Comments on: Review: SAINT Guitar Company ~ “Faded Blue Jean” Benchmark Guitar

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Gear Review: Saint Guitars Goldtop Benchmark « Guitar Gear — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:19:22 +0000

[...] I did my first Saint Guitars review of the Faded Blue Jeans model, I couldn’t believe how perfect the guitar was. The walnut body and neck, combined with the [...]

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Gear Review: Saint Guitar Company Baritone Messenger « Guitar Gear — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:53:07 +0000

[...] Adam contacted me and told me he wanted to swap the Faded Blue Jean Benchmark that I had been testing, I have to admit that I experienced a bit of trepidation in making the [...]

By: goofydawg

goofydawg — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:49:58 +0000

Price varies because these are custom, hand-made guitars. Custom-spec’d guitars run between $3500 to $5500 depending upon the materials used. However, that said, Adam also makes a line of less-expensive guitars starting at $1800 for base configuration, then goes up from there depending upon what you want to change.

From personal experience, and as I mentioned in my review, there is absolutely NOTHING like playing a guitar customized to your specifications. I absolutely love the one I spec’d out for Adam, and all the people who’ve played it that I’ve shown it to are incredibly impressed by these guitars.

I was a little unsure about the walnut body and neck at first, because walnut being as dense as it is tends to be bright, but also a little bland. But this guitar just sings. The inherent sustain is just magnificent!

If I’d change anything on the guitar, I’d lower the pickups a bit, but that’s just a nit, and actually pretty easy for Adam to do.

By: slasher

slasher — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:37:49 +0000

It sounds badass…What about the price?

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:07:03 +0000

Hmmmm . .. maybe I got yours? lol . . .. . ( “screamin ” ) that is. buh Bye dawg . . . . .Jay. ENJoY

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:04:24 +0000

Hey ! I’ts me Jay ! I see you got one !! SWEET !!!!! They are definately A “players “instrument . She looks like a beauty! Adam and James just finished another for me too. Funny . . . mines a walnut back , AAAAA quilt on top , with a ROSEWOOD neck. its got that satin finish you were talking about. Super Sick ! It plays like butter too . Funny mine really does have a “screamon demon ” in the bridge position . Actually I first thought it was going to be too hot .To my surprise, it sounds AMAZING . Just the right amount of highs , blended with growling mids, and it doesn’t lack on the low end either. Pretty awsome pickup. I would’ve never guessed . I always thought it was a metal pickup . . lol. Well . . . off to play . . .Jay.

By: ben

ben — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:10:18 +0000

http://www.guitaristgear.cjb.net

bout blues, rock, jazz guitarist.

By: goofydawg

goofydawg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:27:26 +0000

Okay… I’ll have to fix that.

By: Rangus

Rangus — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:33:25 +0000

Adam from Saint Guitar wanted me to let you
know that the bridge p/u is an alnico 2, not a
screamin’ demon. He apologizes for the mistake
and will be out of town until next week. Said
he would call you when he returns. Glad you
like the axe.

Chris R.

By: goofydawg

goofydawg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:11:00 +0000

I forgot to mention about the coil taps!

Not quite as chimey as a Strat, but the neck pickup in coil-tapped mode had a beautiful ring. But the coolest thing was that once you engaged the other coil, it was the same tone – just fatter. AWESOME!

Did not like the bridge pickup isolated and coil tapped – got way too thin and trebly.

Both tapped produced a nice thin tone that fell literally between the neck pickup isolated and the bridge pickup isolated.

By: Tweed Demon

Tweed Demon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:22:29 +0000

Very cool. 25 1/4 scale is the scale of the old D’Angelico’s. Tasty bright but not too bright… nice! Great review. How did the coil taps sound?

By: CrAsH

CrAsH — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:33:57 +0000

Seriously . . . Tone for days . . eh ? Im so glad you got to play on one . They are definately worth every penny . . even if youve got to get a second mortgage . LOL . How bout the sustain? AMAZING . Uh oh . .its almost three . . gotta go to practice .

By: CrAsH

CrAsH — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:31:02 +0000

WEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!