Epiphone DR-212 Acoustic Guitar, 12-String, Natural

Comment: I wanted a 12 string, but did not want to spend a lot of money, this guitar fits the bill. The finish is much darker then the pictures online show. GREAT SOUND from this bad boy. This is a BIG GUITAR, once I figured out how to tune the 12 string, it really DOES NOT GO OUT OF TUNE.. After I few hours of play, I retune it and its marginally out of tune, I thought at this price the tuners would be of poor quality, while they are not grover tuners, they get it done.

The downside for me is, not the guitar's fault.. this is an inexpensive guitar and a FANTASTIC entry into 12 string playing, this Guitar is hard to play below the 15th fret as there is no cut away, but that is true of all guitars using this body type. Now that I have had it awhile I would love for it to be acoustic/electric but again.. for the price, I was expecting an inferior guitar this tool plays great low action. Im keeping it.

Comment: I just bought mine today. This is the first acoustic guitar I've ever owned (weird place to start right?) and I absolutely love it.

I dont see why so many people have trouble tuning this guitar. I tuned mine when I brought it home and it was as easy as 1,2,3.
The sound is great. Just like it says on the Gibson website, Twice the Acoustic. I love the sound. Great playing a nice little blues, strumming folk chord proggressions, or just improvising.
The pickguard is actually red, not black as shown in the picture, and it looks much better in red.

I really enjoy this guitar, it feels great, sounds great, and looks great. Definately reccommended.

Comment: A good buy--my opinion. Full chorale sound of a 12, and a fairly slick action.
I had a Vox 12 back in the mid-sixties; similar to that save that the Epi seems
a trifle heavier in the body. Good balance on the lap, deep bass from a light gauge
bronze wound string. The neck a bit wider, thicker than my old ebony LP custom--
has to be for that forest of strings, which will take a lot of getting used to.
Fretwork is high for my taste but should wear in as frets always do. After almost
fifty years of guitar work--mostly rock--it's nice to just ease back and listen
again.
Tip to those breaking strings: bring them up to pitch slowly, over a couple days
if necessary, longer if need be. And when changing them, use a bit of clarinet bore oil on the fingerboard. Rub it in and then wipe it off well. I've had my
Les Paul 35 yrs, and couple others nearly as long, and use it every time I change strings.

Comment: This epiphone has an amazing sound for under [...] bucks. I've been playing off and on now for about 7 years. I'm not the most experienced or talented guitar player, that's for sure, but I'm no slouch either. This is my first 12 string that I've purchased and I'm pretty happy with it. It has a great full, rich quaulity sound. It's going to take time to get used to picking it after playing a 6 string, but amazingly the action isn't too much different from a 6 string and you don't have to press as hard as you might think for bars chords or just plain old chords. It's a great looking guitar too. It's a 9 out of 10. I'm sure there are better 12 strings out there, but not for this price.

Comment: This is a great guitar and it would be even greater if I could ever get it tuned. It's going on three days and a broken string and I still can't get the tuning correct. I find this very troublesome. I'm now going to seek outside help to tune it. Buy this quitar if you are a person with a great ear for tuning.