My son recently bequeathed to me an Ovation acoustic-electric 12 string. It was given to him by one of his bandmates. I can see why. The neck is not bad, but played as an acoustic, It seems shallow and a little "tinny." I have yet to try it on a good sound system, but it is awkward to hold and, with 12 strings and the accompanying tension, I don't need to fight a slippery back. Guilds and Taylors both sound, feel and play great to me, if getting toward the stratosphere in price these days. An injury has left my left hand a little weaker, so I'm sticking to six for now.