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An Affordable 12-string Acoustic-electric Dreadnought





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The Takamine GD30CE-12 12-string acoustic-electric guitar will elevate your stage presence with its big, rich sound and stunning, classic good looks. With its solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides, the rosette-adorned GD30CE-12 resonates with bold dreadnought tone. You get impressive playability, courtesy of a comfortable ovangkol fingerboard with a 12" radius. Takamine has also fitted the GD30CE-12 with their TP-4TD preamp, for clear, natural amplified tone. If you're in the market for a great-looking, sounding, and playing acoustic, we've got yours: the Takamine GD30CE-12.





Great sound is in the details





The Takamine GD30CE-12 acoustic-electric guitar benefits from premium tonewoods and Takamine's painstaking attention to detail. With its solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides, the GD30CE-12 serves up big, clear dreadnought tone. And with its eye-catching natural gloss finish and classic rosette, your fans' ears won't be the only sensory organs riveted by your performance. If it's beefy dreadnought power and visual presence you're after, the Takamine GD30CE-12 guitar is for you.





Serial CC240604481


Serial CC240604481


Takamine - 50 years of quality, great sound, and playability





The Takamine GD30CE-12 dreadnought cutaway acoustic-electric guitar benefits from a half century of Takamine guitar-crafting know-how. Launched in 1962 at the foot of Japan's Takamine mountains, Takamine has been designing and building acoustic guitars that are seen in the hands of some of music's biggest stars. With quality and value as guiding principles, Takamine's instruments employ the finest tonewoods, construction techniques, and technical innovations, such as the proprietary TP-4TD preamp system found in this guitar.





Takamine's TP-4TD preamp system





The GD30CE-12 sports Takamine's TP-4TD preamp, giving you rich, clear amplified output, instantly. A feature of G-Series guitars, the TP-4TD features a gain knob; a tuner; an active shelving EQ with bass, middle, and treble sliders; and a low-battery indicator. The preamp is switched on by plugging a standard instrument cable into the end pin/strap pin jack. Unplugging the cable turns the preamp off. The TP-4TD is powered by a single 9-volt battery.





Serial CC240604481


Serial CC240604481


Takamine GD30CE-12 12-string Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Classic cutaway dreadnought body style


12-string design delivers unmistakable jangle


Solid spruce top with mahogany sides and back


Ovangkol fingerboard with dot inlays


Takamine TP-4TD preamp for great amplified tone


Preamp includes a chromatic tuner at your fingertips to keep you in tune