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Looong
After fooling around with the used Seagull I sat down and ordered a S6+ Spruce on the internet got it in 3 days. I love the sound and it's light as a feather compared to my old Yamaha, but the big bonus is the wide nut for my stubby little fingers, I loved that part right away.
It did have some issues, the EAD strings when strummed hard at almost any fret made a low vibrating sound on the saddle, checked the strings using the capo and 14th fret and they were in tolerance. The strings that it came with were Godin's, talk about rough, they had my fingers chewed up in 3 days.
So, I put some Martin acoustics 10-47's on it (remember us beginners are still developing callouses) it brightened up just a tad but I'm happy with them. Strange thing, the vibrating at the saddle went away. I plan on replacing the Tusq one with a bone. The saddle has sharp edges where the strings pass over it and I read on another site that this might cause the vibration and a possible solution to this is to smooth the rough edges a little (would appreciate input if possible) with realllllly fine sandpaper.
Any way I'm plumb tickled with it, thanks for the help and I'll pay it forward if I get the chance.
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