Seagull Acoustic Guitar Includes a Great Popularity Plus Sound
Godin Guitars' Seagull division has developed a reputation for building some of the most affordable lines of North American- made instruments. The company's guitars have recently experienced a facelift that involves an added slight arch in the upper bout of the top for greater stability. Seagull guitars calls it a "compound curve". As part of its top- of- the- line Artist series, the Mosaic features a very nice combination of woods, and such details as a rosewood headstock overlay distinguish it visually from its lower- priced cousins. The guitar we received was the only instrument in this review with a short scale(which usually is unusual for a dreadnought) , and also it also sported the widest neck of our evaluation guitars.
We all agreed that the Seagull Acoustic Guitar, the Mosaic, came using a great setup and that the shorter scale made it less complicated to play chords that involve a long stretch. Those that strummed the guitar felt that its voice was a little boxy and that it was a little heavy in the midrange. Plus a forceful attack with a pick caused the guitar to lose focus and display a certain lack of complexity. It worked effectively for softer strumming and fingerpicking, which produced a quick response, good tone production even with a light attack, and balanced and clear tone throughout its range.
The incredible quality and variety obtainable in today's high- end acoustic guitars tends to obscure an even more remarkable market reality: that modestly priced acoustic steel- strings, chiefly dreadnoughts, are better and more abundant than ever before. We last reviewed affordable steel- strings. Several of the Seagull guitars included in that review are still in production and a plethora of others have sprung up, but we opted this time to focus on instruments with list prices between$ 600 and$ 1, 000. Instead of asking manufacturers to send specific designs, we invited them to choose their own entries- any solid- topped dreadnought without a pickup that was introduced within the last two years.
In evaluating this group of guitars, we observed several recurring themes. With the exception of the Tacoma Roadking(which has a bolt- on neck with no heel) , all of the guitars' necks are made from several pieces of wood. In most cases, the heel and headstock are separate pieces, but the Martin DX1's neck is carved from just one piece of Stratobond, a laminate of multiple strips of wood. A common feature of classical guitars, the multiple- piece fretboard has only recently been accepted in the world of steel- strings.
All of the test guitars with dovetail neck joints had the finish applied after the neck and body had been assembled. On the grounds that a coat of finish over this joint makes future neck resets more difficult, the necks and bodies of higher- end steel- strings are usually finished prior to assembly.
While all the guitars have the typical dreadnought X- bracing although the Tacoma's has been modified to complement the guitar's offset sound hole, only a few use scalloped braces, which generally result in superior response and dynamic range. Only a few of the instruments came with name- brand tuning machines, but generic tuners have improved so much recently that this is a less vital detail than it was a few years ago.
The Seagull Acoustic Guitar Mosaic prices about$ 795 along with case. The Seagull Guitars come with a Limited lifetime warranty. Solid cedar top, solid mahogany back, laminated mahogany sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, scalloped braces, bolt- on neck, lacquer finish, generic tuners. 24. 84- inch scale. Nut width: 1. 8 inches. String spacing at the bridge: 2 3/32 inches. Seagull Guitars are produced in Canada.
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