Used dreadnought

TonyKgull,

 Almost $600 bucks, but still would not be my choice,  as the Maritime Dreadnougt that I had always felt to over built and not to good for my style  of playing that been fingerpickin, but may be good for heavy  strumming style  of playing. 

You can buy a brand new Seagull Maritime SW at Sweetwater for $699. There's a used one listed on Reverb for $350. I'd say the one at your store is WAY overpriced.

CTGull ,Derick , I'm not sure what you guys mean by overbuilt, but if you mean they're heavy and don't resonate as well as other guitars with a "lighter" build (eg, scalloped bracing, slightly thinner woods etc) than ya, I think most Godin acoustics are overbuilt, no matter what their size.

But, there were some that were exceptions, or resonated better despite their heavy builds at least.  The Artist Cameo dread was one of them and the Maritime SWS Mini Jumbo (spruce top, mahogany back and sides) was in my opinion one of their best guitars.

On the other hand, LOL, in the Maritime series, the dread that had the spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides was one of the most dead and extremely overbuilt guitars I've ever experienced!  lol.  I always thought that was so weird how they could have some guitars that sounded way above their tier, even in the entry levels, and others that sounded just horrible, even in the highest tiers.

Either way, when in doubt, my philosophy has always been: don't leave it to chance.  If you can't try it, don't buy it (especially not for that price).    There's nothing wrong with, if you can afford it, paying any sort of price for a guitar,......as long as you know that you love it and will enjoy it.