![]() Samick is the worlds largest producer of stringed instruments and has a huge presence in Indonesia producing half a million copies annually (total guitar production in Indonesia was 600,000 in 2002). dollar, and most-favored nation status with the U.S., a designation that allows Indonesian-produced products to come into the U.S. What attracted firms like Samick, Yamaha, and Kawai to invest in Indonesia was a combination of a stable workforce, nearby access to 80% of the materials that go into pianos and guitars, a stable currency linked to the U.S. As a rule of thumb, Indonesian made guitars are generally the lowest price models with the better ones coming from Korea. Today, Samick, at its production compound outside Bogor, 90 miles south of Jakarta, produces about 90% of the guitars made in Indonesia under various names including Gibson and Fender models. ![]() In the early 1990s Korean manufacturing giant Samick began moving its production base to Indonesia.
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