Features: This guitar is a drednought-sized acoustic with a cutaway.
Back and sides are solid mahogany and are bound, Top is bookmatched
spruce, neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard and a rosewood
bridge, nut and saddle are macarta. The guitar is finished in a
high-gloss mahogany w/ a conservative soundhole inlay, seagull tuners.

Build Quality: On a scale of 1-10, I'd give this guitar an 11.
Everything about it is perfect. The seams on the binding are perfect
with no gaps, the top is cut from an excellent piece of spruce and was
cut and bookmatched properly, the bridge was nicely machined, the
frets are all even, the bracing looks tight and sturdy, the finish is
flawless, and the hardware appears to be top-quality.

Sound: The sound of this guitar is VERY impressive to say the least.
Seagull's lower-end guitars sound great, but this guitar is truly
professional. The store I bought it from also sells Martin, Guild and
Gibson. I compared several models to the Seagull and the Seagull won
hands down. The sound is crisp, clear and precise. The sound also
appears to be quite a bit louder than several of the other guitars I
played. As with most spruce-top guitars, this one has a clear and
bright sound - unlike cedar which is darker and gives more low-end.
The factory strings were D'addario which were nice, but I replaced
them with Ernie Ball Phosphor Bronze. This gives the guitar a cleaner
more defined tone in my opinion. Overall, I hate to say it.... but
this Seagull guitar actually sounds as good or BETTER than the Taylor
guitars that I'm in love with but can't afford. Simply put, this
guitar sounds WAY TOO GOOD TO COST THIS LITTLE.

Playability: Up until I bought this guitar, I thought that nothing
could rival a Taylor in playability. However, this Seagull guitar
plays just as easily as the Taylor guitars I've played. The action is
very even and precise. This shows that Seagull obviously put a lot of
care into making the neck and fretboard. The nut and saddle are cut
perfectly also, and the action is fairly low for an acoustic. However,
no buzzing can be heard from the frets - even if I try to make them
buzz!

Overall impressions: This guitar is worth three times the price I
paid. The list price on this guitar is $755 without case. You can
easily pickup it up for less than $600. A custom hardshell case is a
$75 option. (Apparently, Seagull doesn't sell them with a case to keep
list prices down) This guitar easily rivals or surpasses guitars
costing several times what this one costs. If you're in the market for
an acoustic, play everything else... then play a Seagull. Even
Seagull's lowest end S6 model plays incredible! My next door neighbor
bought one per my recommendation, and LOVES it. Overall, thumbs up on
this guitar. I'm VERY impressed. I don't know how Seagull can make a
guitar this good for this price, but I'm glad they do. My friend is
coming over tomorrow with his Taylor. I'm anxious to hear what he will
have to say after hearing my Seagull! I haven't been this excited
about a guitar in YEARS!

-Cypher