Seagull Merlin vs Merlin Sound Compare | M4 Spruce vs Mahogany Tops 

Glad it helped! I personally do enjoy the mahogany more, but it's def down to preference.

Wow, you're really going for it. Keep up with all the instruments, that's a lot! But having a looper for it would be pretty fun. If you're interested in collecting more instruments, I have a brand new river dulcimer guitar design coming out in Oct/Nov. Sign up for emails on the website and you'll know when it hits. Early prototypes are cherry, mahogany, and purple heart fretboards. Parlor guitar-esque shape :-)

It's crazy how one change can make all the difference. It's also the prettier wood (IMO), and both are probably why it's used on the G model.

It's a fact. Eh?

@@HeyInglewood and it's what they're all aboot.

Well played, hoser... well played...

@@HeyInglewood thanks a ton eh!

@@HeyInglewood lmao You can say that a gain

It absolutely works, tho you’ll want to put the question to the Facebook group to see who’s tried which devices I think. Seagull makes a pickup version as well (“EQ” model)

@@HeyInglewood I don't have Facebook or really any social media aside from this account. I know they sell a version with a pickup but my father ended up buying me a merlin as a gift and I'd like to not buy a second one. :)

yup! but it makes 0 difference in tone, as there's no contact with the top resonance. I've tried it on all 4 flavors (spruce, mahogany, EQ + not).

Would lowering the bridge achieve a similar result? The height at the octave is a bit much for me, have been considering options

truth!

Totally agree. It's slight, but it's enough to make a difference.

you won't be able to tune up to a G without making the strings break or be too hard to press down. you have to have a different set of strings. a different gauge. i'm not sure the actual gauge, but a good guitar shop should be able to help you figure that out. there are options.

Stick Dulcimers, you know I was asking also one RU-vidr that have G model, so she answered that I can’t do that without buying another bridge. I need to think about building one more M4. Because they bring only D models on our shop.

@@tatianatarakanova295 I don't know anything about the bridge, so if you find out something about that, let me know.

Well I will just resend you her answer lower, and will write my thoughts because it also the things that I think about. Seagull selling mahogany and spruce dulcimer in D for left and right hand and mahogany also model in G. Because of the thickness of strings it gives more pressure on bridge and saddle if we just think logical, it’s simple physics. So that was my thoughts but there’s no any info on seagull official page so I was asking players and managers of seagull. I have send letter to seagull so they answered me after you «The M4 G has different strings and a different saddle.» And here review from woman that play both and also other kinds dulcimers and banjo. «Hey Tatiana! The difference is the the nut and bridge. The G has much much fatter strings on it so the grooves are a lot wider to accommodate the larger strings. I wouldn't recommend switching any G to a D. But you could switch a D to a G by widening the nut and bridge grooves (but then you wouldn't want to go back to D). Hope that helps!» I hope it will help you and me to find more information, because in my shop sellers don’t know nothing about instrument and don’t sell any parts of it, they even didn’t have original Godin strings that very bothering me.

The bridge change would make sense. It would be slight, but it's probably enough that you'd want to be careful about it for sure.

Sure is... I kinda have a tool for each need now 😂