instruments founded 1982 ; 34 years ago 1982 founder robert godin headquarters montreal quebec canada area served worldwide key people robert godin products acoustic guitars number of employees 1 000 website seagull guitars details of a seagull guitar headstock . seagull is a canadian company and sub brand of godin guitars that produces acoustic guitars . 1 brian otherwise known as bran is the owner of the company . born out of la patrie a small village in the eastern townships of quebec this company handcrafts acoustic guitars targeted towards working musicians . established in 1982 by robert godin and a few of his friends this company specializes in making acoustic guitars with solid tops as opposed to laminated tops . contents 1 guitar architecture 2 notable players 3 references 4 external links guitar architecture edit seagull guitars use a distinctive and recognizable headstock which places the tuning machines roughly in line with the nut to improve tuning stability . most models are available with either the godin quantum i electronics featuring an under saddle transducer or the godin quantum ii electronics with both a transducer and small microphone which can be blended together . seagull guitars have also released a compound curve top design on all of their lines . the idea behind this is to add an arch to the top of the guitar to allow the company to use a thinner and a more lightly braced top . this is opposed to the typical flat top of an acoustic guitar which has problems with the sound hole sinking in . as part of the new design the top has a slight 30 radius curve to it which is slightly above the sound hole and then levels out around the bridge of the guitar . this provides stability while maintaining the same sound as a normal acoustic . they have been working on this new shape over the last twenty years . the company is still keeping a lot of the same attributes that they had in their previous guitars such as a wild cherry colour on the back and sides of the guitar a solid top and the same distinctive headstock . as robert godin owner of godin guitars put it our motivation for this project was to create a new acoustic design that would simultaneously improve sound and structural integrity . as a general rule better sound comes with more delicate construction . conversely stronger construction such as thicker tops and heavier bracing stifles the sound . 2 notable players edit michalis hatzigiannis greek singer plays a seagull performer mini jumbo qi peppino d agostino italian acoustic guitar virtuoso plays a seagull artist series peppino d agostino cw mode james blunt uk singer and songwriter plays a seagull s6 original emm gryner canadian singer and songwriter plays a seagull folk s6 original michelle lambert american singer and songwriter plays a seagull artist studio cw references edit godin launches new website for seagull acoustic guitars . 13 january 2012 . vancouver music gallery about seagull guitars . 1 january 2003 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to seagull guitars . official site of seagull guitars seagull model lineup seagull spoken here forum . by far the most active brand dedicated group in the acoustic guitar cabin history and list of seagull guitars this article relating to guitars is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seagull company & oldid 734591853 categories guitar manufacturing companiescompanies established in 1982canadian brandscanadian musical instrument makers1982 establishments in quebecguitar stubscanadian company stubshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 11 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view