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Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar | 
 enlarge | Brand: Seagull
Category: Musical Instruments
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 6043
Color: Natural
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 39.5 x 15.5 x 5
Warranty: Limited Lifetime on workmanship. 1 year on electronics
MPN: 029242
Model: Seagull Coastline Grand
UPC: 623501029242
EAN: 0623501029242
ASIN: B001DJS1KI
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Made in North America | | • | Select Pressure Tested Top | | • | Double Action Truss Rod | | • | Tapered Headstock for precise and stable tuning and great for open tunings | | • | Tusq nut and compensated saddle for better intonation |
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Product Description
This compact guitar is great fun to play and produces a surprisingly big sound. Using computer modeling to optimize the internal bracing and soundhole design, the Grand represents an intriguing mix of old and new. The Grand is beautifully complemented with the addition of the optional Quantum I EQ system. Finish - Semi-Gloss Custom Polished Finish
Amazon.com Product Description
Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar – Compact Guitar with a Big Sound The Seagull Coastline Series Grand Parlour is an acoustic guitar that's great fun to play. The Coastline Grand Parlour produces a surprisingly big sound. Using computer modeling to optimize the internal bracing and soundhole design, this Seagull guitar represents an intriguing mix of old and new. Its smaller size leads itself to portability. This is one sweet smaller guitar. It has an amazing sound and great projection for its size. Dollar for dollar, it's possible that Seagull is the best value guitar on the market.
Coastline Cedar Grand
Seagull Coastline guitars are outstanding values. The back and sides of Coastline series guitars are made from a 3-layer lamination of wild cherry wood. With a sound that lands somewhere between the mellow tone of a mahogany guitar and the bright sound of maple, wild cherry has proven itself to be an excellent tone wood. Grown locally, wild cherry is also an ecologically friendly choice for guitar construction. Coastline series guitars feature very smooth necks made from silver leaf maple.
Coastline Series
The guitars that make up the Seagull Coastline series represent one of the world's outstanding values in acoustic guitars. The back and sides of the Coastline series models are made from a three-layer lamination of Wild Cherry wood. With a sound that lands somewhere between the mellow tone of a Mahogany guitar and the bright sound of Maple, Wild Cherry has proven itself to be an excellent tone wood. Grown locally, Wild Cherry is also an ecologically friendly choice. Coastline series guitars feature very smooth necks made from Silver Leaf Maple.
The Compound Curve Top
The guitar top is the part of the instrument that most affects the sound. It is also the most delicate part of any high quality acoustic guitar. The grade and thickness of the wood used (solid spruce), as well as the bracing structure, have a huge impact on the instrument's sound. The idea of applying an arch or a curve to the top is appealing because the added strength of an arched top should allow for the use of a thinner and more lightly braced top. While this is true, there remains a trade-off in applying a curve to the entire top. The most active part of the top is the area centered on the bridge. Applying a curve to this part of the top restricts movement resulting in a loss of dynamic range. On the other hand, the area of the top above the sound hole moves minimally but is problematic because it tends to sink if the guitar dries out even slightly. This tendency is also encouraged by downward pressure from the fingerboard resting on top of it. The solution is a top that has a compound curve.
In the Seagull Performer's design the top is arched slightly in the area above the sound hole and levels out in the area around the bridge. The compound curve top produces excellent stability in the upper part of the guitar top and the power and projection made possible by leaving the top flat below the sound hole flat. With the weak area above the sound hole stabilized, it is possible to make the rest of the top even more active with a new bracing design that allows unprecedented control over the top vibration. The bracing for the Seagull Performer Cutaway Flame Maple High-Gloss QI Guitar is quarter-sawn spruce, scalloped and carved to conform exactly to the curvature of the tops.
A History of Quality
In 1982 Robert Godin and a few friends produced the first Seagull guitars in the Village of LaPatrie, Quebec. The concept for the Seagull guitar was to take the essential components of the best hand-crafted guitars (such as solid tops and beautiful finishes) and build these features into guitars that could be priced within the reach of working musicians. Of course there is much more to a great guitar than a solid top with a special finish, so we produced this illustrated guide to help you gain some understanding of the basic elements of a great sounding acoustic guitar.
The Seagull story wouldn't be complete without mentioning La Patrie. La Patrie is a small village in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. This is where the first Seagulls were made in the early eighties. Today, La Patrie has a population of about 475 and about half of these people are guitar builders. These folks take a great deal of pride in the guitars they build. Pick one up and you'll see why.
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 Coastline Grand is awesome! July 2, 2010
Ray (Tx)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just got back into playing and wanted something to sit comfortably with & decided on the Seagull grand. This parlor sized guitar is awesome! not many frills but a good looking guitar, very well put together. It is made in Canada so I presume all the woods to be from North America :) action right out of the box was perfect, low no buzz very well set up.
I purchased my Seagull right here on Amazon for less money than Ebay or any other store who sells the Godin line of guitars. If you are looking for a backpacking guitar or one just to sit comfortably with this is the one! I believe Seagull may discontinue or have already discontinued this guitar, musicians friend have no more and list this guitar as discontinued so hurry my guitar picking friends! go for it you will not be sorry. A GREAT PRODUCT IF LOST IT I WOULD BUY AGAIN IF I COULD.
Watch some vids on the Seagull line of guitars on youtube, they have some there with pickers using the grand, great stuff.
Made in Canada June 30, 2010
Kwong W. Lee (Houston, TX USA)
I had been looking for another smaller acoustic guitar for a couple of years. I wanted a smaller size with the scale between 24.75 to 25.5 but not that small as those 3/4 or some other parlor guitars. I wasted some money to buy a Dean and then a Luna that made me very disappointed. Finally I found this great little axe. Action likes a Gibson LP, sounds like my other 00 Martin. Trust me! You won't be sorry. Made in Canada! I think sooner or later it will be a discontinued item cuz if everybody spend less to buy this model and who's going to buy other SeaGull's regular size guitars?
Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar Review April 17, 2010
Mark Cataldo (Malden, Ma USA)
The seagull coastline grand guitar is one of the best newer parlor guitars I've ever played. The tone is amazing. This guitar went from thin, and tinning, to a nice fat parlor guitar sound. This is the only guitar, where I can feel the hole guitar vibrating as I play it. The solid cedar top, the 3 ply laminate cherry back, and sides, the neck, and the fingerboard vibrate too. When you put some muscle into this guitar, and really play it, you can hear all the nice overtones.
If you don't like this guitar at first give it a chance, once the soundboard, and every other component breaks in, you will be amazed. The more you play this guitar the better it sounds.
 Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar April 5, 2010
Robert Asam (Santa Fe Springs, Ca. USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am very please with this parlor size guitar. I own a Baby Taylor and like it as well. There is a big difference in tone. The Seagull Grand is much fuller sounding, and pleasing to the ear. Of course it isn't like a full size guitar. I wanted another small size guitar to drag around with me and this one fit the bill.
I would recommend this guitar. My only complaint is, it's a little on the heavy side. Other than that it's very good. If there was a half star I would have given it a 4 1/2 star rating.
Great Entry-level Guitar October 27, 2009
K. S. Karshna (Minneapolis, MN United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a somewhat small woman who is just learning how to play guitar. I looked at the Seagull S6, but felt like it was just a bit too large for me to be comfortable with. After trying out a few smaller-sized guitars, I settled on the Seagull Coastline Grand, which is a parlor-sized guitar that has a great sound and fit me perfectly. The smaller neck and body are great, and it sounds better than the other ones I tried in a similar size and price range.
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