Over the years they’ve built thousands of guitars for Gretsch, Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, and many others. Peerless is Korea’s premiere guitar manufacturer and has been producing high quality jazz guitars since the 70s. Awesome quality semis at prices we can all afford – thank you Peerless Guitars! “ What is a peerless guitar? ” Peerless built their reputation producing the early Korean made Epiphone and Ibanez archtops but now produce guitars under their own factory name (like Cort do – who also produce guitars for Ibanez!). The vintage Airline Res-O-Glass guitars are undoubtedly cool, and any guitarist will get extra kudos for owning one. Korean made Epiphone guitars are often held in exceptionally high regard, and along with the 90s made Japanese counterparts are thought by many players to be as close as the reissue Epiphone guitars have ever been to the quality of their original 60s guitar. The new Airlines sound great, rich, and are more comfortable and familiar to play than vintage ones.
Oak is slightly less hard – White Oak has a 1360 rating and Red Oak a 1290 rating.
Maple is among the harder wood species, with a 1450 rating on the Janka wood hardness chart. Is Oak better than maple?īoth Oak and Maple floors are considered among the most durable wood floors and can last for generations. Most Chinese made instruments are mass-produced and cheap. But the negative connotations of “made in China” don’t apply here. Yes, Eastman Guitars are manufactured in Beijing, China. To date, Peerless is the only guitar manufacturer producing hollowbody guitars that remains solely based in S. In the early 2000s, Eastwood Guitars acquired the rights to use the “Airline” brand-name….Airline (brand) Type That RG350 has a rosewood fretboard and a basswood body.Products included radios, televisions, record players, guitars and amplifiers.
The RG550 is an upgrade model from the RG350.Īn earlier model with the same name was made in Japan for sale domestically. The RG360 is a related model with a single-coil pickup in the neck position and no pickguard. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging peerless guitars come with all box and bubble wrap. the guitar matches the description below. Components include pickguard-mounted Ibanez pickups with a pair of humbuckers flanking a single-coil and a TRS-101 double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut. Spent a couple of years gigging with this but otherwise has just been in my collection at home. Joe Carducci from FMIC/Gretsch has stated in the past that construction at the Peerless. The 'KS' prefix means SPG plant, the 'KP' is Peerless like Codeseven says above. KP (Korea, Peerless facility) and KS (Korea, Samick/SPG facility). The RG350 features a jelutong body bolted to a maple Wizard neck with a 22-fret maple fingerboard with black dot inlays. Yes, there are two Korean plants but I dont know if one produces a better product then the other. The desirable high quality Ebony components sourced from India are custom fabricated by another group of carefully selected skilled artisans.
It was produced in South Korea by Peerless and is one of only a few models in the RG series with just 22 frets. The Solid Spruce Tops, Bodies and necks are still made to Robert’s specs by Peerless Guitars, considered by several major brands as absolutely the highest quality OEM in South Korea (See Note Below). The RG350 is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1990.