Nearly Tempted

TonyKgull ,
You are right Tony.
The only Godin guitars they have, Excursion Parlour, Excursion Dreadnought, Excursion Walnut Mini Jumbo, and a Simon and Patrick Song Smith Folk Guitar, most of there other brands Crafter, Washburn, all under £400.
No high end acoustic guitars, more high end electric guitars.
Only high end acoustic guitars they have are what have been traded in, a Martin Eric Clapton model £2,500, and a Gibbson Songbird £1,600.
Pity as they will do me a good deal.
The other local guitar shop has a good selection and price range of guitars but no Godin, Taylor or Gibson Guitars, and are terrible to deal with if you want to do a part exchange.
That really only leaves shopping on line, or visiting one of the major city stores, don't really like them two options.

TonyKgull, Good luck with the Taylor Guitar competition, looks a great guitar.

That's the only way I will get a high end Taylor, or maybe wining the Lottery.

But look on the bright side, they are all made of wood and have six steel strings, and I have four of them.

The Seagull Walnut Mini Jumbo, did sound real sweet.

TonyKgull,
Thanks for the info on the Seagull Walnut MJ.
What with your info and my low temptation point, I may just go around to the little guitar shop tomorrow and have another little play on the MJ, who knows what may happen.

Hey Derick, congrats on your new lady!!   
How many guitars do you own now btw?

You're right about the shame of the Mini Jumbo going the way of the Do-Do at Godin.  I don't think that's a very good idea.  Bringing out or replacing the MJ with the Concert Hall imho is/was a bad idea as well.  I think they should have done what Martin did.  Come out with a GA shape guitar.  The GA shape is and has become very, very popular.  For good reason too.  I don't think it would have been that hard to retool and develop that shape from the MJs because they were almost there already.

And there's no "shame" in it either.  I mean, technically speaking, ALL guitar manufacturer's dreads are a copy of Martin's original design.  So, there's no shame in copying another design that has proven itself as much as the dread, just because it's from Taylor.  I mean, they're the other big boy on the block so it's not like you're copying from a company that hasn't proved itself on a level similar to Martin.

The CH is too close to, and sounds to much like the Folk sized guitars from Godin so to me, the CH is just redundant.  I mean what do I know, but, everybody's got an opinion right?  ha ha! 

And in my opinion, ya, Godin should have come out with a GA shape instead of the CH shape for a new body size choice.  I believe this would have been a positive thing on every level; sound, comfort, sales etc.  The CH does not sound very different from the Folk, does not feel much different, and I highly doubt the sales are going to be anything to write home about.

Good stuff, Derick...that mini jumbo shape is definitely one of my favorites. I hope the S&P MJ I recently bought, sight unseen and sound unheard, in another province, will prove as praiseworthy as your Seagull MJ does...waiting for a family member to bring it home for me, hopefully in time for Christmas...

Two quick points...five guitars is not at all unreasonable, but it's very bad mojo to have an odd number of gits, and even worse mojo to sell one to get back to even...

And finally, just like pregnancy, there's no such thing as being "...almost tempted"...you either are, or you are not. Enjoy your new baby...they grow up so fast...

I'll second Derick's response.  By your calculation, I NEED another guitar.  I only have 3 right now.  Odd number.  Bad mojo.  I just cannot have that! 

I truly hope the wife understands this logic.  I mean, she should right?  I mean, it's not unreasonable to expect women can be logical right?...............right?