Members ChiyoDad Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 I'm looking at the Seagull Maritime Mini Jumbo as a possible addition as a fingerstyle instrument. If you have it, can you tell me what the string spacing is at the saddle? I know that the nut width is 1.8". I had considered the Yamaha LJ6 or the LJ16 but those two have a narrower saddle string spacing. Their nut width is 1.75". Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stinky_seagull Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have the cedar topped version with the cutaway and electronics, but I think the saddle is the same. from E to E, it's 2 8/64 inches, and it's 26/64 inches between each string. The shorter scale-length and wider spacing does make it a comfortable fingerstyle instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stinky_seagull Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 From E to E, it's 2 8/64 inches, and it's 26/64 inches between each string. Hm, did the math and the sum of spaces between individual strings come 6/64 short of the E to E measurement... the E-E is almost accurate, so take the adjacent strings figure as an approximation, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outdoorgb Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have the Seagull Mini-Jumbo Entourage and it sits in my office at work...gets a play every morning at 6:00am I sure would like to try a Maritime...should blow the socks off the SMJE...and that would be cool because the one I have is just fine... I have a LS6...and yes, the saddle spacing is closer than my Larrivee L03R and Seagull. Having said that...I can fingerstyle them all just fine. In fact, I have a Yamaha FG730S and a new/used Blueridge BR-60...both dreads..both fingerstyle fine...It takes but a few seconds to adjust. There was a thread on this last week. I'm just a normal guy with normal fingers...living a non-normal life... (I vote Seagull!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted December 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have the cedar topped version with the cutaway and electronics, but I think the saddle is the same. from E to E, it's 2 8/64 inches, and it's 26/64 inches between each string. The shorter scale-length and wider spacing does make it a comfortable fingerstyle instrument. Thanks ss! I'm assuming that 2-8/64 inches from outer side of the 6th string to the outer side of the 1st string. Am I correct? Or did you measure from the inner sides of the strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted December 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have a LS6...and yes, the saddle spacing is closer than my Larrivee L03R and Seagull. Having said that...I can fingerstyle them all just fine. In fact, I have a Yamaha FG730S and a new/used Blueridge BR-60...both dreads..both fingerstyle fine...It takes but a few seconds to adjust. There was a thread on this last week. I'm just a normal guy with normal fingers...living a non-normal life... Same here, outdoorgb. It's just that it might be my last purchase for a long time so I think I'm entitled to be selective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stinky_seagull Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi ChiyoDad, I can't quite remember where I measured from, and if I can't do it again now without waking up the house. I'm pretty sure I did measure from the outer edges of the E strings. I measured the adjacent strings using the center of the two unwound strings. Looks like you'll be picking a winner either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outdoorgb Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 ChiyoDad, let me know if you want any LS6 measurments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted December 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 Actually, I would want the measurements for the LS6. I'm curious if Yamaha made this one wider at the saddle than the LJ6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outdoorgb Posted December 12, 2008 Members Share Posted December 12, 2008 OK Yamaha LS6 string width (outside to outside with 12-54 stings)Nut = 1.488Saddle = 2.134 compared to my Larrivee L03RNut = 1.532Saddle = 2.220 Big Difference, and both have a 1.75 nut...but not too noticable in playability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted December 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2008 Yamaha LS6 string width (outside to outside with 12-54 stings)Nut = 1.488Saddle = 2.134compared to my Larrivee L03RNut = 1.532Saddle = 2.220 So assuming that ss's measurement is comparable, then the Seagull is probably the same or slightly narrower at the saddle (2 8/64 = 2.125) than the Yamaha. My preferred steel-string fingerstyle is 2.312 at the saddle and 1.515 at the nut (with a 1 3/4" nut). I'll need to think about this. Many thanks for sharing those measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stinky_seagull Posted December 12, 2008 Members Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hm, yeah, I do remember thinking that the seagull's string width changes less from nut to saddle than my blueridge and that even though it has a wider nut, there really wasn't too much more room for the picking hand. I'll remeasure in a little bit to make sure. Edit: if anyone else with a minijumbo want to confirm my measurements as well, that'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted December 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2008 The 12th Fret shop has a page for the older version of the mini jumbo with a measured saddle string spacing of 2.156 which is not that far off from your measurement. I think the bottomline is that the Yamaha and the Seagull are about the same in string spacing. So the tie-breaker would be tone if I decided to go for either one. It's tough finding a wide and deep-body guitar that's truly built for fingerstyle. I've seen one from James Goodall but his guitars cost more than $4000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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