NGD!!! The One That Got Away Returns!!! Sort Of.
Jan 24, 2018 17:47:42 GMT -5
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Post by CTGull on Jan 24, 2018 17:47:42 GMT -5
This is an amazing story of deja vu!! I just picked up a somewhat well used 1996 Seagull CW Mahogany. I pulled up to the house and I felt like I had been there before!! I walked up the steep stone stairs and it got even more familiar. The guy let me in and I KNEW I had been there!!!
October 2015 I found an ad for a Seagull Artist Cameo for $260 on CraigsList. It wasn't far from work. It was an amazing price for a Seagull Artist!! It was an older model, maybe late 1990's/early 2000's. I tried it and it lacked any warmth that I was used to from a Seagull guitar. Next to it he had a Seagull S6. I tried that one and it felt like home. It totally blew the Cameo away. So I turned it down. A few days later I had didn't-buy-it remorse and thought I'd call him and offer less. It was sold. To this day I STILL kick myself for not getting that guitar!!! His other Seagull just sounded much better and the Cameo tone wasn't what I was looking for at that time.
WELL!!!!! That Seagull S6 IS THIS GUITAR!!!!! The guy I bought it from isn't the owner of the house from when I was there a little over 2 years ago. The original owner died about a year and a half ago. He was riding his bike, ran off the road and hit a rock, and died. He's been selling off stuff that's left over from the original owner.
The oddest thing is I actually knew more about this guitar than he did!! I had played it before!
It has what look to be a couple of repaired cracks in the top and the top has been sanded to a matte finish. Numerous dings & scratches. Some wear to the fretboard. The frets must have been leveled, they are unworn. The strings are years old, probably the same ones from when I played it. And, of course, it needs a neck reset.
I'll get to taking some pics in the next few days. I've got some other stuff to do.
October 2015 I found an ad for a Seagull Artist Cameo for $260 on CraigsList. It wasn't far from work. It was an amazing price for a Seagull Artist!! It was an older model, maybe late 1990's/early 2000's. I tried it and it lacked any warmth that I was used to from a Seagull guitar. Next to it he had a Seagull S6. I tried that one and it felt like home. It totally blew the Cameo away. So I turned it down. A few days later I had didn't-buy-it remorse and thought I'd call him and offer less. It was sold. To this day I STILL kick myself for not getting that guitar!!! His other Seagull just sounded much better and the Cameo tone wasn't what I was looking for at that time.
WELL!!!!! That Seagull S6 IS THIS GUITAR!!!!! The guy I bought it from isn't the owner of the house from when I was there a little over 2 years ago. The original owner died about a year and a half ago. He was riding his bike, ran off the road and hit a rock, and died. He's been selling off stuff that's left over from the original owner.
The oddest thing is I actually knew more about this guitar than he did!! I had played it before!
It has what look to be a couple of repaired cracks in the top and the top has been sanded to a matte finish. Numerous dings & scratches. Some wear to the fretboard. The frets must have been leveled, they are unworn. The strings are years old, probably the same ones from when I played it. And, of course, it needs a neck reset.
I'll get to taking some pics in the next few days. I've got some other stuff to do.
