Seagull Rosewood CW Duet

My Seagull Artist Series Rosewood C/W Duet II is probably my favourite acoustic/el yet. Although she is not particularly fancy in looks, the simple details are beautiful. And, you just can't beat the L.R. Baggs Duet II system.

I play traditional Celtic, Celtic Folk, a little R&R, and Am. Folk music. This Seagull gives a great full sound plugged in, and you can adjust the difference between the pick-up and mic depending on your playing situation.. Acoustic-wise, there is a lot of depth, but maybe not as much volume as a lot of folks woudl want. I am favourable to the acoustic sound because it is mellow and wide... great for working out new tunes with vocals.

I had to have my neck adjusted to compensate for medium gauge strings. (yeah, yell at me all you want.) I prefer to play with mediums, but with light gauges everything was awesome.
Again, I prefer the simplicity of the finish on this guitar. I am more for how the guitar sounds than how it looks.

I use this guitar for live performaces all the time. She is my main instrument, and I have yet to have a problem. I have one scratch from a pick, but that was my own fault.

Because the sound is sooooo full when playing plugged in, it is a great solo stage guitar, but also sounds fabulous with a band.

Everyone was very friendly from dealers to the Seagull "people". I was pleased with the whole experience.

Love it. Love it. Love it. Couldn't live without it. Very Happy. Best solid wood, handmade guitar out there for the money.I reccomend Seagull to everyone.

Same as the other entries except mine has a duet 11 pickup. I think difference being if you have a stereo jack you can split the outputs (i.e. peizo down one channel, mike down the other). All very nice.

Suits pretty well any style I play, which is folk + rock, finger picking to heavy strumming. Unplugged it's bright, and moderately loud, not as resonant as some all solid wood guitars I have played. Well balanced, and well suited to the excellent baggs pickup. I have just used it plugged straight into a DI box without any effects, which sounds great. I tend to play with a bit more peizo (60/40).

As in the last entry the guitar seems well put together, no flaws. It needed the strap button fitted, and my local luthier reconed you could lower the action of the middle, and high strings a little. The guitar looks simple, and unfussy, but smart. There are a couple of irritations, firstly because of the shape of the cutaway it has a habit of slipping of your knee when you are playing it sitting without a strap. Secondly due to the design of the neck Seagull recomend you attach the strap pin to the back of the guitar, which is not as nice as attaching it to the side.

No problems yet, but I have only had the guitar a couple of months. It survived a long plane flight with no ill effects. I have a hardwood case, not the plastic molded one that Seagull provide, as the guy in the shop said the plastic one was more likely to crack.

I live in Britain, and initially tried to buy the equivelent Simon & Patrick model(you tend to find them in Britain over Seagull's because the S+P get a special export discount), however Lasido (the parent company for both Seagull, and S+P, who are the Seagull owner's sons) and the English dealer failed miserably to find me a guitar with a Duet 11 in. Different shops I tried said they could only sell me duet 1 models, some said they would have to custom fit it. This is bogus as duet 11's are on the guitar's advertised at the web site - all I wanted was one of their standard model's. After a month or two of trying I got fed up and gave up getting one of there guitar's.
However I was going to Canada on holiday so I found on-line a shop in Calgary where I was staying, and had no trouble buying a duet 11 Seagull from them. I was willing to put up with buying a guitar from Lasido only because it was such a good deal. But any company that fails to sell you one of their standard guitar's because they don't realise they make them, even when you make a big effort to tell them is pretty useless!
Axe Music in Canada did a good job. They had the guitar at the price when I needed it, and answered my emails sorting out any problems.

I have been playing for about 5 years. This is my first acoustic. I also own a heavily customised Washburn MG42 electric, and associated electric fx, and amps. I play for my own enjoyment either playing along to my favourate CD's or backing myself singing. I also lead worship in my local church, and in associated youth work. This guitar was a great deal to a Brit who is normally has to suffer the extortionate prices that get charged in the UK. I would recomend anyone visiting U.S.A. or Canada to check out what they can get over there. If I lost it I'd be a bit stuck as it would cost a fortune to buy the equivelent guitar in the U.K., and Lasido probably wouldn't be capable of selling me one anyway. I compared it to all the S+P Pro range, high end takamine's, 3 & 4 series taylors, a few larrivee's and nothing sounded as good. I wanted a quality rosewood guitar with a top-end pickup suitable for live playing. They simply don't exist for less than 1500 pounds, a number of times what I paid. Nuff said.

Made 1997 in Canada by Lasido (www.lasido.com) it has a solid Cedar top with Rosewood sides and solid Rosesood back. The neck meets the body at the 14th fret with the cut out extending up to the 19th fret with a total of 21. Rosewood fingerboard and Maple neck.
It has a dual LR Baggs active pickup system. An under the saddle piezo and a mic mounted internally. The control panel features an on/off switch (so you can leave it plugged in with out killing the battery), low - mid - high slides, a phase shifter, and volume control. There is a switch that allows you to choose between the pickup or both pickup and mic mixed. When the pickup/mic mix is choosen you have a control to balance the percentage of signal you output between the two.
It came with an acceptable hard case.

I finger pick, folk and rock rythem and pick, and play just about everything. I play through an acoustic amp into a DOD DI box out to board. I've played straight and through a Zoom 504 accoustic effects peddle and it sounds great either way. I prefer it straight unless I need an effect for a special purpose. If I have the mic balancd up high while playing it makes a little noise (my fault) because I tend to move around and the mic picks up the sound of the guitar rubbing against me. Turn it to 50/50 and problem solved. The pickup/mic switch is great for tuning because you can switch the mic off and you don't pick up ambient noise. You can really tailor the sound to be from super bright all the way to big boom bassy. I tend to run almost flat and it sounds like I am in my living room, rich and full. Not quite as projective unplugged as my Takamine, or a Taylor, but slightly over an Ovation. Better sound than any - much like a Lowden.

The guitar was made well. No overt flaws and very tight. It played OK but I took it in and had the action slightly lowered and installed a bone saddle (stock was plastic stlye.) It did not come with a strap button on the left. Satin finish, no inlays but a nice soundhole design

I've played it at home and on stage (on a worship team every Sunday, pratice twice a week) for the past (almost) two years. No problems yet. Keeps tuned ounce aclimated to the surroundings. I use a humidifier and keep it in the case about 70% of the time I am not playing. I've never had a problem with the electronics and play without taking a backup all the time now that it has proven itself.

Athough I haven't had any problem with it, I did use customer service to find it. I played one in a shop and when I went back to buy it, it had already sold. I called Lasido and they gave me local dealers numbers as well as the west coast district office number. They sent me a brochure about their facility and how they make their guitars and I was contacted within two days by the west coast manager to make sure I found the closest shop that had the model I was looking for.

I have been playing for almost 25 years. I have had various other guitars and also own a 1976 Fender P-Bass. I found it to be exactly what I was ecxpecting, a good stage guitar with good accoustic sound unplugged as well. If it were stolen (after I finished crying) I would search out another one. My favorite feature is the LR Baggs setup in it. I compared it against Takamine, Taylor, Ovation, and just about everything else in it's price range. I spent 6 months on the guitar search that ended up with me buying a Seagull. I wish it came with a bone saddle and pegs, and a little bit more road worthy case - but I can't complain, It is still in perfect shape although I broke a lock on the case last week.
I would recomend this guitar (and do) to anyone. I have had two other friends get one, and one other is looking right now to replace his Ovation with.