Seagull S6 Review

[hotpocket]

Originally Posted by mseso

I wouldn't agree S6 Original Cedar is beginner guitar. Why so many people are saying that? It is nonsense. I play for 40 years, I have some expensive guitars, but I have Seagull S6 also. If S6 is beginner guitar, than after 40 years I am also beginner and Martin D-41 and DC Aura are also beginner guitars.
Seagull S6 is special because of cedar sound and cedar fast agging. Cedar is warm. I couldn't find laminate guitar with solid spruce top which sound would remind me (well, at least a little) on Martin sound like S6. Again, it is not rosewood Martin, it does not have so strong basses, but it is warm. Some would say mutted.
Yes, I like "mutted" guitars like MArtins or Seagull. You put on bone saddle with right action and new Elixirs nano PB and you will see how it sounds.
So, people who didn't do that and didn't give S6 chance to age a little can't speak about it. They don't know the truth about it.
Cedar ages 5-10 times faster than spruce and you can feel that every day. I play it very much and almost every day and use it for practicing or for parties, singing with friends or so. Great guitar for that - warm, strong, durable, great for singing after beers. Spruce top laminated guitars couldn't make enought warm sound for me after my Martins. Well, maybe mine is special, maybe bacuse I bought it new in storen and had possibility to choose between few guitars.

I would say the S6 is a beginner/intermediate guitar based on sound and construction quality/materials used.

It isn't a diss against the guitar, it's just what it is, and the price reflects that.

[Cajundaddy]

Fun thread.

Just another data point here... I have been playing for a very long time and have owned a Seagull S6+ for a dozen years along with a bunch of vintage and more expensive guitars. When I have a live acoustic gig I nearly always take the Seagull instead of one of the $3K name-droppers. The guitar feels good, plays well, and sounds very good to my ears both mic'ed and plugged in via direct box. She is equally at home on stage in front of 1000 people with lights and sound, or busking on a street corner in the SD Gaslamp district.

My playing style runs to blues, jazz, classic rock and contemporary Christian. I make no claim to having otherworldly guitar skills or golden ears but as a tool for making music, the Seagull is a winner for under $500. If you consider yourself a serious guitarist and don't yet own one, maybe you should give em a look.