Bought 2 Seagulls

bluetele , Mahogany back and sides with a cedar top in a dread from the Artist series?  I would bet dollars to donuts that's the Seagull Artist Mosaic dread.   That, along with the Seagull Artist Cameo (I think it was called, it had spruce top, maple back and sides) were my 2 favorite sounding Artists.

Just checked the website, the Cameo got axed as well?!!!!!   Wow.   Nothing is sacred over at Godin anymore.  What a shame.    They don't even offer any model in the Artist series with maple back and sides now, nor any with a cedar top.  They're all spruce tops now.   Gadzooks.  What are they thinking over there?       

No Cameo. No cedar top artists. No Studio rosewood dread artists. No round bodies folk models.

Seagull as we know it is a distant memory

I notice though that they have brought back the Performer MJ. Always liked that one. And you can still get a Performer dread, so essentially you can get the maple dread tone of the Cameo if you wanted it.

I never realised the Cameo had solid maple. Thought it was a Performer with extra bling.

What I can say is that I have also played a Cameo and was also blown away by the tone. Big, bright and full. The other spruce/maple guitar that did that for me was a Cole Clark FL3, which I think was also solid woods.

It's funny you should ask about that particular guitar.  That was the first Godin product I ever played.  LOL!  By itself, it was a very nice guitar.  But after playing that one, I kept trying more (cuz, you know, I had "discovered" this new brand   ) and the more models I played, the more I liked the rest of them above that one. 

My favorite sounding MJs were the S&P CW GT (wild cherry b&s, solid cedar top) and the Maritime MJ (ASW, spruce top, mahogany b&s).  There was an Artist in there too I believe, but can't remember the model or anything about it anymore.  The rest of the MJs I thought were pale in comparison to those 3.

So far, the best sounding Godin acoustic I can remember playing was that Artist Cameo dread.  It had the "highest tier" in sound, tone etc.  I literally had it beside 5 - 8 thousand dollar Martins and Taylors and was so blown away by how it compared to those super high end guitars.  One could just not hear the thousands of dollars of difference.  The Cameo went toe to toe with them.  At least, the one I had in my hands did.  It was around 1500 bucks at the time and was a bit above my budget, but sometimes I think I should have grabbed it.  Had the QII system in it.   *sigh* 

Ah well.  Shoulda, coulda, woulda!  Ha ha!         

bluetele, does your Artist have electronics?

The used Artist Mosaic turned out to be in bad shape. I am wondering if anyone has bought a Seagull Artist Mosaic EQ. Strongly considering one.