i also own an orlando twelve string.... best sounding,action, and electronics.... i was playing it a few days after purchase ... heard something in the f holes... it was a slip of paper from the ARIA company seems my little girl was made in 1952 by them yes japan!!! but who could ever put this guitar down? 58 years later and still rockin #0025... bought it for $125 from a (d.a....) and i wouldnt sell it to save my life....