If I've learned one thing in 45 years of playing the guitar, it's that the old adage of "You get what you pay for" was never truer. Seagulls are pretty good as far as the cheap end of the market goes, but comparing comparing them to high-end instruments is like comparing a Ford to a Ferrari - Fords might be 'good cars' but they'll never be Ferraris. Same goes for musical instruments. IMOH.

Richard, I have a Lowden O-25 and a Martin J-40, very different but I love 'em both for the fact that they ARE so different. No point having two guitars with the same sound?
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