58 Alma Vale Rd, Bristol, BS8 2HS 0117 3307607
see Review in Guitarist Issue 299, February 2008.
A beautiful example of the St Blues range with classic looks befitting of the company's rich heritage. The 61 South Sunburst is a double-cut semi acoustic with an ash body, hard rock maple neck and maple fingerboard with 25 1/2" scale length. Hardware comprises a Wilkinson WTB bridge, brass saddles and Wilkinson vintage style tuners. The guitar is driven by two St Blues tele style custom wound coil tapped pickups . The coil tap, activated by the push/pull switch on the volume and tone pots, allows you to cut approximate 25% of the signal on both pickups, giving subtle tonal variations These range from thrusting and clean to powerful and punchy at the bridge pickup, to some most agreeable deep resonating blues tones at the neck. This guitar is eminently playable and will handle almost any style.
Also available with a tapped tele-style pick-up on the bridge with P-90s at the neck.
The Mississippi Bluesmaster comprises a mahogany body with front and back binding; mahogany neck with AAA Indian rosewood fretboard and 24 3/4" scale length. The Bluesmaster is powered by Dual SB P90's with 3 way toggle switch. The bridge is a St Blues custom steel hard tail with nickel vintage Kluson style tuners. This guitar gives you perfect weight, balance and playability and packs a real punch with some powerful but never muddy P90 tones.
The original St Blues model which set the standard for those that followed. Crafted in reassuringly heavy selected grain ash with front and back binding and a beautiful honey blonde finish. The neck comprises hard rock maple with a 25 1/4 " scale length. Pickups are St. Blues custom wound TC-2's, both are coil tapped via the push/pull on the tone and volume control to give tonal variation and versatility The guitar gives great sounds ranging from clear and punchy at the bridge to deep and resonant at the neck. As with all the St Blues it plays beautifully.
Bluesmaster II Honey Sunburst £449
As above with sunburst finish.
Bluesmaster IV Darkburst Quilt top £499
A variation on the Bluesmaster design; this guitar comprises a selected grain two piece ash body with front and back binding; hardrock maple neck with 25 1/4" scale length. The guitar has a custom wound St Blues HB-II humbucker at the bridge combined with 2 St Blues single coil SC-II wired via a 5 way switch. This a great rock guitar with some seriously meaty tones with real depth and clarity - you will be left in no doubt to the quality of this instrument!
***SOLD****Bluesmaster IV Darkburst Quilt top £499****SOLD****
As above
Bluescaster IV Cherry £449****SOLD****
The Bluescaster is of a more traditional design with a bigger body, but with characteristic St Blues style. The body comprises two piece selected grain ash with a hard rock maple neck with AAA Indian rosewood fretboard. Pickups comprise a St Blues custom wound humbucker at the bridge along with 2 St Blues single coil SC-II's wired via a 5 way switch. This is a highly versatile instrument taking you from clean and sparkly to classic rock tones with deep sustain. Another beauty, this one didn't hang around for long!
