Seagull S6

Finish is satin , scratches up, unit is a well used demo. Fretboard feels good,smaller profile frets, has pickguard, machine tuners, angled headstock. Cedar Top - very very tight grain, mohogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, tusq nut and saddle - harder than bone, yet easy to work with, holds up over time. Body has nice grain, cherry laminate honey tan colour - bookmatched back, bolt on body block... solid tight construction. Excellent get what you pay for ratio.

Got this guitar on ebay fer a hunnerd bucks, heavily beaten/used demo, has a crack on the soundboard (came from texas - probly no humidity control/owner self control) dings galore. In spite of its condition the thing sounded great with a mouldy old set of strings, with a brand new set of martin broze/plain steel mediums this puppy sounds like gold!Excellent sound seperation on all chords up/down the fretboard at all volumes. Have heard reviews that cedartops will sound muddy at hard strumming - NOT THE CASE with my guitar. This guy sounds great fingerstyle and hard strummed. The guitar sounds solid when tapped on. It perfect for anything you play an acoustic for, the only thing would be max volume won't be as loud as sitka top.

The guitar needed a bit of a shave of the saddle, but it plays great the neck is viagra straight. The action is easy, soundboard scratches up, make sure you put a pickguard on it.

This guitar is damaged and I love it! I'm sure whoever had it before me did worse by it than anything I could ever do to it!! I would take this guy anywhere and rely on it anytime!

Playin 15 years, never owned a great acoustic, this changes that.

cedar top, no electronics, low gloss finish. It's not an eye-catcher, but I'll take good sound over looks. Good tuners, one of the best guitars I seen for staying in tune. I like the look of the wild cherry back and sides.

I love the sound of the cedar top - very mellow, but good volume. Good for strumming or fingerpicking. The sound gets a little thin above the 7th fret.

I bought it used at a pawn shop. There's a little wear on the cedar top and a dead spot on the third fret of the sixth string. One day I'll have a luthier check it out, but I can live with it. Medium action. It has a wide nut which makes for easy fingerpicking. The guitar really fits my hands.

The cedar top will scratch if you look at it the wrong way, but that goes with the territory.

I doubt if I'll ever need it, but Godin and Co. have a great web site for technical information.

What a great deal. I would highly recommend this guitar for the beginner to intermediate player. I'll be using it for years to come.

I picked up this guitar just yesterday from a local musician i found using this website www.craigslist.com we made the arangments and i picked up the guitar three days after the first email. this guitar has a solid cedar top and wild cherry sides and back. the finish is semi gloss wich to some may not be the best looking but it definatley makes up in sound. it has an eq and pickup that was installed by the previous owner but did not come standard on the guitar so i wont get into that. i am not sure of the year of this guitar however it is an older model. the guitar was hand made in a small village in canada who judging from there website take very great amount of pride in building their insturments.

i play in an acoustic band we play in a style along the lines of the scene aesthetic and secondhand serenade. this is my second acoustic i have owned and let me tell you there is a huge difference. my older acoustic is a very light guitar with very bright sound to it. this guitar is a bit deeper and has a very full sound to it. the seagull, is a full size guitar with a smaller upper bout wich reduces the boominess you would get from a guitar with a larger uper bout, seagull says this body size is well recomended for recording wich is the reason i bought it. the guitar can be a little muddy when played to hard, but this guitar definately has a sound of its own and this sound is just the sound i was looking for

im not sure how it was set up in the factory but im sure the previous owner lowered the action, its got the perfect action for me. the only flaw on my specific guitar is that the neck was cracked but has been repaired by a professional guitarsmith.

this guitar would definately work well for live playing and studio recording. the hardware seems nice, its an older guitar and it still has stock tuners that work perfectly fine so that a plus. i can definately depend on this guiar. and i will not bring a back up to my next show although the cedar can be dented easily especially since its semi gloss finish, but hey charecter right?

i sent seagull a email yesterday and it has not been replied but it has only been a day so i have no right to answer this question

ive been playing for about 4 years, this is by far the best purchase i have ever made, my other acoustic is an older one not sure of the brand but its around 50 years old. if this guitar were stolen or lost i would definately purchase another one. i love this guitar everything about iy, i never want to put it down!

Its very simple guitar, I like it that way

I was in the market for a taylor and came across the S6 at a music store I installed an L.R. Baggs saddle transducer myself and use martin 80/20 bronse phosphor SP.strings..I will put it up against ANY TAYLOR as far as sound. Its awesome and cost 1/3 the price

Action was terrible new I filed the saddle down to get a better fit and now its great. I like the satin finish, so the wood can age easier.

Very reliable no need for a backup, you can depend on it. Its quality

not dealt with them,, havent had any problems, Godin is the parent company and they are reputable.

playing 35 yrs. would buy anotherone in a minute, My advice is...Get one while they are still inexpensive, once they start catching on they, like everything else will go up.

I have had my Seagull S-6 since 1989, and it gets better all the time. I just had new bone nut and saddle put on it as the old nut was worn at the first string and I just went ahead and had the bone saddle added on. I also have a pre Fender Guild D6 that cost a lot more than the Seagull, yet I still prefer the Seagull.I periodically try out nice expensive guitars at the Guitar Central store and rarely do I find anything that matches up, and when I do find something, it's selling for more than 2 grand. Seagull rules.

It sounds great.

Brand new, my Seagulls action sucked but over the years it's been worked over a few times and now it's right. I tried out some brand new seagulls recently and their action is excellent.

16 years and still excellent, has a lot of nicks and scratches from too much abuse, but still holding up.

Nothing in it's price comes close. I also have a pre Fender Guild that's great by any standard, but the Seagull is still my favorite.

The seagull s6, i believe it was made somewhere in a little village in Canada, my guitar is a couple of years old so i would say it was made in 2003 or so. It has a solid ceder top, Satin Finish, Silverleaf Maple neck, HPL Cherry back and sides, Sealed machines, Tusq nut and compensated saddle, 1.8" at the nut.
Have to say plain guitar, though when i do look at it i find it nice, very elegant. If your looking for a "flash" guitar i wouldnt recommond this one. although suits me fine.

WOW, i love this guitar for its sound,its just beautiful to hear, its warm, rich, and it suits nearly everything i play, i play a variety ranging from rock, blues to folk etc. into a bit of everything. theres absolutely no fret buzz anywhere, purrs like a kitten. its great for fingerpicking. LOVE IT!!! ive played far more expensive guitars that dont sound half as good.

the guitar was very well set up. i think i must have tried at least 4 different guitars in the shop tho which one i tried was very good. the guy in the shop, who i actually know lowered the action for me, as ive brought guitars off him before and he knoews how i like them but so i guess its just how you like your action. there were no flaws with this guitar. only one thing, its one the tops ceder so have to be really carefull with it, otherwise it will ding.

this guitar has pretty much been everywhere ive been, jams with friends, college, gigs, and its held up fantastic. at all my gigs never used a backup havent felt like i needed too, and the good thing is i think this guitar still has a mighty lot to give still. hardware is excellent, closed tuners, hold off tuning, my baby stays in tune for ages, and i always check if it needs tuning. although i like the idea of the finish it lets the top breathe and vibrates to project and sound better, it does seem a little thin and like i said before does ding a far bit, but lets just say that gives it character and i havent been put off by that, afterall its the sound that matters?! rite.

these guys are great. so friendly, ive been emailing them for a while now and everything ive had to ask has been answered within a day, though i have had no problems with my guitar so i havent really had to "deal" with them. though very nice people.

i have to say i love this guitar its one of my favourites,i own a gibson, though thats also off my friend in the guitar shop. For the price range that this guitar is in, its perfect, i hav not come across a guitar that sounds this great, and i hav a part time job in a music store so always play on the guitars there. if it was stolen i would without thinking get another one or try out another guiatr from the seagull range. what i love about this guiatr is the sound most of all, its beautiful i really cant describe it, im not soo keen though on the finish but thinking about it now, i wouldnt have it any other way, it just means i have to be careful. i love the smell also of wood eveytime i open my case, and it hasnt faded, even after 2 years. i get a real sense that the people who make these guitars care about the prodect they are producing unlike a hugh company who only cares about how much they will make. Like i said i tried 4 or so seagulls when chosing which i would say is a must, because the way they are made every guitar is different, and its important to find out which one you like the best, thats even if you do like it.i chose this guiatr has i had a smaller buget this time around and this was the best. i took the sound,features, durability all into account when buying and it was by far the best i could find, if your looking for a guitar under 400 then try this one, its great.

Made in 2003, Solid Cedar Top, Satin Finish, Silverleaf Maple neck, HPL Cherry back and sides, Sealed machines, Tusq nut and compensated saddle, 1.8" at the nut.

Good features, nothing fancy.

Sounds great for fingerstyle playing. Nice warm sound. No buzzing. Works okay with a pick but gets a little muddy sounding if played hard with a pick.

I played a few before I bought and since. I found that some sounded better than others and I think the newer ones with compound curve neck sound a little nicer than the older Seagulls.

I give it a 7 even though I really like the sound. I would give a Martin 000-28VS about a 9.9 and a D-28 about 8.5 so I can't give the S6 a 10 :)

This guitar had a nice finish from the factory and the action was really good. No buzzing. Not extremely low action but very comfortable to play. Nice low profile neck with smooth finish.

Seems very durable and reliable but I've only played it for about a year and a half and I take good care of it. Cedar dings a little but not terribly.

I played when I was in High School and started over with a nice new Seagull S6.

The best feature of the Seagull S6 is the value. I didn't play anything in this price range that sounded as good. I also didn't think that the more expensive Seagulls sounded significantly better so I went with the S6. Though the Spruce top models do sound really nice and are slightly brighter sounding to me.

The wide neck is versatile and the light gage strings and short scale make this a guitar that is pretty easy on the fingers and wrist.

Overall, an excellent value in a guitar.

Canadian-made, no electronics, cedar top and wild cherry sides. I am not sure when my particular S-6 was made; I found it in a pawn shop in 1988, and it differs slightly from newer Seagulls I've seen. I would guess it was a couple of years old when I got it. I think it was probably made before Seagull had any kind of distribution in America. It wasn't until a couple of years later that I started seeing Seagulls in shops in the United States. I traded an ES-335 copy for it. I basically went into the pawnshop and got curious - I had never heard of Seagulls before. I pulled it off the wall and played a G chord, and was knocked out. Even with rusty strings, it sounded great. I spent a few minutes playing it and then thought, "I must be nuts," and put it back. But I ended up coming back the next day and playing it some more. On the third visit I brought the 335 copy and the pawnshop owner said, "Sure, get it outta here!" With new strings, it had a marvelous sound. I was hooked.
As in the other reviews, the finish is a non-glossy satin, with looks sacrificed for tonality. The guitar originally had its stock tuners, which in my case did not work well; I replaced them with Grovers. The body style is a "round-shouldered" rather than a dreadnaught style, and the scale length is 24.5 rather than the more common 25.5. This makes it easy to play, and gives a different resonance than a longer-scaled guitar. To my ear it adds warmth and color to the sound.

The S-6 has been with me for 17 years! It suits my style of everything-and-the-kitchen-sink music well. I would describe the sound as more of a "British acoustic guitar" sound, much closer to the sounds that guitarists like Bert Jansch and John Renbourn get - less brash and darker than, say, a Martin or equivalent. However, note and chord definition are quite good, and the guitar holds its own in a jam session or in a recording mix. As a solo guitar it is outstanding, and if you use dropped-D tunings it really resonates. I frankly prefer the sound of this guitar over many more expensive guitars, which is why I've kept it for years. I have owned and played other more expensive guitars, and I have a Guild D-25 (pre-Fender) that just doesn't sound as good as this old inexpensive Seagull. The cedar top adds a lot of color and warmth, and the shorter scale (24.5 as opposed to most acoustics' 25.5) makes it easy to play.

I have no idea what the factory setup was, since this was a pawn-shop rescue. The action was good, and I haven't had to reset it a lot in the years I've owned it. This is not a guitar you buy for looks. It's not ugly, but no one will mistake it for a D-45. I am afraid I have put some wear on the poor thing, but it does have a nice understated, clean look. The tortoiseshell binding around the body is a nice touch. I had issues with the original tuners as mentioned above, so I took them off and replaced them with Grovers, which was the perfect choice.

This guitar withstood a lot of abuse. I traveled all over the country with it in a cheap case and performed all over the place in all kinds of environments (and humidities). I used it multiple times without a backup. Finally in 1998 the bridge came off the body. It didn't break; the glue just gave up. A repairman friend cleaned it up and reattached it with some hide glue, and as soon as the glue set properly, the S-6 was back in business. This was the most major problem I had and it didn't take much to fix. Considering the fact that this guitar was made before Seagull had wide distribution in the U.S. (meaning it was built for a drier climate at the time), considering that I used it mercilessly for years, and considering that I was living in the steaming heat/humidity of Louisiana, that's pretty good. Since the repair I have had absolutely no problems with it.

I never had to deal with the company; I didn't even find out who they were until a couple of years after I bought the guitar. This was in the pre-internet days, so I searched the phone directory and finally called the Lasido Company in 1990 or so to find out more about my guitar. It was a pretty hilarious conversation, because the person on the other end of the phone spoke mostly French, and I don't speak French, but I got that it was made in La Patrie and was one of their less expensive models. He was a nice guy and I got a free catalog out of the deal. I haven't bothered them since then, but their website is quite nice.

I've been playing a long time (30 years) and have a lot of instruments. I consider this Seagull S-6 one of the luckiest finds I ever made. If anything happened to the Seagull I would either repair it or buy another S-6 in a heartbeat, no hesitation. I have played newer ones and they have the same great feel and sound as mine. I have compared it to other guitars and in most cases, the Seagull comes out ahead in sound and playability. I have played Martins and Gibsons that were stiffer and less tonally pleasing than the Seagull. I also played a show opening for an artist who was a vintage Martin collector. He absolutely went nuts over the tone of the Seagull. "It's a what?? from where??" I refrained from telling him that this was a $400 guitar and let him enthuse about it. The only criticism I have ever had about the Seagull was that the tuners, as mentioned, were not worthy of it, but the Grovers fixed that. The Seagull S-6 is an inexpensive, great-sounding, easy-playing acoustic guitar that compares well sonically with many more expensive guitars. I will continue playing mine and may get another one just so this one won't get too much more worn out!

I bought this Seagull S6 in 2004. 14 frets. No cut away. Solid Cedar top. No electronics. Just the standard S6. Closed tuners. Stays tuned nicely.

If you think you want a Martin or a Taylor try one of these Seagulls first. The sound from this guitar is beautiful, warm, with great volume. No fret buzz anywhere. The all cedar construction makes this thing sing like an angel. It's great for finger picking, strumming, you know....Dylan, Taylor, Cash, Kristofferson, type music. There is absolutely nothing to dislike about the sound of this guitar.

I find no flaws in this guitar. They are hand made in LaPatrie Canada with all Canadian wood. Satin finish. The wood is CEDAR so you can't bang it around like and ax or you'll ding the wood. The action was a tad high for my liking but I took it for a professional setup and now it's great. Barr chords are pickable up on 12.

Great guitar for stage playing. Hardware is excellent, closed tunners that hold the tuning well. The finish is satin and with a little lemon or almond oil once or twice a tear should hold up well.

No experience dealing with customer support. These Seagulls do have a lifetime guarantee.

I have been playing guitar since 1966 and have owned a bunch of guitars. I don't know if I'm neurotic or just hard to please but I have returned or sold many guitars because I just couldn't fall in love with them. This Seagull is a keeper. I have probably bought the last guitar I'll ever buy having bought this one. I own this Seagull S6 and a Big Baby Taylor. I would definitely replace this guitar if anything happened to it.

This guitar was made in 2003 in Canada. It has a Spruce top, cherry sides and back with a maple neck. The finish is satin, which looks much like bare wood, which I like a lot. It has a uniquely styled headstock and chromed tuners, which work very smoothly and keep the guitar in tune as they should. The neck and fretboard have a "just right" feel to them. In short, the guitar looks good, understated and simple, but elegant.

The sound of this guitar is awesome! The tone, sustain and projection is the best I have heard in anything in that price range. In fact, I played all kinds of guitars up to $2,000
Martin's; and I gotta tell ya, there is not much
difference between them and this one, acoustically speaking. The Takamine, Fender and Yamahas did not resonate as well, IMHO.
The Tacomas and Martins sounded similar with maybe
just a hint more bottom range. I am really impressed.

The only thing that I don't like is that the guitar is so easily scratched, but I would give up aesthetics for tone any day.

The action is a bit high and heavy for my taste, but there is no buzzing, so I will adapt. I would call the setup somewhat above average in general and very good for this price point. The fit and finish was very good with no flaws noted.

The reliability has been great so far, and I expect it to be dependable, but I have only been playing this guitar for a couple weeks.

Never had a problem

I am still a novice having played on and off for a few years. I have owned some Yamaha acoustics and Fenders Strats. I have played Martins, Takamines, Tacomas, Fenders etc.

If it were stolen, I would replace it with another in a heartbeat (after eliminating the bandit).

The only thing I wish it had was another strap button, but that is a 2 minute/$1 fix.

The best features about the guitar are that it is constructed with a solid top and wood, sounds awesome, is made in North America has a nice neck/fretboard feel, but costs less than a lot of "name brand" laminate guitars from China that sound and play half as good.

It would be a great guitar at twice the price.