I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!) 
and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.

Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the 
Yorkshire/Lancashire area?

Mick - with GAS

On Oct 6, 8:51 pm, micknand  wrote:
> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>
> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>
> Mick - with GAS

Played a couple, years ago, part of Robert Godin's canadian empire,
IIRC, ...bit like their cousins, Simon & Patricks, also Norman's are
worth a butchers in that price bracket.
Seagulls have that funny skinny little headstock, which i was never
totally sold on, but their sound is very good.very good bang for your
buck, as they say over there....tend to made with warm cedar tops, but
i don't know the full range, some are fancy and a lot more pricey, i'm
sure. the cheaper ones will have lam. back and sides, but are well
made.
If you can push the boat out a little further, try and nail a good
second hand Larrivee, also canadian, but a step up, sound and finish
wise.

Cliff L.

"Cliff"  wrote in message 
news:fd45c9f7-eb96-49c3-ac7d-7145d5f206f1@g1g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 6, 8:51 pm, micknand  wrote:
> >
> > Anyone got one? Played one?
>
> Played a couple, years ago, ... <snip>

Of course someone called Cliff would know about Seagulls!

(Sorry Cliff) :¬)

Steve.

On 6 Oct, 20:51, micknand  wrote:
> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>
> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>
> Mick - with GAS

I had an S6 some years ago. I believe it was solid cedar top with
laminated wild cherry back and sides. They used a very nice bolted on
neck arrangement. The instrument was well made and played OK. One of
the main features that's worth noting is the wider nut width. I'd say
the overall feel of them is a solidly made work horse with no frills.
Like Cliff, I was never sure about the headstock shape however, the
way the strings head straight to the nut does make a lot of sense.

Would I get another Seagull? I'm not sure that I would. For me the
neck / fingerboard never felt comfortable for anything but
fingerstyle. The S6 may have been a little too unrefined. May be other
models are different. If I was considering another acoustic I would
certainly try a few out though.

Green

> Of course someone called Cliff would know about Seagulls!
>
> (Sorry Cliff) :¬)
>
> Steve.

Yes, very droll Mr Robinson ; didn't your mum ever warn you about
walking over Cliff's ?

g8¬ !

C.

Mr. Green wrote:
> On 6 Oct, 20:51, micknand  wrote:
>> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
>> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>>
>> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
>> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>>
>> Mick - with GAS
> 
> I had an S6 some years ago. I believe it was solid cedar top with
> laminated wild cherry back and sides. They used a very nice bolted on
> neck arrangement. The instrument was well made and played OK. One of
> the main features that's worth noting is the wider nut width. I'd say
> the overall feel of them is a solidly made work horse with no frills.
> Like Cliff, I was never sure about the headstock shape however, the
> way the strings head straight to the nut does make a lot of sense.
> 
> Would I get another Seagull? I'm not sure that I would. For me the
> neck / fingerboard never felt comfortable for anything but
> fingerstyle. The S6 may have been a little too unrefined. May be other
> models are different. If I was considering another acoustic I would
> certainly try a few out though.
> 
> Green
Thanks for the reply guys - I'll certainly check Larivee out.

The guitar will be to use as a gigging instrument - I have a Takamine 
EF360S (I understand it is known as The pre-law suite model - a bit like 
a Martin clone) that I have played for years. So much so that I wore the 
  frets down. I had it refretted but the guy doing the job didn't 
re-fret the top end that goes onto the sound board (as we all know 
acoustic guitarists never venture up the dusty end eh!).

So I have decided to retire the guitar (I'm also reluctant to take it 
into boozers now) and it is a replacement for the Takamine I am looking for.

Steve and Cliff---to further your avian discussion, I once had a boss 
who had the surname Eagle - imagine my suprise when I met his brother in 
law who was called Mr C Gull!!!! You couldn't make it up could you - 
some folk must hate their kids.

Thanks again
Mick

"micknand"  wrote in message 
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> Mr. Green wrote:
>> On 6 Oct, 20:51, micknand  wrote:
>>> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
>>> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>>>
>>> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
>>> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>>>
>>> Mick - with GAS
>>
>> I had an S6 some years ago. I believe it was solid cedar top with
>> laminated wild cherry back and sides. They used a very nice bolted on
>> neck arrangement. The instrument was well made and played OK. One of
>> the main features that's worth noting is the wider nut width. I'd say
>> the overall feel of them is a solidly made work horse with no frills.
>> Like Cliff, I was never sure about the headstock shape however, the
>> way the strings head straight to the nut does make a lot of sense.
>>
>> Would I get another Seagull? I'm not sure that I would. For me the
>> neck / fingerboard never felt comfortable for anything but
>> fingerstyle. The S6 may have been a little too unrefined. May be other
>> models are different. If I was considering another acoustic I would
>> certainly try a few out though.
>>
>> Green
> Thanks for the reply guys - I'll certainly check Larivee out.
>
> The guitar will be to use as a gigging instrument - I have a Takamine 
> EF360S (I understand it is known as The pre-law suite model - a bit like a 
> Martin clone) that I have played for years. So much so that I wore the 
> frets down. I had it refretted but the guy doing the job didn't re-fret 
> the top end that goes onto the sound board (as we all know acoustic 
> guitarists never venture up the dusty end eh!).
>
> So I have decided to retire the guitar (I'm also reluctant to take it into 
> boozers now) and it is a replacement for the Takamine I am looking for.
>
> Steve and Cliff---to further your avian discussion, I once had a boss who 
> had the surname Eagle - imagine my suprise when I met his brother in law 
> who was called Mr C Gull!!!! You couldn't make it up could you - some folk 
> must hate their kids.

And I once had a business acquaintance who worked for Sparrows Crane Hire in 
Southampton,
His name?
Richard Bird!

George

On Oct 8, 1:07 am, "George Weston" 
wrote:
> "micknand"  wrote in message
>
> news:R55zm.12133$x61.9959@newsfe23.ams2...
>
>
>
> > Mr. Green wrote:
> >> On 6 Oct, 20:51, micknand  wrote:
> >>> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
> >>> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>
> >>> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
> >>> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>
> >>> Mick - with GAS
>
> >> I had an S6 some years ago. I believe it was solid cedar top with
> >> laminated wild cherry back and sides. They used a very nice bolted on
> >> neck arrangement. The instrument was well made and played OK. One of
> >> the main features that's worth noting is the wider nut width. I'd say
> >> the overall feel of them is a solidly made work horse with no frills.
> >> Like Cliff, I was never sure about the headstock shape however, the
> >> way the strings head straight to the nut does make a lot of sense.
>
> >> Would I get another Seagull? I'm not sure that I would. For me the
> >> neck / fingerboard never felt comfortable for anything but
> >> fingerstyle. The S6 may have been a little too unrefined. May be other
> >> models are different. If I was considering another acoustic I would
> >> certainly try a few out though.
>
> >> Green
> > Thanks for the reply guys - I'll certainly check Larivee out.
>
> > The guitar will be to use as a gigging instrument - I have a Takamine
> > EF360S (I understand it is known as The pre-law suite model - a bit like a
> > Martin clone) that I have played for years. So much so that I wore the
> > frets down. I had it refretted but the guy doing the job didn't re-fret
> > the top end that goes onto the sound board (as we all know acoustic
> > guitarists never venture up the dusty end eh!).
>
> > So I have decided to retire the guitar (I'm also reluctant to take it into
> > boozers now) and it is a replacement for the Takamine I am looking for.
>
> > Steve and Cliff---to further your avian discussion, I once had a boss who
> > had the surname Eagle - imagine my suprise when I met his brother in law
> > who was called Mr C Gull!!!! You couldn't make it up could you - some folk
> > must hate their kids.
>
> And I once had a business acquaintance who worked for Sparrows Crane Hire in
> Southampton,
> His name?
> Richard Bird!
>
> George

Check this guy out, he's a major dick-head :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6243079.stm

C.

On Oct 8, 2:17 am, Cliff  wrote:
> On Oct 8, 1:07 am, "George Weston" 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "micknand"  wrote in message
>
> >news:R55zm.12133$x61.9959@newsfe23.ams2...
>
> > > Mr. Green wrote:
> > >> On 6 Oct, 20:51, micknand  wrote:
> > >>> I am looking at adding to my family of stringed instruments (as you do!)
> > >>> and have seen on the interweb the Seagull acoustic guitars.
>
> > >>> Anyone got one? Played one? Know of a shop with a range of them in the
> > >>> Yorkshire/Lancashire area?
>
> > >>> Mick - with GAS
>
> > >> I had an S6 some years ago. I believe it was solid cedar top with
> > >> laminated wild cherry back and sides. They used a very nice bolted on
> > >> neck arrangement. The instrument was well made and played OK. One of
> > >> the main features that's worth noting is the wider nut width. I'd say
> > >> the overall feel of them is a solidly made work horse with no frills> > >> Like Cliff, I was never sure about the headstock shape however, the
> > >> way the strings head straight to the nut does make a lot of sense.
>
> > >> Would I get another Seagull? I'm not sure that I would. For me the
> > >> neck / fingerboard never felt comfortable for anything but
> > >> fingerstyle. The S6 may have been a little too unrefined. May be other
> > >> models are different. If I was considering another acoustic I would
> > >> certainly try a few out though.
>
> > >> Green
> > > Thanks for the reply guys - I'll certainly check Larivee out.
>
> > > The guitar will be to use as a gigging instrument - I have a Takamine
> > > EF360S (I understand it is known as The pre-law suite model - a bit like a
> > > Martin clone) that I have played for years. So much so that I wore the
> > > frets down. I had it refretted but the guy doing the job didn't re-fret
> > > the top end that goes onto the sound board (as we all know acoustic
> > > guitarists never venture up the dusty end eh!).
>
> > > So I have decided to retire the guitar (I'm also reluctant to take it into
> > > boozers now) and it is a replacement for the Takamine I am looking for.
>
> > > Steve and Cliff---to further your avian discussion, I once had a boss who
> > > had the surname Eagle - imagine my suprise when I met his brother in law
> > > who was called Mr C Gull!!!! You couldn't make it up could you - some folk
> > > must hate their kids.
>
> > And I once had a business acquaintance who worked for Sparrows Crane Hire in
> > Southampton,
> > His name?
> > Richard Bird!
>
> > George
>
> Check this guy out, he's a major dick-head :
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6243079.stm
>
> C.

I used to know an Austin Manifold.  A man whose name was in every BL
car-parts catalogue.
I never plucked up the courage to ask him if his middle name was
"Inlet", "Outlet" or "Combined".

I used to have a dentist called Mrs Payne...