Most people have grown accustomed to an ok sound out of fear that trying out something new like a 12-string may tarnish their guitar experiences. The mahogany-made body has enough size to adequately support and handle the extra tension of the 12 strings so that the guitar stays in tune. What is more? It gets better with age, and the more you play it. The select spruce top helps it to breathe. Now wonder, the DR-212 is widely thought of as the ultimate go-to guitar for rock, folk, blues and country and everything in between. The DR-212 also has a right balance, cutting, and attention that gives you the kind of tone that you expect from a 12 string guitar. The DR-212 is not just any other dreadnought guitar that comes with 6 strings.It has an excellent construction that supports the increased tension of 12 strings. Today’s APX guitars boast a more natural look, 5mm deeper body for better bass response and greater volume and, under the hood, a new non-scalloped bracing pattern for a responsive, dynamic tone.The DR-212 is a genuinely well-made guitar as you might expect of any other Epiphone product. Styles have changed a little since 1987, but the essence of APX is the same as ever. Yamaha’s legendary active preamp is still a big feature of APX, and being built by Yamaha’s audio-visual division, the sound quality is everything you’d expect from the world’s number one. The latest APX600 features a unique undersaddle piezo pickup, Yamaha’s proprietary Pickup-R transducer – the same pickup as featured in the highly acclaimed A Series range and boasting incredible dynamic range, natural tone and the feedback rejection and mix-friendly sound that guitarists need and want. In any electro-acoustic, the combination of the guitar’s acoustic sound and its pickup is the heart of the sound. The APX series didn’t just focus on sound - every element was tweaked to be an easy switch for an electric player on-stage, from the stylish finishes to the cutaway body and the slim, electric-guitar style neck. In 1987, Yamaha made the first acoustic guitar that could be taken from a guitar rack, plugged in and played at volume, problem free no more howling feedback, misplaced mics or the dreaded extended sound check…. As an electric guitarist in the 1980s, if you wanted to play acoustic on stage there were few options for you that really worked.

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