[Albert]

I have the August 1995 Guitar Player magazine (the "Blues Deluxe" issue with T-Bone Walker on the cover) which has a full-page ad for Valley Arts guitars. This was during the period when Samick owned at least 50% of Valley Arts, according to the history on the current Valley Arts website.

In the ad they mention two "performance features" in the Valley Arts guitars: an unusual neck joint "Interlock® Technology" that uses slide-in fastening parts on the neck and body for enhanced sustain and ML2 Tuned Resonance™ Technology, which isn't really well explained but is claimed to provide fat highs (like a Les Paul) and crisp lows (like a Strat).

Does anyone know if these were developed by Samick or by Valley Arts prior to Samick? I'm also wondering when/if guitars were actually made with the Interlock Technology, since all the Valley Arts guitars I've seen appear to have the Fender-type neckplate-and-screws neck joint. Did the Interlock Technology have some problems? And what was the Tuned Resonace Technology and was it continued in the Gibson Valley Arts guitars?

[tgerdan1]

Albert, on 27 December 2009 - 07:00 AM, said:

I have the August 1995 Guitar Player magazine (the "Blues Deluxe" issue with T-Bone Walker on the cover) which has a full-page ad for Valley Arts guitars. This was during the period when Samick owned at least 50% of Valley Arts, according to the history on the current Valley Arts website.

In the ad they mention two "performance features" in the Valley Arts guitars: an unusual neck joint "Interlock® Technology" that uses slide-in fastening parts on the neck and body for enhanced sustain and ML2 Tuned Resonance™ Technology, which isn't really well explained but is claimed to provide fat highs (like a Les Paul) and crisp lows (like a Strat).

Does anyone know if these were developed by Samick or by Valley Arts prior to Samick? I'm also wondering when/if guitars were actually made with the Interlock Technology, since all the Valley Arts guitars I've seen appear to have the Fender-type neckplate-and-screws neck joint. Did the Interlock Technology have some problems? And what was the Tuned Resonace Technology and was it continued in the Gibson Valley Arts guitars?

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[tgerdan1]

I found this samick that was made by calley arts, its the only samick i,ve seed with interlocking neck this guitar rocks looks and plays great.

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[bubbwe]

I happen to be lucky to live where I do as one of the original employees of the Valley Arts guitar shop lives and works very close by. I have had him do work on my guitars and he is extremely knowledgable about guitars. He managed the Valley Arts shops and started as a repair person I believe. His name is Martin Miranda and he has a web site. You should ask him your question as I am sure he will be able to answer it.

http://www.deerroguitars.com/

['01 335]

Albert,

Sorry I'm getting onboard here so late.

The Interlock neck joint was developed by Valley Arts in their Studio City shop years before Samick. As I recall it was developed by a machinist by the name of Steve Bolanger(sp?). They started to build them in mid '87.

Go to the pre-Samick Valley Arts website for examples of hundreds of, what else, pre-Samick Valley Arts guitars!

http://www.valleyarts.com/registry.htm

Check out Custom Pro #'s VA0350, VA0536, or scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Prototypes" and look at MSB 001.

Bill

[arniemax]

tgerdan1, on 14 January 2011 - 10:57 PM, said:

I found this samick that was made by calley arts, its the only samick i,ve seed with interlocking neck this guitar rocks looks and plays great.

..i have had a few samick...'valley arts'...with the same headstock...great guitars-i feel...but not the 'real' va...