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Get massive tone and projection from Takamine's GJ72CE-12 12-string acoustic-electric guitar. With its 12-string design and its jumbo body, you can already expect the GJ72CE-12 guitar to deliver lush sound and tons of volume. Add to that the deep bass and sparkling highs of a spruce-topped maple body and you'll absolutely fill the air with thick, shimmering 12-string sound. What's more, they outfitted this guitar with their TK-40D preamp system, so you'll get the same wonderful sound when you play your Takamine GJ72CE-12 plugged in.





Spruce-topped maple gives you big, bold, and powerful sound





With its back and sides made of maple and massive jumbo body style, the Takamine GJ72CE-12 is nothing short of a sound cannon. Maple has long been revered for its thunderous low end and airy, glittering highs, and the 12-string GJ72CE-12 makes the most of this extended frequency range. When it comes to rich and dimensional tone, you couldn't ask for more.





Takamine's TK-40D preamp system delivers fully detailed sound onstage





The GJ72CE-12 sports Takamine's TK-40D preamp, instantly giving you rich, clear-sounding amplified output. In addition to a large volume knob, the TK-40D system on the GJ72CE-12 gives you a tuner and an active shelving EQ with bass, middle, and treble sliders which can easily shape your sound. There's even a low-battery indicator onboard so you know when you need to swap out the 9-volt. Plug in to turn on the preamp, unplug to turn it off.





Over half a century committed to quality, playability, and wonderful sound





The Takamine GJ72CE-12 acoustic-electric guitar is the result of over 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 preamp system found in the GJ72CE-12.





Takamine GJ72CE-12 12-string Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


An affordable 12-string acoustic-electric that's great onstage and off


Jumbo cutaway body gives you tons of volume while providing easy access to the whole fingerboard


Flame maple back and sides topped by solid spruce give you rich lows, shimmering highs, and smoothly balanced mids


Slim maple neck and 12"-radius, bound-laurel fingerboard provide great feel and playability


Onboard TK-40D preamp system with tuner and 3-band EQ delivers clear and articulate sound onstage