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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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

 

[Mr. B]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

Very cool!

 

[guitarkid]

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

 

[PunkKitty]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

Very, very nice!

 

[TheLivingDead]

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Oh man, I love that!

 

[Fender_Punk]

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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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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.

 

[Artie]

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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]

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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]

Re: NGD - Saint Blues Bluescaster IV Seafoam Green

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.