I have a Japanese made SG and a Korean one, the Korean is built to the same specs as my Japanese except for the scarf neck. A friend brought over his Samick SG last night and it was unreal how much the Korean and the Samick are alike! The ONLY differance was the Samick Head stock design! I swear they are made side by side! He also had a "Brian Setzer Samick tribute"that was just awesome. It was similar to the Gretsch but not a replica ...But I must say these are some nice guitars. The SG sells at Samick.com for under $300 , set neck mahogany!no tax and free shipping I placed an order today for one of thier acrylic super strats just to for fun of having an odd guitar to use with the band at Church!! Check them out!