Seagull Original S6: Any Opinions?

[Tim]

I have the earlier modle of the S6. They did experience early production problems matching the fretboard to the body. Mine was one of them.

My advice is to play the guitar before buying. Make sure the fretborad is straight and the frets are all even down the board. Mine has a dip at fret number 14 due the problem stated above. Open chords play well. Barre chords up the neck begin to buzz the further up I go.

I had it looked at one time. The repair tech could not fix the problem.

Hope this helps.

[tjcurtin1]

I have a close cousin of the S6 - an Art & Lutherie cedar top. Even after getting my Tacoma rosewood, I still appreciate the sound and feel of this guitar. It has opened up over time and sounds very nice. I also had for a short time one of the Seagull Artist model - it was a beautifully made and sounding guitar, just not the sound I was looking for.

[Tynee]

I have a close cousin of the S6 - an Art & Lutherie cedar top. Even after getting my Tacoma rosewood, I still appreciate the sound and feel of this guitar. It has opened up over time and sounds very nice. I also had for a short time one of the Seagull Artist model - it was a beautifully made and sounding guitar, just not the sound I was looking for.

I own the same guitar, the A&L Cedar, and LOVE it. Before I bought it, I played close to 50 different guitars from Washburn, Seagull, A&L, Martin, Taylor, and Epiphone. When I settled on the one I liked the best because of it's tone and ease of play for a guy with ginormous hands and fat fingers, imagine my delight to find that it was also the most reasonably priced guitar I had tried, other than the Epiphone I alomst bought instead.