Video Review: Seagull’s Coastline Momentum

I find it interesting that with all the high-dollar guitars available to try things on, the preferred instrument is the often disregarded Seagull (not disregarded by the people here but by guitarists on certain other sites to whom the only guitar worth anything is the Martin - not a bad guitar but also not the "only" worthy instrument.) Just my opinion.

I agree.  I think they're just trying to reinvent themselves to get noticed.

If I'm to be honest, I felt like the person playing the guitar really hurt the demo with clumsy playing.

He was a fine fingerstyle player.  Flat picking is not his forte, but I wouldn't call it clumsy.

I don't think that was Freight Train CTGull.

Guitar sounded kind of thin to me, but, I think that's not the guitar's fault.  I think it's cuz he strums/plays behind the sound hole close to the bridge.

Also, I'd like to add to the value and quality of Seagulls not being a just Seagull thing but a Godin thing.  Simon & Patrick and Art & Lutherie both also have stellar guitars as good as Seagull and especially for those who don't like the 1.8" nut width on many Seagull models.  But ya, the Seagull name probably has the most notoriety.

I just bring that up cuz I visited with family at my brother's place for Easter and brought my Alvarez along.  Let my Bro play it while I played his old S&P.  Top is chewed to smithereens around the sound hole, the neck's stain is completely worn away in spots and more wear etc , etc.  But boy, has that thing aged well!  It sounds very warm and alive.  Considering it's a spruce top and laminate b&s, it sounds very high quality and open.

I almost start to think that the more you beat up any Godin acoustic, the better is sounds! 

We'll have to agree to disagree, Jim .   Yes, he's a much better fingerstylist than a flat-picker (heck, he's a far, far better fingerstyle player than me!), but even there the bass strings sounded like he was muting them too much, at least to my ear. Flat-picking, he flubbed a riff badly, and he strums too far in back of the soundhole, which makes the guitar sound really thin.

I suspect the Momentum actually sounds a lot better than that video indicates.

Ha ha!  No worries! 

As for the review, that issue is the biggest with me.  I don't think there's anything wrong with playing near the bridge behind the sound hole......except when doing guitar reviews!   I mean, Lord knows I screw up a lot in my reviews and my playing ain't so hot, but in my humble opinion, a good guitar reviewer plays somewhere on or in the sound hole area so one can hear the full range of tones from the samples.  One usually and especially likes to hear samples of the bottom end which ain't gonna happen when playing so near the bridge.   Just my