Seagull S6

First of all, let me say that I am reviewing the

-24 frets.
-Stained (not laminated) cedar top (guitarcenter.com says it's a "semi-gloss lacquer finish").
-Wild cherry back and sides.
-Made in Canada.
-Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
-Tusq nut and compensated saddle.
-24.84" scale.

I really love the sound of this guitar. It's really mellow and I really actually don't like to use picks on it, because I get an even warmer, more mellow tone on it. I use medium DR strings, which sound beautiful in my opinion.

The action was a little high, and I think I might change that a little bit. I like the finish though, because it is stained, not laminated. Laminating a guitar kinda mutes the guitar and gives it a weird sound. My bridge is also peeling off, and I've only had it for about 10 months.

Well, I mean, I don't have any problems with it aside from the bridge peeling off a little. But the cedar top is a bit soft, and it dents kind of easily; however, I think that the softness of the cedar allows it to produce a better tone and am willing to have a small nick or two in it for that.

Haven't dealt with the customer support.

I am extremely satisfied overall with this guitar. I've played many-a-guitar and this is my second-favorite of all time (my first favorite is my friend's fancy Martin, but really, I think that I only like it more because I only get to play it every once in a while. I think that if I had his and he had mine, I would prefer mine over his).
I've NEVER before heard a guitar with such warm, mellow, full tones. I love this guitar and am surprised that I got it for only $380 (on sale). I would definitely pay up to... I'd say around $450 for this guitar, but I'm only 18 and don't have a job; if I had lots of money, I'd probably be willing to pay much more for it. I really don't have a problem with this guitar, even if it needs repairs--I'm just glad I got this one instead of any of the others.

FAT MAPLE NECK,CHERRY DREADNOUGHT BODY,CEDAR TOP, ROSE WOODBRIDGE AND FRETBOARD, GOOD TUNERS, TUSQ NUT & SADDLE.

VERY BRIGHT W/ NO LOSS OF LOW END.

ACTION NOT BAD BAD OUT OF THE BOX BUT HAD TO SET UP ANYWAY.
TOOK 3/32 OFF SADDLE-REGROOVED NUT-HAD TO FILE DOWN A HIGH FRET (#6)-TRUSS ROD ADJSTMENT-NEW STRINGS.
ALL SATIN CLEAR COAT (I LOVE THE FINISH)

GOOD REPUTATION, SEEMS STURDY

CAN YOU SPEAK FRENCH?

GOOD FINGERSTYLE GUITAR. THIS GUITAR HAS A CHARACTER AND SOUND ALL ITS OWN, ITS SO UNIQUE, I'M GLAD I BOUGHT IT. I KEEP THIS GUITAR AT WORK SO I HAVE SOMETHING PLAY ON MY LUNCH BREAK. I LIKE THIS GUITAR ALOT BUT I WOULD NOT REPLACE IT IF IT WERE STOLEN, I'D BUY A TAYLOR INSTEAD. MY MAIN GUITAR IS A TAYLOR DREADNOUGHT.
I DIDN'T LIKE THE HEADSTOCK OVERLAY,ITLOOKS LIKE A STICKER, GIVES IT A CHEAP APPEARANCE. THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT WOOD.

plain brown wrapper
Solid top

The worst, compares to a 99 dollar korean guitar
I was in shock, I like my Simon /Patrick but this does nothing for me
What good is solid wood if it sounds worse than laminated plywood
So dead a travel guitar does just as well, Resonance, sustain, non existent.

I like the construction. clean, good fit, The action would have to be set up, by the next owner.

I bought it barely used and you have to be really careful with this type of finish, it is what it is, a little fragile but stays in tune .
Aside from that the construction seems solid.

No experience

I feel like tom Hanks in Big
I don't get it !!!!!
I own a Simon and Patrick and feel it is a good value not the best but a value with great electronics
so I bought this online thinking I was in the same league
The sound is MUCH worse than a Hohner or samick or washburn or any bottom end guitar
NO resonance NO bass NO presence Is this a lemon or has the whole world gone nuts.
I'm gonna replace this with something higher end there is no free lunch this is no Taylor Guild or Martin........

I am honestly astonished that there has never been a review on this guitar. Anyway...

This is a late 90's Seagull steal string acoustic. Standard dreadnought body, cedar top, wild cherry back and sides, rosewood fretoboard, matte finish, 21 frets. No electronics, but that's not why I bought this guitar.

I received this guitar as a gift when I was about 14 (8 years ago). At the time it went very unappreciated. I covered it with stickers, took it to bon fires, spilled beer on it, let people I didn't know play it, never changed the strings etc. etc.

After growing up a bit and truly learning how to play, it's become a blessing. This acoustic has great projection and a colorful "woody" tone to it. No frequency range is really louder than another...pretty even all the way across. Though it does seem to be a bit mellower in the high end compared to the bright (kind of brittle) sounding Fenders in the same price range. I've gone through many types of strings and it seems to prefer Phosphor Bronze as opposed to 80/20.

It sounds nothing short of amazing for a $350 guitar. I work at Guitar Center and have fiddled around with just about every Taylor and Martin we have in the acoustic room and very few of them can even hold a candle. Gibson and Breedlove are my favorites as far as acoustics go, but a good sounding one of either of those brands will cost you anywhere from $1000-$4000.

Also, I do believe this instrument has improved with age. Seagull uses an oil finish instead of laquer, leaving it matte (not glossy). This allows the wood to breathe and more evenly age and I swear this thing sounds better every single day. But watch out, it dings up really easy.

Very low action and easy to play. It has a chunkier neck than most (think more Les Paul than Fender), but I prefer that on an acoustic. Only problem I've had is slight intonation problems with the B and G string, which tends to be a problem area for most lower end acoustics. It's only slightly off and has never stopped me from enjoying to play.

Like I mentioned before, the matte finish makes it very easy to ding and scratch up the guitar. Mine is covered in dents, scratches, and awful marks left by stickers...but it's never cracked, warped, or totally broken through (and I haven't treated her too nice over the years). So overall, it's been very reliable...I haven't.

Never had to deal with them.

I think, for the money, this is one of the best options someone just starting has. It's something fairly inexpensive that won't be junk by the time you really start learning to play. I always hate seeing people buying the $79 Squiers cause they don't want to spend too much on the kids first guitar.

The way I see it, that's not even fair...give a kid a guitar that can't stay in tune and has action 1/2" off the fret board and see if he wants to keep learning after the first day.

Finish is satin , scratches up, unit is a well used demo. Fretboard feels good,smaller profile frets, has pickguard, machine tuners, angled headstock. Cedar Top - very very tight grain, mohogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, tusq nut and saddle - harder than bone, yet easy to work with, holds up over time. Body has nice grain, cherry laminate honey tan colour - bookmatched back, bolt on body block... solid tight construction. Excellent get what you pay for ratio.

Got this guitar on ebay fer a hunnerd bucks, heavily beaten/used demo, has a crack on the soundboard (came from texas - probly no humidity control/owner self control) dings galore. In spite of its condition the thing sounded great with a mouldy old set of strings, with a brand new set of martin broze/plain steel mediums this puppy sounds like gold!Excellent sound seperation on all chords up/down the fretboard at all volumes. Have heard reviews that cedartops will sound muddy at hard strumming - NOT THE CASE with my guitar. This guy sounds great fingerstyle and hard strummed. The guitar sounds solid when tapped on. It perfect for anything you play an acoustic for, the only thing would be max volume won't be as loud as sitka top.

The guitar needed a bit of a shave of the saddle, but it plays great the neck is viagra straight. The action is easy, soundboard scratches up, make sure you put a pickguard on it.

This guitar is damaged and I love it! I'm sure whoever had it before me did worse by it than anything I could ever do to it!! I would take this guy anywhere and rely on it anytime!

Playin 15 years, never owned a great acoustic, this changes that.

cedar top, no electronics, low gloss finish. It's not an eye-catcher, but I'll take good sound over looks. Good tuners, one of the best guitars I seen for staying in tune. I like the look of the wild cherry back and sides.

I love the sound of the cedar top - very mellow, but good volume. Good for strumming or fingerpicking. The sound gets a little thin above the 7th fret.

I bought it used at a pawn shop. There's a little wear on the cedar top and a dead spot on the third fret of the sixth string. One day I'll have a luthier check it out, but I can live with it. Medium action. It has a wide nut which makes for easy fingerpicking. The guitar really fits my hands.

The cedar top will scratch if you look at it the wrong way, but that goes with the territory.

I doubt if I'll ever need it, but Godin and Co. have a great web site for technical information.

What a great deal. I would highly recommend this guitar for the beginner to intermediate player. I'll be using it for years to come.

I picked up this guitar just yesterday from a local musician i found using this website www.craigslist.com we made the arangments and i picked up the guitar three days after the first email. this guitar has a solid cedar top and wild cherry sides and back. the finish is semi gloss wich to some may not be the best looking but it definatley makes up in sound. it has an eq and pickup that was installed by the previous owner but did not come standard on the guitar so i wont get into that. i am not sure of the year of this guitar however it is an older model. the guitar was hand made in a small village in canada who judging from there website take very great amount of pride in building their insturments.

i play in an acoustic band we play in a style along the lines of the scene aesthetic and secondhand serenade. this is my second acoustic i have owned and let me tell you there is a huge difference. my older acoustic is a very light guitar with very bright sound to it. this guitar is a bit deeper and has a very full sound to it. the seagull, is a full size guitar with a smaller upper bout wich reduces the boominess you would get from a guitar with a larger uper bout, seagull says this body size is well recomended for recording wich is the reason i bought it. the guitar can be a little muddy when played to hard, but this guitar definately has a sound of its own and this sound is just the sound i was looking for

im not sure how it was set up in the factory but im sure the previous owner lowered the action, its got the perfect action for me. the only flaw on my specific guitar is that the neck was cracked but has been repaired by a professional guitarsmith.

this guitar would definately work well for live playing and studio recording. the hardware seems nice, its an older guitar and it still has stock tuners that work perfectly fine so that a plus. i can definately depend on this guiar. and i will not bring a back up to my next show although the cedar can be dented easily especially since its semi gloss finish, but hey charecter right?

i sent seagull a email yesterday and it has not been replied but it has only been a day so i have no right to answer this question

ive been playing for about 4 years, this is by far the best purchase i have ever made, my other acoustic is an older one not sure of the brand but its around 50 years old. if this guitar were stolen or lost i would definately purchase another one. i love this guitar everything about iy, i never want to put it down!

Its very simple guitar, I like it that way

I was in the market for a taylor and came across the S6 at a music store I installed an L.R. Baggs saddle transducer myself and use martin 80/20 bronse phosphor SP.strings..I will put it up against ANY TAYLOR as far as sound. Its awesome and cost 1/3 the price

Action was terrible new I filed the saddle down to get a better fit and now its great. I like the satin finish, so the wood can age easier.

Very reliable no need for a backup, you can depend on it. Its quality

not dealt with them,, havent had any problems, Godin is the parent company and they are reputable.

playing 35 yrs. would buy anotherone in a minute, My advice is...Get one while they are still inexpensive, once they start catching on they, like everything else will go up.

I have had my Seagull S-6 since 1989, and it gets better all the time. I just had new bone nut and saddle put on it as the old nut was worn at the first string and I just went ahead and had the bone saddle added on. I also have a pre Fender Guild D6 that cost a lot more than the Seagull, yet I still prefer the Seagull.I periodically try out nice expensive guitars at the Guitar Central store and rarely do I find anything that matches up, and when I do find something, it's selling for more than 2 grand. Seagull rules.

It sounds great.

Brand new, my Seagulls action sucked but over the years it's been worked over a few times and now it's right. I tried out some brand new seagulls recently and their action is excellent.

16 years and still excellent, has a lot of nicks and scratches from too much abuse, but still holding up.

Nothing in it's price comes close. I also have a pre Fender Guild that's great by any standard, but the Seagull is still my favorite.

The seagull s6, i believe it was made somewhere in a little village in Canada, my guitar is a couple of years old so i would say it was made in 2003 or so. It has a solid ceder top, Satin Finish, Silverleaf Maple neck, HPL Cherry back and sides, Sealed machines, Tusq nut and compensated saddle, 1.8" at the nut.
Have to say plain guitar, though when i do look at it i find it nice, very elegant. If your looking for a "flash" guitar i wouldnt recommond this one. although suits me fine.

WOW, i love this guitar for its sound,its just beautiful to hear, its warm, rich, and it suits nearly everything i play, i play a variety ranging from rock, blues to folk etc. into a bit of everything. theres absolutely no fret buzz anywhere, purrs like a kitten. its great for fingerpicking. LOVE IT!!! ive played far more expensive guitars that dont sound half as good.

the guitar was very well set up. i think i must have tried at least 4 different guitars in the shop tho which one i tried was very good. the guy in the shop, who i actually know lowered the action for me, as ive brought guitars off him before and he knoews how i like them but so i guess its just how you like your action. there were no flaws with this guitar. only one thing, its one the tops ceder so have to be really carefull with it, otherwise it will ding.

this guitar has pretty much been everywhere ive been, jams with friends, college, gigs, and its held up fantastic. at all my gigs never used a backup havent felt like i needed too, and the good thing is i think this guitar still has a mighty lot to give still. hardware is excellent, closed tuners, hold off tuning, my baby stays in tune for ages, and i always check if it needs tuning. although i like the idea of the finish it lets the top breathe and vibrates to project and sound better, it does seem a little thin and like i said before does ding a far bit, but lets just say that gives it character and i havent been put off by that, afterall its the sound that matters?! rite.

these guys are great. so friendly, ive been emailing them for a while now and everything ive had to ask has been answered within a day, though i have had no problems with my guitar so i havent really had to "deal" with them. though very nice people.

i have to say i love this guitar its one of my favourites,i own a gibson, though thats also off my friend in the guitar shop. For the price range that this guitar is in, its perfect, i hav not come across a guitar that sounds this great, and i hav a part time job in a music store so always play on the guitars there. if it was stolen i would without thinking get another one or try out another guiatr from the seagull range. what i love about this guiatr is the sound most of all, its beautiful i really cant describe it, im not soo keen though on the finish but thinking about it now, i wouldnt have it any other way, it just means i have to be careful. i love the smell also of wood eveytime i open my case, and it hasnt faded, even after 2 years. i get a real sense that the people who make these guitars care about the prodect they are producing unlike a hugh company who only cares about how much they will make. Like i said i tried 4 or so seagulls when chosing which i would say is a must, because the way they are made every guitar is different, and its important to find out which one you like the best, thats even if you do like it.i chose this guiatr has i had a smaller buget this time around and this was the best. i took the sound,features, durability all into account when buying and it was by far the best i could find, if your looking for a guitar under 400 then try this one, its great.