Takmine G-seies

The Takamine EG523SC-12 is an acoustic with electric capabilities, a jumbo body with a cut away for upper neck playing, with a nice sound and i think it has a great sound for the price and is very high quality. It has a solid spruce top maple back and sides. It has notch filters, 3-band EQ, and a chromatic tuner. It has a good inner-integrity, that is designed to prevent warping even after years of use, which is important for a 12 string guitar due to the extra tension. I love the lower register on this guitar, very clean, and the higher register is very chorus like- perfect for my playing and it can add color for a solo performer.

Here's the low down-
Good things- Great tone, very nice, affordable, pickups sound great good integrity. Capable of playing different playing styles and great for strumming. Cut away is nice, not many guitars have the cut-away feature.

Bad thing- Tuner is nice, however it doesn't work as well as i would like. (An easy problem to fix though) The tops of the string are differentiated that while finger picking it is easy to miss one octave, if finger picking is your main style look at another type.

Things to consider- I found it very hard to find a case, had to order one. the large headstock and jumbo body don't fit in most cases. Most string winders don't work, and you need a quality capo.

(Thanks to Elderly instruments for the picture)

EDIT- the neck is larger (think classical guitar size) I like ths as with the extra stinge the width is needed for fingerpicking.