12-String Guitars

Careful acoustic research has resulted in the full, rich and warm sound of this popular model. Two single coil pickups on a full size body are accented by a traditionally shaped sound hole. The 24 fret Rosewood fingerboard is punctuated by dot inlay fret markers, with full double cutaways permitting access to all the frets. Standard output is monaural through a single jack plate.  The Rickenbacker List Price is $2459

15 5/8” in body width – so it is in between an OM and a Small Jumbo, in flamed walnut back and sides and Redwood top, having ivoroid side binding, 5 ply black-white top purfling, 2-ply back purfling, an abalone rosette buttressed by black-white-black on each side and having ivoroid soundhole binding as well, a polished ebony pointy headplate featuring the “Flying B” Breedlove logo, chrome plated Gotoh mini-button tuners, 

We think you’ll like the guitar because it has a really low action and it’s not at all tiring to play.  The back and sides are sapele which tends to be similar in many ways to mahogany in sound and also in appearance except that it has long, wide golden stripes running through it.  The top is moderately wide-grained, presumably Sitka spruce, although it has not begun to orange and there is a possibility (we suppose) that it could be Engelmann.

The Veillette Terz 12 is a powerful and intriguing hybrid of many different concepts. Tuned up to the player's choice of G or A, and strung with unison pairs, the Terz 12 blends the full, wide sound of a 12-string guitar with the clean shimmer of a mandolin or bouzouki.

Although it's the smallest acoustic Joe Veillete makes (and one of the smallest we've seen), the Acoustic Gryphon is no decorative bauble. Tuned to high D (2 frets lower than the 12th fret of a standard guitar) and tuned with mandolin-style unison courses, the Acoustic Gryphon's celestial, sparkling highs and punchy mid-register give it unique punch and cut, and an unusually versatile range of performance possibilities.

The acoustic-electric version of our F-1512 model, the F-1512E, continues the Guild 12-string tradition and gives players all the tone and playability they’ve come to expect from a Guild 12-string guitar. 

This guitar is in fine condition showing only small signs of having been played – a few indications of body contact, a few minor scratches and scuffs on the top, back and sides, nothing horrible, and virtually no sign of use on the back of the neck. This model is made to perfection by some of the best 12-string guitar builders extant.

We unfold before you a tale of Ziricote and hand-selected Sitka Spruce, crafted with ultimate precision by Matt McPherson and his staff of crack guitarmakers, sounding acoustically like no other 12-string in the world. It is a 12-string for the connoisseur of fine fretted instruments who seeks to own one of the finest examples in the genre.  

Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, abalone soundhole rosette, tropical American mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, Gold-plated Taylor Tuners, 25 1/2 scale length. 1 7/8 neck width,  Taylor Expression System,  with a Taylor deluxe hard shell case.

The F-212XLCE Standard is a jumbo cutaway 12-string with refined features that make for a player-centric instrument with premium sound quality. It features a solid Sitka Spruce top with Red Spruce bracing and solid genuine Mahogany back & sides for a strong, balanced sound and superb dynamics.

Guild Standard Series guitars represent the essence of the Guild acoustic legacy. With their supreme playability, understated elegance, and unmistakable full and balanced sound they are the quintessential Guild acoustic guitar.

The top is Sitka spruce, reinforced with 5/16” top bracing and graduated scalloped tone bars for rich, sonorous tone. The distinctive triangular soundhole is surrounded by a continuous black/white/black/white/black fine line rosette, while the top is encircled by bold herringbone purfling and grained ivoroid binding. The black ebony Stauffer-style pyramid belly bridge approximates the one on Seeger’s original, as do the two black pickguards; a large one below the treble strings and a smaller one above the bass strings.

This is a professional jumbo body 12-string to beat the band with, but only if they deserve it, finished in high gloss and including the older style Onboard Fishman Matrix Blender pickup, mic and preamp system. The back and sides are genuine, solid mahogany and the top is selectively chosen, high level Sitka spruce with a large number of medulary rays or cross-silking.

The handsome and lush-sounding Guild GAD-G212 dreadnought 12-string features a solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, special 12-string bracing, mahogany neck, bone nut and saddle, wood bindings, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and special pearl inlay. 

The jumbo body design of the GAD-JF30 has been in the Guild line since 1954. The GAD-JF30 features a solid figured maple back and sides, solid spruce top with scalloped bracing and a mahogany neck with traditional dovetail neck joint. Other features include ebony fingerboard and bridge, ebony bridge pins and strap buttons, classic pearl fingerboard inlays, wood bindings, bone nut and bone compensated saddle, and Grover Rotomatic tuners.  

The C F Martin Guitar Company has done something totally unexpected and unconventional – they have invented a new Martin guitar shape! This guitar’s body, improbable but true, measures 17” wide and 21” long, 4 ¾” deep at the bottom side. It stands a total of 42 ½” in length not including the tailpin, and if that isn’t huge enough to scare small children, I don’t know what is. 

The Guild GAD-212 mahogany dreadnought 12-string delivers that familiar Guild tone, used on countless recordings and stages over the years. Designed for easy playability, this guitar is the choice of many who are seeking a finely tuned 12-string player.