Hi Everyone,
While most of our lessons here involve easy guitar songs, strumming, and singing, we also have some great lessons on fingerpicking guitar. The other night was reading Acoustic Guitar Magazine and i came across a great guitar for the beginner fingerpicker. Its the Seagull SWS Mini-Jumbo.
In some past blog entries i wrote about good guitars for beginners, as well as some good guitars for fingerpickers. While most any guitar will work for fingerpicking, there are not really any budget minded guitars that are specifically designed for it. Not anymore.
The Seagull SWS stands for “solid wood series”, features solid woods all around. Thats a solid top, back and sides, North American made guitar for $800. I think thats a pretty great feat. It also includes electronics if you want that. Its a mini jumbo size body, so its going to be a bit smaller and curvier than a dreadnought, making it more comfortable to play, yet you wont sacrifice volume or bass response.
The part that makes the Seagull fingerpicking friendly is the wider spacing at the nut. Its 1.8 inches, as opposed to the 1 11/16 found on most cheaper guitars, and even wider than 1 3/4, which is what you will find on most guitar designed for fingerpicking. That little bit of extra room really helps when performing intricate right hand fingerpicking patterns.
I have not played this particular model Seagull, so i encourage you to go find one at your local music store and decide for yourself. But i have always been impressed with Seagull guitars, and here is a reasonably priced all solid wood instrument that will improve in sound and grow with you as a player. Definitely worth considering.
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