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Seagull

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The Seagull M4 spruce dulcimer, a unique four-string instrument that blends the simplicity of a dulcimer with the familiar feel of an acoustic guitar. This ultraportable Seagull creation features a diatonic fretboard, making it straightforward to start playing right away. The M4 spruce dulcimer's solid spruce top provides a wide range of resonant tones, while its rock maple body and neck offer exceptional stability and sustain. An innovative mustache-style bridge, compensated saddle and open-geared tuners allow precise intonation and tuning. Compact yet capable, the M4 spruce dulcimer adds an enjoyable new dimension to your musical experience.

Diatonic Fretboard Opens Up Creative Possibilities

With its diatonic fretboard spanning four strings, the M4 spruce dulcimer simplifies playing while enabling a variety of tunings and chord formations. The diatonic setup means any combination of open strings will harmonize, allowing you to explore drones, melodies and percussive effects with ease. Seasoned guitarists and beginners alike will find the M4 spruce dulcimer an accessible gateway to new sounds and playing techniques.

Solid Spruce Top Provides Dynamic, Articulate Tone

At the heart of the M4 spruce dulcimer is a solid spruce top, a tonewood prized for its balanced, resonant qualities. The spruce top gives the M4 spruce dulcimer a crisp, articulate voice with a wide dynamic range, from warm and mellow to bright and punchy. Paired with the maple body and neck, the spruce top results in superior clarity and note separation—ideal for the complex harmonies and tunings possible on the M4 spruce dulcimer.

Innovative Bridge and Saddle Enable Precise Intonation

Seagull designed an exclusive mustache-style bridge and compensated saddle for the M4 spruce dulcimer, allowing accurate intonation of the four strings. The mustache bridge anchors the strings at two points, reducing buzzing and ensuring each string rings true. The compensated saddle features grooves that offset the strings to the proper length for clear, in-tune tones up and down the fretboard. This pioneering hardware, combined with smooth open-geared tuners, gives the M4 spruce dulcimer tunings a resonance and accuracy not found on most dulcimers.
Seagull M4 Spruce Dulcimer Natural
Seagull M4 Spruce Dulcimer Natural

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  • Top: Solid spruce
  • Body: Rock maple, string-through
  • Neck: Rock maple, drive-through
  • Nut Width: 1.280"
  • Nut: Graph Tech TUSQ
  • Bridge: Graph Tech Compensated TUSQ
  • Finish: Satin oil
  • Case: Sold separately