12 String Acoustic Guitar Shootout! Taylor, Yamaha, Breedlove, Auden!

12 String guitar shootout:
0:00 Introduction
Acoustic sound: fingerstyle
0:49 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
1:21 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
1:54 Breedlove Solo Concert CE
2:26 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Acoustic sound: bass notes & soft strumming
2:58 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
3:35 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
4:11 Breedlove Solo Concert CE
4:48 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Acoustic sound: heavy strumming
5:25 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
5:47 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
6:10 Breedlove Solo Concert CE
6:31 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Pickup sound: fingerstyle
6.54 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
7:25 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
7:58 Breedlove Solo Concert CE
8:30 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Pickup sound: bass notes & soft strumming
9:03 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
9:39 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
10:16 Breedlove Solo concert CE
10:52 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Pickup sound: heavy strumming
11:29 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
11:52 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
12:14 Breedlove Solo concert CE
12:35 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

Guitar Shootout verdict:
13:05 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
14:33 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
15:34 Breedlove Solo concert CE
17:31 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

12 string playability summary:
18:37 Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar
19:13 Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX
19:45 Breedlove Solo concert CE
20:05 Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural

In depth review of Auden Artist Rosewood Colton Cedar here:    • Auden Artist Colton Rosewood Cedar 12...  

GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO

AUDIO GEAR:
Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 Audio Interface https://amzn.to/3gQEhbO
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COMPUTER GEAR:
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Caldigit TS3+ Thunderbolt Hub (for additional connectivity) https://amzn.to/3sKa5Vb
Final Cut Pro
Logic Pro X

GUITARS:
Auden Artist Colton Rosewood Cedar 12 String Guitar
Taylor 250ce-BLK DLX 12 String Guitar
Breedlove Solo concert CE 12 String Guitar
Yamaha LL 16-12 ARE Natural 12 String Guitar

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Cliff Smith, BMus (Hons) is a guitar, ukulele and music theory tutor who gives lessons online via Zoom. In addition to the 12 string guitar, he also teaches ukulele, 6 string acoustic, classical and electric guitar.

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