guitar!

[piranha]

so for the last 3 days i've done power research about guitars, and tried out quite a few, and today i found the one that said "take me home".

the new boi so pretty! i mean, the sound, most of all. *grin*. but i rather like the very understated look as well. it's a seagull s6+ folk. built in québec in april of this year, almost entirely from canadian wood: solid cedar top, back and sides 3-layer wild cherry laminate, neck is silver leaf maple, and fretboard and bridge are rosewood, cream binding, with a satin lacquer finish. it's a bit smaller than a dreadnought, and has a bit more waist, which means that it fits me well. the fretboard is sooo smooth. i had the guitar guy adjust the action a bit lower, and it seems fine to me now; we'll see how it goes as i grow calluses. the picture is from seagull's website; mine has a dark pickguard -- though that's the only thing that i wish it didn't have -- i would have chosen to put a clear one on myself but the sound! the sound is just amazing. it out-sounded just about every other guitar i tried, including several that were considerably more expensive. it's a very warm and full sound, especially in the midrange; not as bright as spruce in the upper range, not as boomy as mahogany in the bass. very well balanced. *bounce*!

Comments

[ariel-jagr.livejournal.com]

wow, who sez there is no synchronicity -- i just took out my own seagull s6 for the first time in a month or so, to play a bit while watching the sox game and surfing the web (woo, multitasking!). i'm sitting here playing radiohead chords, when i surf to your page and *boom*, there's my guitar!

i've had the s6 for a year and a half now, and i love it -- i know what you mean, it's really the only one that really grabbed me, too. the sound is absolutely gorgeous -- the warmth is perfect.

enjoy!!

Re: guitar!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*HEH*! that is just too amusing. and you have an s6! way, way cool.

i guess i should put on some radiohead, *grin*.

Re: guitar!

[ariel-jagr.livejournal.com]

after trying a few songs, i settled on "lucky", and highly recommend it -- chords not too tough, nice and slow, and you can really get into it -- soulful.

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you played the guitar. I'd love to see it, but the img link seems broken.

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

Ah. The image is now magically present. that looks really cool and reminds me of the great folk days of the late 60s. :)

Re: guitar!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

i haven't played in 30 years, and i never was any good (i had a bad teacher and a crap instrument, and it sucked all the joy of music out of me).

been over that for a while, and have considered picking it back up for some years. the recent exposure to filk was the catalyst for going ahead. :)

Re: guitar!

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

"That sounds familiar," he says as he pats his Yamaha Keyboard. :) Filk does have a way of pulling on people. Especially the good Filk. :)

[firecat]

Nice!

Did you look only at acoustic guitars or also at electric? (I want an electric guitar but I haven't found the time to do the research yet.)

Re: guitar!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

i only looked at acoustic ones, since that's what i definitely wanted (though i'm tempted by electric, and for a little while thought of getting a hybrid, and in a cool, electric-looking blue, or fire-engine red, too!).

Re: guitar!

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Now I have a picture of you with an electric guitar, jumping all around a stage like a banger but playing serious Mark Knopfler licks. It's a strange and disturbing picture. :)

Re: guitar!

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*cackle*. i wish! i mean, not the stage part, but the mark knopfler, oh yeah!

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

Pretty.