Seagull S6 Original Review
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General Information
Original Author: Matt23
Weapon: Seagull S6 Original Acoustic Guitar
Make: Seagull
Model: S6 Original
Price: £330
Specifications
Top : Select Pressure Tested Solid Cedar
Back & Sides : Wild Cherry
Neck : Silver Leaf Maple
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Body: Non-Cutaway
Tusq® nut and compensated saddle
Finish : Semi-Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Strings: .012,.016,.024 (wound),.032 (wound),.042 (wound),.053 (wound)
Sound Quality
I got this guitar for my birthday, and as soon as I played it just strumming a chord I loved the sound of it. However quietly you play this guitar the notes always sound full and don't lose tone when you don't play them as hard. The sound itself is really deep on the E and A strings, nice and round on the D and G strings, and very crisp on the B and E strings. The only way I can describe the overall sound is full. It has power, depth and crispness, and if you put it into a dropped tuning like DADGAD for example the sound has even more depth and sounds even better. The only thing wrong is that if you go above th 5th fret on the high E string the notes start to lose some of their depth. If I had to compare this sound to a proffesional guitarist I would say it is most like Andy Mckee's sound.
Ease Of Use
This guitar is very nice to play as it has a low action, and a well sized width on the neck (for me). It tunes very easily and doesn't go out of tune in alternate tunings. I do find the edge of the body your right arm goes over ends up pressing on my arm making it a bit uncomfortable unless you lean back, but that is probably because I am small. The only other problem I have with the practicality of the guitar is the dots on the side of the fretboard are only on the 5th, 7th and 12th frets, and are red so are a bit hard to see, but I've not really had any problems with this apart from getting confused about the 9th fret but I'm sure I'll get used to this very soon.
