Sea Gulls are nice. A buddy of mine played a Sea Gull, and it had a nice matte finish on the front. It had great low end, and well defined mids. My only problem with it was the action. Once it was played for about a week, and the strings got a little old, it became a little painful to play.
The Taylors, on the other hand, have awesome action. Nice and low, with little to no fret buzz. Great highs, but not much low on the 640 CE.
BTW - since we into guitars... I also play a Fender Telecaster, white pick gaurd. It's a solid 2 inches of Ash. After playing a 2 hour show, your back aches. On the upside, you could toss it downa fligth of stairs, and only have to worry abotu your stair being damaged. It's a real cockroach. It, too, has a nice low action...
