NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

[indie folk guy]

As one that likes the quirky and unique I was perusing guitar center during their memorial day sale and I noticed a wonderful used T-style guitar. I'm a big tele nut and this one caught my eye with a strat-strat-hb pickup array and a stunning seafoam green body/matching headstock with vintage tinted maple neck/fingerboard.

I plugged it in and wow was it amazing but I'd never heard of Saint Blues or knew what they were worth.

So I found the company online and gave em a call, this one has Kent Armstrong pickups and an Alder body originally sold for about $900 picked this one up for $500 with hardshell case.

As awesome as it is stock I am thinking about asking my guitar tech to install a G&L Dual Fulcrum tremolo system in place of the hardtail bridge and possibly doing some Lollar pickups (Blackface strat neck + middle in cream with a Single Coil for humbucker in cream in the bridge).

But in any event what do you guys think? I think it's way cool and the price was right for the perfect MD splurge.

[GuitarDoc]

I'm not as Tele guy so it takes an incredibly pretty one to spin my wheels. That one still leaves my tranny in "park".

But I'm a firm believer in "to each his own", and you seem to be thrilled with it, so I am ecstatically happy for you. Sounds like a pretty good deal at $500. Enjoy.

[Christopher Caruana]

that looks pretty sweet with that zebra HB in the bridge!

[ImmortalSix]

Saint Blues is where it's at, just ask Eric Gales

[Mr. B]

It is a nice looking tele style guitar. I don't see why you would buy that and then hack on it with a router to install a tremolo though. There are a million strats out there that do that job already.

[GuitarDoc]

Agree. Forget the trem...play it for what it is.

[the guy who invented fire]

Very cool!

[guitarkid]

Sweet score man! Congrats! I had a Saint Blues Bluesmaster III, and I wish I would have never gotten rid of it.

[PunkKitty]

Very, very nice!

[TheLivingDead]

Oh man, I love that!

[Fender_Punk]

Nice score! I dig the colour and pickup configuration.

I would keep it hard tail, but that's because I don't like tremolos. Too finicky and they lack the sustain that hardtails have. Just my personal opinion.

[indie folk guy]

yeah I'm thinking I'm going to keep it hardtail now because it'd be about $250 parts and labor and it'd basically wreck the guitar (subjectively speaking). That'd be a great down payment on a DiPinto Galaxie 4 that I've had my eyes on for a while.

[Fender_Punk]

yeah I'm thinking I'm going to keep it hardtail now because it'd be about $250 parts and labor and it'd basically wreck the guitar (subjectively speaking). That'd be a great down payment on a DiPinto Galaxie 4 that I've had my eyes on for a while.

For $250 you could easily pick up a used Squier Classic Vibe or perhaps even a MIM stratocaster.

[ArtieToo]

It is a nice looking tele style guitar. I don't see why you would buy that and then hack on it with a router to install a tremolo though. There are a million strats out there that do that job already.

Ditto. Beautiful, and interesting guitar. I'd leave her alone. Then again, it's your axe.

[aleclee]

St. Blues makes a nice guitar for the money. I've played a number of 'em (my buddy's store stocks SB) and they seemed pretty cool. I think what I liked is that they try to be more than just a copy of the Fenders that inspired them.

[indie folk guy]

yeah that's why I liked it, it's got the fender roots but it's definitely got it's own personality.

I've owned a lot of fender strats over the years and I never really found any I bonded with, and secretly I've always wanted a Jazzmaster or Jaguar but until recently most of them were pretty pricey (I've had a couple 1k+ guitars but usually I like to be in the $400-$700 range). I'd consider a USA G&L Legacy or Commanche but it might be tough to find a used one with the finish/features I want, I definitely don't have a budget for a new one right now.

The thing that attracts me to the DiPinto is the great tone and the unique feature set. A floating tremolo like a jag/jzmstr, 4 single coils (that's just unique), 4 rocker switches (again very unique, very retro), a snazzy headstock and body design. You can tell the DiPinto also has fender influences but they take it in a new direction. I guess I'm just tired of playing the same guitars as everyone else so to speak.