Takamine Pro Series 3 Dreadnought Cutaway 12-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

For me, this is a 'gap guitar' filling spaces a 6 just won't. The overall sound is extremely full and fills any room with great harmonic resonance. As with all 12s, the tuning is tricky and time consuming but once the strings settle, the tuning stays accurate and stable.

A dedicated fan of Takamine guitars over the past few decades, this guitar is a gem, a true work of visual and musical art. Once out of the box, I gave it a decent shine with MusicNomad polish. The wood grains and other details pop. The 'feel' of this guitar was spot-on from the beginning and remains so. My first cutaway guitar, it is a true pleasure to play while sitting down. The tuners are well made and somewhat unique giving the guitar a signature-grade appeal. I find both the neck and fretboard to be comfortable, making this guitar truly fun to play during extended practice runs. Paring this Tak with D'Addario light strings was a factory match well made. Tak's CT4BII chromatic tuner is technological bliss. If you know at least the basics of tuning, not only will you be amazed with the end result, there really isn't any way to screw things up. Keeping all 12 strings in tune with the CT4BII could not be any easier. After a decent tune, I was struck by the resonance and pure richness of this guitar. I would find it difficult to name another musical instrument that sounds as good as this model Takamine. If you are into 12-string guitars or thinking about getting your first one, you won't go wrong with this model Takamine. Something I have yet to do is plug into my Fender Mustang GT 200 amp. That comes next.

I USE THIS FOR MY GROUP AND IT ONE OF THE BEST I TRIED TO FAR I RECOMMEND TO PUT A CLEAR PICK-GUARD FOR IT CANT SCRATCH THE WOOD

Great neck to play on feels really smooth, overall juat love everything about it

The P3DC-12 is one awesome guitar for the money. I'm sure you can find better materials and better craftsmanship to produce a finer instrument however for what it cost to buy this Takamine you can't beat it. The guitar is bright sounding, it's voluminous and very comfortable to play. I think it looks very cool too with the cedar top and the darker sapele sides and back. The only issue I had with my purchase is the shipping, it was a nightmare. The package was sent to the wrong state via UPS, not guitar center, and that made the guitar travel the rough roads of ground transportation much longer that desired. I now have a ding in the case and a ding in the front cedar. Did that happen during shipping? A good possibility but it may have happened during processing. With the assumption that nothing is perfect I'm not sending the guitar back because it sounds great and it will be used and probably receive it share of dings simply by playing. If you want a great sounding and looking guitar with a great built in tuner that this is the guitar for you. Oh did I mention that the split-saddle bone bridge does not use pegs for the strings? There is a very clever built in retention slot that makes changing strings a breeze. Check it out for yourself.

I use this guitar every day with my other 2 takamine 12 string guitars love them, amo esta guitarra perra pal requinto.