Well I'm now the happy owner of a beautiful new 20th Anniv. Edition Seagull folk guitar!!! :>)
And I really wanna be playing it (I'm listening to my son's debut on it right now - such a lovely tone!) but I just had to let you know, and thank you all for your expert guidance once again. You Cats helped make this decision fun and easy!
Oh yes, I meant to ask if anyone's tried the new "Elixer" brand acoustic strings. They cost about twice as much as a set of Blue Steels, and the sales pitch is that they're coated with a substance something like Teflon (?) which supposedly makes them last twice as long and reduces the "finger-squeak" when changing positions quickly (for those of us with less-than-perfect technique!). Can anyone vouch for this?