Seagull Artist Cameo CW

It's a big dreadnought - feels a little bigger than most, especially the lower end of the body. A nice light coloured solid wood spruce top, flamed maple back and sides, nice cutaway. Looks fantasmic. My preamp (the L.R. Baggs) has thge usual treble/mid/bass sliders, a low battery light, a volume knob and a blender knob (to blend the sound from the bridge pickup with the mic pickup in the guitar). A Fort case was included....I got the deluxe gig bag, like the EPP but with the nicer-looking cover on it. The case is solid, imo - I've flown with it, absolutely no problems. Made in Canada, like all Seagulls, in probably 2005 or 2004 I think. A nice guitar, something I'll have for a long time. Probably nothing I can think of that I would like this guitar to have that it doesn't.

This guitar is very bright, probably due to the fact that it has a maple back and sides, and it is LOUD. I absolutely love it for playing and singing, it projects really well, but it can be tricky to play with another guitarist because you will have to consciously play quiter than you are used to. This guitar is fantastic for strumming and picking, but the bright sound tends to put a bit too much energy into softer fingerpicking songs, imo. The sound is fantastic, but just beware that it is loud and not made for really soft songs.
One other thing to beware of. When I plug my guitar in, it loses all of the rich presence that it has acoustically, and sounds VERY tinny. This may be because I got an L.R. Baggs preamp in the guitar instead of the usual Quantum II (I liked the QII, actually, it's a nice one), and if it isn't that, then it's almost certainly because I've only listened to it through electric amps, not acoustic ones. But if I were you, before buying, put it through an acoustic amp and make sure it sounds okay - like I said, I've never tried, so that may fix all the problems.

No flaws that I could see. The action was good when I got it (about a year ago, now). The neck has started moving around a little bit on me (the intonation isn't as good as it once was) but that's probably just because I haven't been quite as disciplined with the humidifier as I should have been. I'm sending it into a guitar store to get setup again, and I'm confident that it will be as good as new once that's done. When I first got it the intonation was perfect. The finish is gorgeous on this guitar - I've never seen a better looking acoustic, period. The tuning pegs work very well, they felt perfect when I got it and haven't changed since.

Hardware has not given even the slightest problem in the first year. The guitar is built very solidly - I'm careful not to bang my instruments off of stuff, but even still, after a year of playing it regularly it has absolutely NO dents or scratches. The electronics are all still in perfect working order, nothing has come loose at all. Definitely gig-able without a backup.

Never had any need at all. I think Seagull is known to be pretty good...

I've been playing for about 8 years now....this is my first "real" acoustic since my Yamaha starter guitar. I compared this guitar to many, many others, and I think I made a good decision. It is a BEAUTIFUL guitar, has a very unique sound and is GREAT for playing and singing. Fingerpicking doesn't sound quite as good on this guitar as it does on most others, but it more than makes up for it with the great sound you get when you use a pick. If it were lost or stolen...I don't know if I would buy it again. Once I put it through an acoustic amp and check whether or not the electronics really suck or the problem is just that I'm using the wrong amp, I could make a better decision, I think.