Oh, Cat, I was just yankin' your chain! All I have to say about the Seagull is it's my first steel string, I love the spruce top, don't care about the finish one way or the other. For a few years I've been thinking of diversifying- wasn't too thrilled with the guitar and seemed to have reached a wall in terms of skill. Got the Seagull last summer, and am back in love again! I hope to take lessons to improve my playing, but right now I'm so overstressed for time... but I won't get into that here. Go on and be yourself, Catspaw- I wouldn't have it any other way! And yes! do compile the Cletus saga- I've missed some of it! (Yikes- on their way to Maine, you say? What'll I do if they take cover in southern NH along the way???) ;-)
Allison