Seagull Artist Tuxedo Black

I agree with every ones view. Yes at my age the epoxied neck wouldn't present an issue yet for much younger players it would.

As far as the painted body, I recall not long ago they made a sort of sunburst grand model claiming the wood it just as good just not perfect enough grain for a natural finish. Then they made another high gloss sunburst finish grand. I forget the actual title think it was an excursion. They had the natural elements with burnt in appointments and it was all the range for a while then vanished.

Point is it they started with the painted models on the low end now do it on the high end models. I have no idea if the wood used is simply not nice grain and they paint them. I'm all for using wood that is sound and works and if painting it is what it takes great,who wants to see wood tossed or wasted.

Since Godin has quite a few brands all under the same company perhaps S&P and Godin models is where their focus is on high end guitar competition. I'm not sure if Seagull was the first offering of Godin, if so perhaps that's why they still make them yet have dropped some models and cheapened others. I think my 2004 grand which is an S series has a later neck because most early grands have a flat black peg head face where mine has a white plastic edge around it almost as thick as the peg head veneer, I've never seen this before until the coast line.

It's more than just an epoxied neck. The neck extends to under the fretboard extension, and there's a block of wood inside the guitar that this sits in. While it's impossible to take apart, the added mass and stiffness means it should never NEED to be taken apart.

Picture taken from Seagull's "Feature's" page.  www.seagullguitars.com/en/features


I still want to be able to take it apart!!!!!

I agree.  I'm guessing most guitar manufacturer's are doing the same thing.  The older crowd already have too many guitars!!!  Sell to the young ones!

The young ones don't have the disposable income or interest to buy guitars. Most young ones (that I see or know) want their entertainment handed to them via earphones - and get off my lawn! LOL!! While I agree that I prefer the older Seagull logo, the new one isn't terrible. But I will categorically state that I will NEVER buy a painted guitar. I can barely stand a sunburst. I prefer my wood natural, and I don't mind a few wood imperfections, heck, MY body is far from perfect!  LOL!!

I dont really have a problem with millennials (or whoever for that matter) not playing acoustic guitars. Many of them program in samples and midi/synth by pushing buttons or keys etc. on digital devices. Its still creative expression, requires an enormous amount of talent, and some of it is actually great music.

Then you get guys like Avicii who record acoustic guitar samples, mix it with synth samples, and start a music revolution. Yes its all digital, but I think its brilliant.