Customer Reviews

Seagull Coastline S12 Cedar QI Guitar

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I have had this guitar for a whole seven hours and I'm already in love. I'm also in love with Amazon Prime. I ordered this yesterday at 11:43am and received it today at 11:10am. The $7 charge for Saturday delivery was well worth it. The guitar came set up nicely with low action out of the box. A few minutes of tuning and it's playing like a dream. Great tone played acoustically, plug it in and it's even better. I'm no expert so take this review as you will but I think this is an exceptional value for a North American handcrafted instrument.

I have had my S12 for two weeks now. I did a ton of online research and played 12 strings in local shops before deciding to order this guitar. All I can say is it delivers. The sound is well balanced from the lows to the highs. I changed the strings to elixir lights as soon as I got it. I tuned it and have had to only make minor adjustments to its tuning since then. I am amazed at how well it stays in tune for a 12 string. I play at church and the Q1 electronics work well and the onboard tuner is such a bonus. This guitar compares to a taylor 12 or the Martin d28-12 in sound at 1/4 the price. It is simply the best 12 string guitar for the money out there. You will not be disappointed.

I like this guitar, I was pleasantly suprised to see it is finished much more nicely than the picture on this site. There is a nice script "seagull" between the tuners and the headstock is bound. The electronics control has a built in tuner which is a big bonus to me. Overall a very very nice product and I feel good about buying a canadian made product instead of something from a Chinese sweatshop. The guitar tone is rich, the neck is very comfortable, and the setup was PERFECT. I am very Very pleased.

I wanted a reasonably priced 12 string with decent electronics but didn't want the predictable cheap Chinese variants from so many of the other more mainstream brands. I have a Godin xtSA electric/piezo/synth (same company as Seagull) that I love way more than I ever expected given the reasonable cost and decided to give their acoustics a try. Whoa - what a truly wonderful guitar. I can't even explain the sound, but its up there with some very expensive 12 string models, and the electronics are more than adequate. Build quality is flawless and it actually feels like a well made premium instrument. I don't know how Seagull can keep making these in Canada and be competitive with the Asian factories, but they sure did figure it out. Keep in mind that the neck is very chunky, and while it suits my average sized hands well enough after some getting used to, it may be too fat for some. It actually reminds me of the older high end Ovation 12 string necks, which were wide and fat with a little flat spot down the middle. Also, it IS a dreadnaught body style and it fits in a TKL 12 string dreadnaught case (make sure the case has enough length in the headstock area for all those extra tuning machines)! On a related note, a friend of mine just bought the S6 and it is in every way as good as this S12 and gives my much more expensive Japanese made Takamine 6-string a serious run for the money.

Only gave it 4 stars because Ive only had it a short time. So far very satisfied and hope it becomes a 5 star after six or seven months of use. Under prime shipping I had the item the next day, with no tax and about 4.00 cost. Item was packed in a box within a box. Inner box slid around too much for my taste, and could have used more packing paper. I could find only one very small ding on the back of the guitar which probably was done at the factory. Does not come with a front strap pin and I installed one. It tuned easily and sounded very good especially with amp. Twelve strings takes a bit of getting used to. It looks an sounds great for the price. Its not a 3000.00 Gibson, but then again, I'm having fun and have and extra 2500.00 in my pocket. I recommend it.

This shipped very well,Great condition. The Guitar is built with CARE,It needed to be tuned after I unpacked it, but was no problem having the onboard tuner. Sound very nice,You'll have to get use to all the strings. The sound is worth the time spent learning!