Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar

by Seagull

Product Features

• 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

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001DJS1KI
• Item model number: Seagull Coastline Grand
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,087 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #32 in Musical Instruments > Guitars > Acoustic Guitars > Acoustic

Product Description

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 a 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 a 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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Product Description

Acoustic Guitar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Parlor Guitar, Great Value!, October 26, 2009

By 

Patti Cake "basschick" (los angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar (Electronics)

I recently decided I wanted a smaller guitar, and since I own a Seagull Original S6 and am very happy with it, one of the brands I looked into was Seagull. The Coastline Grand has a solid cedar top and laminated cherry back and sides, like the S6, but unlike the S6 it has a narrower neck - 1.72. It's also got 14 frets above the body, which I think is a big plus, so I decided to go for it.

My Coastline Grand is as well made as my S6 - no surprise since Seagull offers consistently high build quality. The semi gloss finish feels good and looks nice, and everything was good. True, it needs a setup, but I like particularly low action, so every guitar I get needs a setup. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is the nut width, and the guitar is still very playable.

This guitar sounds especially good to me when strummed or fingerpicked softly. That's when you get the mellow cedar overtones. Played harder, it's got a brighter, midrangy sound that is surprisingly loud. If you don't care for that type of sound, just throw a set of Silk and Steel strings on it. While some of the more expensive parlors do have more bottom end, this one isn't a very bass-rich guitar, but it does sound good.

The bottom line - if you're looking for a smaller guitar, particularly a parlor, this is a guitar you should definitely check out. Good sound, build quality, finish and tuners - plus customer service is good about answering emails. I'm very happy with my Seagull Coastline Grand, and expect to be playing it for many years.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coastline Grand is awesome!, July 2, 2010

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Ray (Tx) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar (Electronics)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar, April 5, 2010

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Robert "Student of the Word" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagull Coastline Grand Guitar (Electronics)

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.