korea. They are like
Samick, from what I understand, having produced guitars for other
brands in the past. Some of those Peerless guitars on eBAY look pretty
nice.
Greg
Andy
> Does anyone have experience or information on these? Are they supplied by
> Samick or something? Is this a decent student guitar? ....joe
Joe
Try asking and searching the archives of the Yahoo jazz guitar group,
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/jazz_guitar/
there has been a lot of discussion on them. One of the guys there, Doc
Dosco, deals in them, he's great and very helpful. They are good
guitars, but supply can be an issue.
Andy
blackcat
Judging by your Shiny Stockings clip and others Joe, it would seem
that you almost certainly already own one! The D'Aspiranta range were
made by Peerless and the one you have there looks like a dead ringer
for the Monarch. Peerless were established in 1970 in S.Korea and
relatively recently were bought out by the Lee family, Mr Lee having
been the company accountant. One of the two original factories was
sold off and there was ( by all accounts ) heavy investment in re-
tooling etc. in the remaining plant. At one time they produced 30,000
+ guitars per month ( it says in the brochure! ) for the likes of
Aria, Epiphone, Gretsch et al but now manufacture under their own
brand name. There are regular container drops into Italy, Holland and
the UK and in the States I understand that Guitars 'n Jazz have the
full range in addition to Doc Dosco. In answer to your last question I
think quality/price point ranges from entry-level through to some of
the best value factory/OEM made guitars around including all-solid
carved top 17" archtops. The jazz boxes are generic D'aquisto and it
may be no coincidence that Aria who apparently had some financial
involvement previously with Peerless make the current D'Aquistos under
licence. Great value for money.
Blackcat
Joe Finn
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>>Blackcat
Thank you for all that information. As you guessed, I had a reason for the
inquiry. The guitar I was playing in the Shiny Stockings clip appears to be
identical to the Peerless model. The one I have is several years old. It
bears the Sam Ash brand name: Carlo Robelli. My assumption was that these
instruments were supplied to various vendors in the American market by a
Korean manufacturer. I thought it might be Samick. Many thanks to you for
tracing the lineage and solving the mystery. mucho gracias amigo,
blackcat
> "blackcat" <blackc...@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
C'etait mon plaisir monsieur! I could see that you were 'angling' for
info with the ('Samick or something') phrasing!question!
By the way, many thanks once again for a great contribution with this
month's Almanac.
Blackcat
Joe Finn
Blackcat
It's always good to hear from people who read The Jazz Guitar Almanac! I
appreciate your having a look at it. ...joe
Zoran Cvetkovic
I have a Epi Emperor Regent, according to the serial number and its
explanation at wikipedia it was build at the Peerless Plant in Korea.
I seems that they have a lot experience there.
I talked to a guy who tried some Peerless models, and he told me that
they are comparable to my Epi in terms of craftsmanship.
BTW That Epi worked out to be a really great instrument.
I only exchanged the floater (thanks to David from Tokyo) by a Kent
Amstrong. Over all price performance ratio.
Zoran
Gerry
> I have a Epi Emperor Regent, according to the serial number and its
> explanation at wikipedia it was build at the Peerless Plant in Korea.
>
> I seems that they have a lot experience there.
>
> I talked to a guy who tried some Peerless models, and he told me that
> they are comparable to my Epi in terms of craftsmanship.
>
> BTW That Epi worked out to be a really great instrument.
Yeah, I love the thing. It's my favorite living-room guitar now.
> I only exchanged the floater (thanks to David from Tokyo) by a Kent
> Amstrong. Over all price performance ratio.
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Domingo
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> Does anyone have experience or information on these? Are they supplied by
> Samick or something? Is this a decent student guitar? ....joe
I had a Peerless Jazzcity in 2008, it was a nice guitar. The solid maple top
was quite unusual since usually the solid top is spruce but the sound was
very interesting, with a very fast response to the picking. I can say that,
pickup apart, it was a high level instrument, with a PAF he was really
excellent. Anyway when I purchased an Ibanez GB200 the Ibanez won and I sold
the Peerless after a while...
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JoeJazz2000
potential customer try out several Peerless jazz models. It was an
impressive demo with good detail/spec color from the dealer. The specs
range from laminates to carved top models, with both floating and set
pickups. The parts apeared to be quality components and the fit and
finish was flawless. The customer was a very good player and the
guitars sounded great in his hands. He remarked that he liked the more
substantial rounded neck of the Peerless models.
I was not aware of the Epiphone connection, but I believe that
Peerless manufactured some of the Gretsch models for a time. The
catalog shows models reminiscent of the White Falcon, the Country
Gentleman, and 6120. Another guitar in the catalog looks like a
Gibson ES-295, which was re-issued as an Epiphone a few years back.
The guitar marketed by Robert Conti, appearing in his videis and ads
also appears to be a Peerless, but I don't know the specs.
Phil T
blackcat
Yep, at a production rate of 30,000 units per month since 1970 there
must be quite a few around in a wide range of guises! Robert Conti's
guitar was specially manufactured by Peerless to his specifications -
see recent NAMM video clips.
Blackcat
Phil T
From the Peerless website :
"Peerless guitars was established in 1970. Since then we have built
quality archtop and acoustic guitars for world-renowned top brands such
as Gretsch of Fender, Epiphone of Gibson, Alvarez of St.Louis Music and
many others with our high standards of quality.
In the early stage of business, there were times that we produced almost
30,000 pieces of guitars per month. However, now we are focusing solely
on quality and building only less than 1,000 guitars per month which is
1/25 in quantity. These changes have been done to build guitars only we
can be proud of.
As the result of the effort, now we are presenting series of guitars
with our own brand name, PEERLESS. "
That doesn't quite say that they've always cranked out 30K units per
month since 1970. Judging from the build quality of my 1998 Epi Zephyr
Regent (which is quite good) I'd be inclined to say that their
production rate was probably well down by the time mine was made. It's
hard for me to imagine them building something of this quality while
cranking out 1000 guitars a day. If they did, it's amazing and
commendable.
blackcat
Extremely valid point! You will not that I said that the 2 factories
had recently been reduced to one which of itself has somewhat slowed
output. The quality of units received over here ( France ) has been of
a consistently high standard over the past 2 - 3 years.
Blackcat
Nice Dan from UK
I cheekily played Robert Conti's own guitar at NAMM (when no-one was
looking) and it was very suprising!! Firstly the pickup seems to sit
in the Ibanez JP20 position even though it doesn't look like it. The
24 fret neck pushes it back and the tuneamatic also contributes
brightness to the sound. Secondly it had the LOWEST action of any
guitar I have ever played in 15 years in the guitar trade. It seemed
to have 9's on it and I literally could not play it at all.
He must have the lightest touch in the world on guitar!
blackcat
wrote:
Hi Dan,
That is interesting indeed - did you notice what Conti was asking for
'his' model at that point? I say 'his' because the Peerless logo did
not appear anywhere on the guitar ( as I remember it ) at least when
it first surfaced. Clearly, tailpiece, finish and inlays etc. are
generic, but the rest was of his own specification with a view to
selling it via his website. Interesting about the 9s!!
By the way - many thanks for the 0.24 Newtone and for the Hiscox pads
- beyond athe call of duty!
Blackcat
Nice Dan from UK
I tried to get one but it became apparent that although Peerless
produce it RC owns the rights to the thing.
I guess he's had his model tweaked by his luthier as it is abnormal,
totally unplayable! No worries for the string and pads, thanks for the
support.
Dan