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Originally Posted by brgminicooper
However, one particular Seagull at a local shop ( http://www.acousticmusicrevival.com/rooms-seagull.html) seems to be a frontrunner right now. It's listed on the page I linked above and is called the CW GT QII. Unfortunately, they didn't have that particular model when I came in the other day, but I was able to try an S6 and really enjoyed it. Since the GT has similar construction, I assume it will be a similar-sounding guitar. I'd like to get my hands on one, though...
By the way, have you guys seen the TRIC case you can get with the Seagulls now? Pretty cool. |
This is the exact model I have. I love it. If I had it to do over again, the only change I would make, is I would drive to the shop faster to buy it.
I bought mine to use a stunt double. I was flying to a lot of shows around the country a couple of years ago, and my D-35 was making me WAY too nervous. Baggage handlers, unpressurized holds with no climate control, people eyeing the case at baggage claim and looking squirrelly, the whole thing was just making me sick. So I went on the hunt for a decent budget-priced flight-gig guitar. I bought the D-35 as a workhorse beater to wear out, but in the end, it was just too much money for me to watch get destroyed or stolen.
My perfect stunt guitar had to be under a grand, had to play GREAT, had to sound great plugged in, and had to sound good enough unplugged that I could stand to to play it that way and be able to write effectively with it. I know, I'm spoiled, but I like what I like. If I had to gig and write with a $200 plywood guitar, I'd make it happen, but I don't have to, so I don't.
I tried Takamine, Ovation, low end Taylors, Alvarez,Yamaha, Larrivee stuff, low end Martins, Parkwoods, Epiphone Masterbilt, you name it. All were nice in their own ways, but the Seagull was a cut above in every department, and it was made in North America. I played my S6+ CW GT QII for all of about 5 minutes, and paid the man at the counter for it.
In the more than two years since then, I have only gigged with another acoustic twice, and both times I missed the Seagull. I still record with my higher end pieces (although I have used the Seagull on some tracks too, and very successfully) but it is by far and away my favorite gig acoustic of all time. I just got back from a family vacation that I piggy backed onto a short string of shows in the Southwest, and the Seagull was with me the whole time. Gigging, porch picking, sitting in with people, mellowing out by the fire, whatever. If I can only take one guitar somewhere, this is gonna be it for as long as it holds together for me. FWIW, I was not all that impressed with the straight S-6 models at the same shop. They were nice for under four bills for sure. A hell of a lot nicer than anything else in their price range, but wouldn't cut it for what I was after. The GT QII was just a monster by comparison.