Year: 2005
Model: AC250/SM-12
Serial Number: 05110389
Manufactured in Korea
Type: 12-string acoustic electric guitar
Body type: Deep Body Concert with Soft Cutaway
- Solid Sitka Spruce top
- Mahogany
back and sides
- Rosewood
fretboard
- Scale:
25.5"
- Nut width: 2
5/16"
- Electronics:
Fishman Classic 4
By the way, I had great opportunities to sit in the front row seats to watch and listened to Ralph Towner and Leo Kottke (not together of course) at UC San Diego back in the 80's. Awesome concerts. San Diego and La Jolla used to have very nice Jazz clubs and programs: Elario's, Chuck's Steak House, Ichiban's ... Diego's had great jazz nights with $1 margaritas. Anyone remember KIFM, Lites Out San Diego with Art Good? Quality musicians, cheap drinks, no crowds (especially Thursdays and Sunday nights), and beach walk at night ... Good old days.
Anyways, I tried 12-strings by Taylor, Guild, Takamine, Yamaha and Breedlove at a few guitar shops to experience and understand the differences. Taylor, Yamaha and Breedlove have Concert or Auditorium body types that I like. Among them, Breedlove sounded very nice both plugged and unplugged. To my ear, $800 Breedlove AC250/SM-12 felt and sounded as good as, if not better than, $1,800 Taylor 354CE. Of course, they are not the same guitars. Back and side woods are different, sizes are slightly different, strings are different, pickups are different, amps used for my testing were different. But after all, it was the familiar experience I had when I bought S. Yairi back in the 70's.