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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hunter on January 21, 2008, 07:42:05 PM

Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: hunter on January 21, 2008, 07:42:05 PM
Reviewed in actual Guitarist.

Looks awesome, sounds awesome, price awesome.

Melikey lotsa (the version with tapped SC bridge and P90 neck)


(http://www.saintblues.com/images/D/61South_Tobacco1.gif)

www.saintblues.com
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: sgmypod on January 21, 2008, 08:10:05 PM
kinda like that
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Post by: Kilby on January 21, 2008, 08:35:01 PM
It reminds me of a model that Dennis Fano produces http://www.fanoguitars.com/artifactSP6.html which is based on the non cutaway Partridge model http://chalkhills.org/cgi-bin/img?images/press/Guitar0007-02.jpg
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: hunter on January 21, 2008, 09:00:53 PM
Quote from: Kilby
It reminds me of a model that Dennis Fano produces http://www.fanoguitars.com/artifactSP6.html


huh this is seriously cool!!!
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: Philly Q on January 21, 2008, 09:03:01 PM
Is that a new St Blues?  I didn't know they were back in production.

I remember when Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult used to play them back in the late '80s.  I always liked the way they used the same basic body shape for different styles of guitars.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: indysmith on January 21, 2008, 09:26:30 PM
Jeez trust Hunter to pick the ugliest guitar out of that magazine. ;)
I'm interested in those new Taylors they reviewed! that Custom is fiiiiiiine 8)
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: hunter on January 21, 2008, 09:51:07 PM
Quote from: indysmith
Jeez trust Hunter to pick the ugliest guitar out of that magazine. ;)
I'm interested in those new Taylors they reviewed! that Custom is fiiiiiiine 8)


LOL, well I have a special taste I guess, to me this appeals muchos. I am less and less into the obviously pretty ones ... maybe that part of my brain has deteriotated or what thats called
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: Elliot on January 21, 2008, 10:53:53 PM
No
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: indysmith on January 22, 2008, 12:23:09 AM
Just looked at that Fano Artifact - now THERE'S  a guitar I'd be proud to own.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: Philly Q on January 22, 2008, 01:18:57 AM
Quote from: indysmith
Just looked at that Fano Artifact - now THERE'S  a guitar I'd be proud to own.

They do look fantastic - and some of the best relic'ing I've ever seen, if it's possible to judge from photos.
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Post by: fps_dean on January 22, 2008, 02:36:18 AM
It's a Lesocaster or something, cool.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: hunter on January 22, 2008, 05:08:54 AM
Quote from: indysmith
Just looked at that Fano Artifact - now THERE'S  a guitar I'd be proud to own.


At least we agree on this one  8)
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Post by: Mr Ed on January 22, 2008, 09:02:30 AM
I think that looks like an aborted Telecaster. Just awful.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: blue on January 22, 2008, 01:29:33 PM
the St. Blues, as mentioned in the Guitarist review, is quite a bit like the Gibson Blueshawk.

That's all i have to say about that.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: Philly Q on January 22, 2008, 02:41:35 PM
Quote from: blue
the St. Blues, as mentioned in the Guitarist review, is quite a bit like the Gibson Blueshawk.

That's all i have to say about that.

To be fair, St Blues were making guitars very much like the one above 7 or 8 years before Gibson launched the Nighthawk series.
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Post by: dave_mc on January 22, 2008, 03:20:46 PM
i think reverends look cooler.

haven't tried either, but for that slightly unconventional (but not too much) retro vibe, the reverends look cool, at least.

of course, either both or none may suck.  :lol:
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: blue on January 22, 2008, 03:35:04 PM
Quote from: Philly Q
Quote from: blue
the St. Blues, as mentioned in the Guitarist review, is quite a bit like the Gibson Blueshawk.

That's all i have to say about that.

To be fair, St Blues were making guitars very much like the one above 7 or 8 years before Gibson launched the Nighthawk series.


i wasn't saying it was a rip off, just that the body shape, f-hole and pickups reminded me of the blueshawk.  i don't actually know much about St.Blues, first time i heard of them was in a guitar magazine last year, but i seem to recall them saying it was a well known and long established brand in the states.  Maybe Gibson ripped them off!  :P
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Post by: Philly Q on January 22, 2008, 03:48:31 PM
Sorry blue, I misunderstood.  I think Gibson should have stuck with the Hawk series, I never actually owned one but they were nice little guitars for those of us who find Les Pauls a bit hefty.
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Post by: blue on January 22, 2008, 04:04:51 PM
i always liked the hawks myself, and i have a Blueshawk (unfortunately in red, i couldn't find a blue one  :cry:  )  it is a great little guitar, and unlike any other Gibson i've played, much more vintage Fender in feel.

i sometimes dream of a Nightwawk 3 pickup standard with Floyd Rose.  they are out there, just hard to find! and that bridge pickup would be a bugger to replace if you didn't like it.
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Post by: Philly Q on January 22, 2008, 05:32:36 PM
Quote from: blue
and that bridge pickup would be a bugger to replace if you didn't like it.

Yeah, that was typical Gibson "Roy Walker" design (it's good, but it's not right).  I'm sure the fact that it was impossible to replace the bridge (and middle) pickups must have put off a few prospective buyers.
Title: Saintblues anyone?
Post by: 38thBeatle on January 22, 2008, 07:05:30 PM
I couldn't make up my mind about the looks of this guitar but then I thought that the looks should be secondary to the playability/tone and then I kind of found myself warming to it.
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Post by: Jazz Rock on January 22, 2008, 09:20:41 PM
I tried one on Saturday, hoping to fulfil my Tele gas. They look really cool despite the funny proportions, and well finished.

I didn't try it for long though as the neck just threw me. Highly glossed and on the thick side... didn't even plug it in. But judging by the clips from the Guitarist CD, if you don't mind the neck it seem like a really sweet guitar for nearly 1/2 the price of a MIA guitar from the big names.
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Post by: Philly Q on January 22, 2008, 09:30:52 PM
Quote from: Jazz Rock
I didn't try it for long though as the neck just threw me. Highly glossed and on the thick side... didn't even plug it in.

Thick neck I like.  Does the guitar "feel" small, as it looks?
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Post by: dave_mc on January 23, 2008, 04:57:39 PM
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Quote from: blue
and that bridge pickup would be a bugger to replace if you didn't like it.

Yeah, that was typical Gibson "Roy Walker" design (it's good, but it's not right).  I'm sure the fact that it was impossible to replace the bridge (and middle) pickups must have put off a few prospective buyers.


man catchphrase kicked ass back in the day.